List of Famous people born in Tehran Province, Iran

Amir Aliakbari is an Iranian gold medalist and world champion in Greco-Roman wrestler and current mixed martial artist signed to ONE Championship. He formerly competed at Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) and Rizin Fighting Federation. International Wrestling Federation, FILA banned Aliakbari from competing for life after a second doping offence.

Hossein Ensan is an Iranian-German professional poker player from Münster, Germany. In 2019, he won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker for $10,000,000.

Gholam Reza Pahlavi was an Iranian prince and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty, as the son of Reza Shah and half-brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Irán Eory was an Iranian-Spaniard and Mexican actress and former model.

Ali Akbar Moinfar was an Iranian politician and the first oil minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, serving briefly from 1979 to 1980. He later served as a Member of the Parliament of Iran from 1980 to 1984, representing Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat.

Barbet Schroeder is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female, Kiss of Death, and Murder by Numbers. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and for the Palme d'Or for his 1987 film Barfly.

Kirill Alfredovich Pirogov is a Russian film and theatre actor and composer. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1995. In 2005 he was made an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

Ezzatolah Entezami was an Iranian actor.

Paul Merage is an American businessman who co-founded Chef America Inc., the company that popularized the microwavable frozen snack Hot Pockets.

Reza Pahlavi is the oldest son of Iranian Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba. Prior to the Iranian Revolution in 1979, he was the crown prince and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Imperial State of Iran.