List of Famous people born in Iran

Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, Zarathushtra Spitama or Ashu Zarathushtra, was an ancient Iranian prophet who founded what is now known as Zoroastrianism. His teachings challenged the existing traditions of the Indo-Iranian religion and inaugurated a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Ancient Persia. He was a native speaker of Old Avestan and lived in the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau, but his exact birthplace is uncertain.

Mansour Bahrami is a former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with dual French nationality since 1989. While only moderately successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a long-standing and popular figure in invitational tournaments.

Elnaaz Norouzi is an Iranian-German model and actress who mainly works in the Indian film industry. She is known for playing the role of Zoya Mirza in Sacred Games. She made her Hollywood debut with Gerard Butler in Kandahar, a movie by Ric Roman Waugh.

Shaparak Khorsandi, formerly known as Shappi Khorsandi, is an Iranian-born British comedian and author. She is the daughter of the Iranian political satirist and poet Hadi Khorsandi. Her family left Iran for the United Kingdom following the Islamic Revolution.

Asghar Farhadi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.

Baháʼu'lláh was a Persian religious leader, and the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, which advocates universal peace and unity among all races, nations, and religions.

Alireza Safar Beiranvand is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian First Division A club Royal Antwerp and the Iran national team. Beiranvand represented Iran internationally at the 2015 and 2019 AFC Asian Cups, and at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Babak Zanjani is an Iranian billionaire and business magnate. He was the managing director of the UAE-based Sorinet Group, one of Iran's largest business conglomerates. In late 2013, he was arrested and accused of withholding $2.7 billion of government money owned by the Ministry of Petroleum, in his attempts to facilitate Iran's oil revenue hindered by the sanctions against Iran. He was convicted of corruption, sentenced to death, and is currently awaiting execution.

Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh Rūzbih ibn Dādūya, born Rōzbih pūr-i Dādōē, more commonly known as Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, , was a Persian translator, author and thinker who wrote in the Arabic language.

Caucher Birkar is a UK-based Iranian Kurdish mathematician and a professor at the University of Cambridge.