List of Famous people born in Tehran Province, Iran
Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami is an Iranian actress. She is known for her work in Iranian cinema, including her performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Separation, for which she won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival.
Samira Makhmalbaf
Samira Makhmalbaf is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf is considered to be one of the most influential directors as part of the Iranian New Wave.
Mohammad Reza Navaei
Mohammad Reza Navaei was an Iranian lightweight freestyle wrestler. He won bronze medals at the 1973 World Wrestling Championships and 1974 Asian Games, and competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 15 major film festivals. His award-winning films include Kandahar; his latest documentary is The Gardener and latest feature The President.
Khadijeh Saqafi
Khadijeh Saqafi was the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Malek Jahan Khanom
Malek Jahan Khanom was the wife of Mohammad Shah Qajar of Persia and the mother of Naser al-Din Shah. She was the de facto regent of Persian Empire for one month, from 5 September until 5 October in 1848, between the death of her husband and the accession to the throne of her son.
Yasmine Pahlavi
Yasmine Pahlavi is the wife of Reza Pahlavi, the last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran.
Nahal Tajadod
Aleksandr Danilovitsj Komissarov
Fatemeh Naghavi
Fatemeh Naghavi is an Iranian actress.