People from Mahabad

Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and former heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest person to serve in this position, taking office at the age of 69.

1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)

Kurdish poet (1920-1991)

Kurdish poet and scholar (1921–1986)

thumb|Image of Wafayi Wafaei or Wefayî, (; 1844–1902), was a Kurdish poet. His real name was Abdurrehîm. He was born in Mahabad in present-day north-western Iran. He finished religious studies in Mahabad and became a cleric, and a teacher in the local school. He moved to Sulaimaniya in 1900 and stayed there for a while. He travelled to Mecca three times, the last one in 1902. He was accompanied by the Kurdish poet Piramerd. During his last pilgrimage, he became ill and died in the region between Iraq and Syria.

Iranian translator (1913-1998)

Iranian political prisoner

Iranian scholar (1943–2017)

Iranian musician

Iranian writer