People from Amol

Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari is widely known for his historical works and expertise in Quranic exegesis, and has been described as "an impressively prolific polymath". He authored works on a diverse range of subjects, including world history, poetry, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and medicine. Among his most fa

Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)

Ali Ardashir Larijani was an Iranian politician, military officer, and philosopher who served as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2025 until his assassination in 2026. He had previously served in the position from 2005 to 2007. From late December 2025 until his assassination, he was widely considered to be one of the leaders of Iran.

12th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher

10th century Persian mathematician, physicist and astronomer

Arash the Archer () is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology and historical tradition. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own life in the arrow's launch. The arrow was traveling for days before finally landing on the other side of the Oxus on the bark of a walnut tree hundreds of miles away from the original launch site atop a mountain.

Iranian cleric and politician (born 1963)

Persian scholar and physician

Iranian amateur wrestler

Iranian politician

Iranian poet, mathematician and calligrapher

Shi'ite mystic and Sufi

Iranian Islamic philosopher and theologian

13th century Iranian historian

Iranian historian

Iranian politician, logician, and diplomat (born 1951)

Iranian political prisoner

Persian astrologer

Iranian military major general

Iranian politician and calligrapher

Persian and Islamic studies scholar (1911–1996)

'''Hibatullah ibn al-Hasan ibn Mansour al-Tabari, Abu al-Qasim al-Razi, al-Shafi’i, al-Lalaka'i al-Amoli or Hibatullah Lalika'i''' () was an Iranian hadith scholar, theologian, hafiz and Shafi'i jurist. His most famous teacher was Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini and his most famous disciple was Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi.

Medieval Persian physician from Amol, Iran

Iranian actor

9th century Syriac astronomer and mathematician (c. 786 - c. 845)

Iranian Shia Marja' and politician (1840–1912)

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Ahmed bin Ismail Alkhawas or Ebrahim Khawas was a Persian scholar of the Sunnis in the 3rd century AH.

Persian artist

Iranian actor

11th-century Iranian Sufi mystic

Iranian musician

Persian physician

Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1907–1976)

king of the Afrasiyab dynasty

German philosopher (1926–1996)

shah (self-styled)

Iranian ayatollah (1887–1971)

thumb|Mumtaz Mahal with an attendant, possibly Sati-un-Nissa. Sati-un-Nissa, also known as Sati-un-nisa, Sati al-Nisa Khanam, Sati-al-Nesāʾ (born in Amol before 1580 — died in Lahore, 23 January 1647) was an Indo-Persian physician, a lady-in-waiting to Mumtaz Mahal, mahaldar of Shah Jahan, and tutor to their daughters Jahanara Begum and Gauhar Ara Begum.

Iranian astronomer

ruler of the Afrasiyab dynasty

Iranian medical practitioner (b. 1961)

Iranian activist (1969–2006)

Iranian historian

Zaydi Imam in Yemen (944–1020)

Iranian environmental scientist

Iranian statesman, cleric and grand vizier (c.1592–1654)

Iranian entrepreneur

Iranian mathematician and astronomer

Iranian politician

Iranian politician and diplomat (1886–1946)

Iraqi Islamic scholar, judge and poet

Iranian military officer

Iranian paleontologist

Natili. Abu Abdallah Husayn ibn Ibrahim ibn Hasan ibn Khurshid at-Tabari an-Natili ( | Romanization: Abū ʿAbdallāh Ḥusain ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Khūrshīd aṭ-Ṭabarī an-Nātllī), was a Persian physician from Tabaristan.