People from Najaf

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.

Iraqi Shia scholar, politician and militia leader (born 1974)

Lebanese cleric (1935–2010)

Member of the Iranian royal family.

Iraqi politician (1953-2009)

Iranian Ayatollah (1948–2018)

Iranian cleric and politician (born 1963)

Iraqi association football player

Iraqi neo-classical poet (1899 – 1997)

Iraqi footballer

Shia Islamic cleric

Iraqi footballer

Iraqi marja' (1897-1990)

Iraqi Twelver Shi'a marja (1936–2021)

Iraqi religious figure and politician

Iranian politician

Iraqi theologian and religious authority (1889–1970)

Afghan Grand Ayatollah

American artist

commander of Basij paramilitary force of Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraqi association football player

Iraqi ayatollah

Iranian Muslim scholar and writer (1930–1997)

association football player

Iranian writer and translator (1929–2016)

iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar (born 1948)

Iraqi-born Iranian diplomat, writer and poet

Iranian grand ayatollah

Iraqi Grand Ayatollah

Iraqi cleric (1962–2003)

Iraqi politician and diplomat

Iraqi Grand Ayatollah (1895–1975)

Iranian architect and faculty (1936–2007)

journalist

Iraqi politician and poet (1924-1963)

Iranian Shia cleric and (born 1962)

Iraqi painter and calligrapher (born 1944)

Iraqi footballer

Iran Scientist

Lebanese shia cleric (1936–2001)