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ISFAHAN
Most Famous People Born in Isfahan, Iran
- Notable people
- 343
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1954
- Most distinctive
- Scholar 15.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Isfahan during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Isfahan Is Known For
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Football is Isfahan's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (64).
Isfahan over-indexes on scholar — 15.9× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Isfahan's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Homayoun Ershadi
Born 1947
Bahman Farmanara
Born 1942
Farshid Mesghali
Born 1943
Nasser Khalili
Born 1945
Hassan Shamaizadeh
Born 1949
George Bournoutian
Born 1943
Hossein Omoumi
Born 1944
Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Born 1948
Reza Ghassemi
Born 1949
Caro Lucas
1949 - 2010
Mohammad Gharazi
Born 1941
Hamid Naficy
Born 1944
Mansour Koushan
1948 - 2014
Mohsen Nourbakhsh
1948 - 2003
Zari Khoshkam
Born 1947
Jafar Zafarani
Born 1947
Mostafa Hashemitaba
Born 1946
Mohammad Saeedikia
Born 1946
Ahmad Salamatian
Born 1941
Mehdi Hashemi
1944 - 1987
Ziya Movahed
Born 1943
Ali Erfan
Born 1946
Freydoon Rassouli
Born 1943
Lotfollah Meisami
Born 1940
Ahmad Salek
Born 1946
Ali Akbar Parvaresh
1942 - 2013
Majid Sharif Vaghefi
1949 - 1975
Hasan Aghareb Parast
1946 - 1984
Mohammad Reza Zahedi
Born 1944
Pirouz Adamiat
Born 1949
Bahram Atef
Born 1941