List of Famous people born in Tehran, Iran

Shaul Mofaz is an Israeli former soldier and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operation Entebbe with the paratroopers and Sayeret Matkal, an elite special forces unit. In 1998 he became the sixteenth IDF's Chief of the General Staff, serving until 2002. He is of Iranian Jewish ancestry.

Zahra Dowlatabadi is an Iranian filmmaker.

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Shah of Iran from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909. He was the sixth shah of the Qajar Dynasty.

Jafar Sharif-Imami was an Iranian politician who was prime minister from 1960 to 1961 and again in 1978. He was a cabinet minister, president of the Iranian Senate, president of the Pahlavi Foundation and the president of the Iran chamber of industries and mines during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Yasmine Pahlavi is the wife of Reza Pahlavi, the last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran.

Niki Karimi is an Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter.

Fariborz Raisdana was an Iranian economist, socialist, activist, professor, and a member of the Iranian Writers' Association.

Jasmin Tabatabai is a German actress and singer.

Khadijeh Saqafi was the wife of Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.