Iran
Historical figures born in Iran
4,123 notable historical figures were born in Iran. These are the most notable:
Iran ranks #34 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Indonesia, Finland and Romania.
By era
- Ancient: 4
- Medieval: 6
- Early Modern: 2
- Modern: 28
By occupation
- Politician: 24
- Writer/Author: 17
- Monarch/Royalty: 15
- Poet: 14
- Head of State/President: 11
- Cleric: 7
- Islamic Scholar: 6
- General/Commander: 5
- Ali Khamenei (1939 to 2026, Politics)
- Zoroaster (628 BC to 551 BC, Religion)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BC to 530 BC, Politics)
- Ruhollah Khomeini (1902 to 1989, Politics)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919 to 1980, Politics)
- Qasem Soleimani (1957 to 2020, Military)
- Mojtaba Khamenei (born 1969, Politics)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 1956, Politics)
- Masoud Pezeshkian (born 1954, Politics)
- Reza Shah (1878 to 1944, Politics)
- Reza Pahlavi (born 1960, Politics)
- Xerxes I (519 BC to 465 BC, Politics)
- Ebrahim Raisi (1960 to 2024, Politics)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882 to 1967, Politics)
- Hassan Rouhani (born 1948, Politics)
- Farah Pahlavi (born 1938, Politics)
- Baháʼu'lláh (1817 to 1892, Literature)
- Nader Shah (1688 to 1747, Politics)
- Al-Ghazali (1058 to 1111, Philosophy)
- Omar Khayyam (1048 to 1131, Literature)
- Mohammad Khatami (born 1943, Politics)
- Doris Lessing (1919 to 2013, Literature)
- Ismail I (1487 to 1524, Politics)
- Ali Reza Pahlavi (born 1966) (1966 to 2011, Politics)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898 to 1930, Politics)
- Maryam Mirzakhani (1977 to 2017, Science)
- Mostafa Khamenei (born 1965, Religion)
- Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934 to 2017, Politics)
- al-Rashīd (766 to 809, Politics)
- Hafez (1326 to 1389, Literature)
- Leila Pahlavi (1970 to 2001, Politics)
- Darius III (380 BC to 330 BC, Politics)
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1941, Politics)
- Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078 to 1166, Religion)
- Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933 to 1981, Politics)
- Abbas Kiarostami (1940 to 2016, Entertainment)
- Agha Mohammad Khan (1742 to 1797, Politics)
- Báb (1819 to 1850, Religion)
- Abolhassan Banisadr (1933 to 2021, Politics)
- Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831 to 1896, Politics)
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