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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×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Football64
  2. Politician48
  3. Actor15
  4. Film14
  5. Poet8
  6. Painter8
  7. Basket7
  8. Writer6
  1. Scholar615.9×
  2. Athlete55.1×
  3. Handball54.7×
  4. Novelist53.7×
  5. Film143.3×
  6. Poet82.3×
  7. Football641.7×
  8. Basket71.6×

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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0017 ACTOR

Leila Forouhar

Born 1959

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0034 SINGER

Ali Reza Eftekhari

Born 1956

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0042 FOOTBALL

Rasoul Korbekandi

Born 1953

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0044 FILM

Rasul Sadr Ameli

Born 1953

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0063 NOVELIST

Ja'far Modarres-Sadeghi

Born 1954

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0069 WRITER

Shahla Sherkat

Born 1956

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0084 POLITICIAN

Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i

Born 1956

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0085 POLITICIAN

Abdollah Nouri

Born 1950

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0087 ACADEMIC

Zabihollah Rezaee

Born 1953

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0096 POLITICIAN

Heydar Moslehi

Born 1957

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0125 ACTOR

Ramin Yazdani

Born 1952

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0127 MILITAR

Mohammad Hejazi

Born 1956

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0129 POLITICIAN

Hrant Markarian

Born 1958

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0132 FILM

Mamad Haghighat

Born 1952

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0133 FILM

Homayoun As'adian

Born 1958

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0141 MILITAR

Hossein Kharrazi

1957 - 1986

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0152 POLITICIAN

Morteza Agha-Tehrani

Born 1957

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0162 FOOTBALL

Mansour Ebrahimzadeh

Born 1956

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0176 POLITICIAN

Masoud Karbasian

Born 1956

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0184 MUSIC

Sina Vodjani

Born 1954

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0191 POLITICIAN

Alireza Ali-Ahmadi

Born 1959

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0199 POLITICIAN

Ahmad Khorram

Born 1950

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0204 ENGINEER

Amir Faghri

Born 1951

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0213 POLITICIAN

Mohammad Atrianfar

Born 1954

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0217 ECONOMIST

Mohammad Sattarifar

Born 1952

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0233 COMMANDER

Morteza Talaie

Born 1957

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0238 FACULTY

Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi

Born 1956

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0255 FOOTBALL

Alireza Rahimi (footballer)

Born 1955

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0256 POLITICIAN

Morteza Bank

Born 1955

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0257 FOOTBALL

Mohammad Reza Saket

Born 1952

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0258 POLITICIAN

Morteza Saghaeiannejad

Born 1952

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0264 POLITICIAN

Seyed Mahmood Hosseini

Born 1954

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0266 POLITICIAN

Hamidreza Fouladgar

Born 1959

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0274 FOOTBALL

Ghasem Zaghinejad

Born 1955

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0282 POLITICIAN

Hossein Sheikholeslam

1952 - 2020

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0286 FOOTBALL

Hossein Charkhabi

Born 1950

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0287 POLITICIAN

Fazlollah Mousavi

Born 1953

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0288 FOOTBALL

Naser Pourmehdi

Born 1959

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0292 PHYSICIST

Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

Born 1956

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0304 FOOTBALL

Rasoul Khorvash

Born 1953

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0307 BOXER

Masis Hambarsounian

Born 1950

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0308 FOOTBALL

Hassan Ghazi

1959 - 1984

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0323 POLITICIAN

Mansour Razavi

Born 1952

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0339 POLITICIAN

Abulhassan Navab

Born 1958

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0342 FOOTBALL

Mohammad-Ali Asgari

Born 1954

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