List of people from Tabriz

Here is a complete list for notable people who lived or from Tabriz:

A

• Abu'l Majd Tabrizi, compiler of Safina-yi Tabriz, writer
• Ahmad Hussein Adl, Minister of Agriculture
• Akbar Alami, Representative of Parliament
• Massoud Amin, American Engineer
• Taghi Arani, Iranian political activist; killed in prison in the First Pahlavi era
• Armik
• Aziz Asli, soccer player
• Cristoforo Armeno, translator

B

• Bagher Khan, Nationalist revolutionist
• Karim Bagheri, soccer player
• Reza Baraheni, novelist, poet, critic and political activist, former president of Pen Canada
• Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Shahriar), poet
• Samad Behrangi, children's books writer
• Qolam Hossein Bigjeh-Khani, musician and tar player
• Gayk Bzhishkyan

C

D

• Reza Deghati, photographer
• Cyrus Dinmohammadi, soccer player

E

• Hasan Enami Olya
• Parvin E'tesami, poet

F

• Javad Fakori, Major General; commander of the IRIAF during the Iran–Iraq War; served as Defense Minister
• Farhad Fakhredini, conductor of National Orchestra

G

• Ivan Galamian
• Azim Gheychisaz
• Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation

H

• Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran
• Sattar Hamedani, soccer player
• Hamid Mirza, heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty
• Mohsen Hashtroodi, mathematician
• Homam-e Tabrizi, poet
• Ahad Hoseini, painter

I

• Iraj Mirza, poet and famous politician

J

• Allameh Jafari, cleric, researcher
• Feridoun Jam, Head of Iranian Army corps
• Jafar Tabrizi, calligrapher
• Mahmud Jam, Prime Minister of Iran
• Rosa Jamali, poet, writer

K

• Ahmad Kasravi, politician and author
• Samuel Khachikian, film director
• Rasoul Khatibi, soccer player
• Mohammad Khiabani, cleric; a political leader during Iran's Constitutionalist Revolution

L

M

• Yadollah Maftun Amini, poet
• Abu'l Majd Tabrizi, compiler of Safina-yi Tabriz; writer
• Naser Manzuri, novelist, linguist
• Tahmineh Milani, film director
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran, reformist

N

• Reza Naji, actor
• Nasimi, poet (however, there is a controversy about his birthplace)

P

• Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba), the last queen consort of Iran
• Jafar Panahi, film director

Q

• Abbas Mirza Qajar, prince, reformist
• Ahmad Shah Qajar, King of Iran
• Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, King of Iran
• Mohammad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia of the Qajar dynasty
• Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran
• Qalandar Tabrizi, speaker of bitter truths to power
• Qatran Tabrizi, poet

R

• Mirza Taqikhan Raf'at Tabrizi, poet, writer, founder of Raf'at Literary School
• Hassan Roshdieh, founder of the first modern school in Iran

S

• Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
• Gholamhossein Saedi, writer, novelist and political activist
• Sattar Khan, Nationalist revolutionary leader
• Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi, Nationalist cleric
• Shams Tabrizi, Sufi
• Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Grand Ayatollah
• Jamileh Sheykhi, actress
• Ali Soheili, Prime Minister of Iran

T

• Allameh Tabatabaei, cleric, researcher
• Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher, historian, distinguished university professor
• Abdurrazzaq Nasha Tabrizi, poet
• Maqsud Ali Tabrizi
• Mir Ali Tabrizi, calligraphist
• Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi, intellectual and social reformer
• Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi, Muslim convert from Judaism; philosopher and translator
• Hasan Taqizadeh, politician, diplomat and scholar
• Varto Terian, Iran's first stage actress.

V

• Fariba Vafi, novelist
• Monir Vakili Nikjoo, opera singer