People from Tehran

Abbas Araghchi is an Iranian diplomat and politician who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since August 2024.

Iranian senior military leader

Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)

Iranian politician (1923-2016)

former Iranian Prime Minister (1923-1965)

Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer

Iranian entertainer (1936–1992)

sixth president of the Islamic Azad University

Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, film producer, and singer

Iranian military officer (died 2026)

Iranian-Danish trance producer and disc jockey

daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum (1846–1932)

conjoined twins

wife of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baha'i Faith

doctor famous for operating on morbidly obese patients

Opera director, manager (1929–2013)

Iranian Reformist politician, activist, women's studies professor.

Iranian academic (1874–1949)

Iranian military intelligence officer (died 2026)

Iranian military officer (1963–2025)

anthropologist

Iranian designer (1940-2011)

Iranian fashion and costume designer

son of Bahá'í founder Bahá’u’lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum

first child and daughter of Reza Shah

Iranian actress

Iranian artist and filmmaker

Iranian politician

TV celebrity and cleric

Co-founder:venture capital firm Prodea Systems Inc

Israeli poet, Mizrahi feminist

mistress of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar

Iranian actor, director and singer

Iranian actress

Iranian artist and filmmaker

Irani artist, writer, politician and former second female licensed pilot in Iran

daughter of Qassem Soleimani

Iranian actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director

Iranian con artist

Iranian actress

Iranian journalist, translator and political activist who died on hunger strike (1959-2011)

Iranian linguist (1929–2020)

Iranian technology student

folklorist, historian, translator

Iranian artist and calligrapher (1830–1887)

Iranian theater director, actor, translator

Iranian actress

German entrepreneur

first Iranian female aviator

Iranian-Swedish social and natural researcher

Expert on European carpets

President of AFC (1939-2025)

Iranian Poet and Painter

Iranian actress

British spy (1921–2013)

Iranian architect

first and only Iranian international bodybuilding professional judge and international bodybuilding pro coach (born 1980)