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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 51 notable births.

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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0003 POLITICIAN

Shapour Bakhtiar

1914 - 1991

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Mohammad Beheshti

1928 - 1981

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0015 POLITICIAN

Hassan Modarres

1870 - 1937

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0019 POLITICIAN

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

1936 - 1982

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0027 POLITICIAN

Mirza Malkam Khan

1833 - 1908

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0038 POLITICIAN

Nusrat Bhutto

1929 - 2011

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0043 POLITICIAN

Dariush Forouhar

1928 - 1998

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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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0089 POLITICIAN

Mohammad Gharazi

Born 1941

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0091 POLITICIAN

Mohammad Yazdi

Born 1931

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0096 POLITICIAN

Heydar Moslehi

Born 1957

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0104 POLITICIAN

Imam-Quli Khan

Died 1633

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Ali Akbar Mehrabian

Born 1975

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0129 POLITICIAN

Hrant Markarian

Born 1958

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0147 POLITICIAN

Mostafa Hashemitaba

Born 1946

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0149 POLITICIAN

Minoo Khaleghi

Born 1985

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0150 POLITICIAN

Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi

1884 - 1974

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0152 POLITICIAN

Morteza Agha-Tehrani

Born 1957

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0156 POLITICIAN

Mohammad Saeedikia

Born 1946

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0161 POLITICIAN

Gholamreza Nikpey

1927 - 1979

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0163 POLITICIAN

Ivan Lazarevich Lazarev

1735 - 1801

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0174 POLITICIAN

Ahmad Salamatian

Born 1941

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0176 POLITICIAN

Masoud Karbasian

Born 1956

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0177 POLITICIAN

Prince Alexander of Kartli (died 1773)

1700 - 1773

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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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0213 POLITICIAN

Mohammad Atrianfar

Born 1954

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0218 POLITICIAN

Abdollah Riazi

1906 - 1979

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0222 POLITICIAN

Ahmad Salek

Born 1946

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0227 POLITICIAN

Ali Akbar Parvaresh

1942 - 2013

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0236 POLITICIAN

Hajji Mohammad Hossein Isfahani

1758 - 1823

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0240 POLITICIAN

Majid Sharif Vaghefi

1949 - 1975

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0250 POLITICIAN

Rahmatollah Hafezi

Born 1964

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0256 POLITICIAN

Morteza Bank

Born 1955

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0258 POLITICIAN

Morteza Saghaeiannejad

Born 1952

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0259 POLITICIAN

Doust Ali Moayyer ol-Mamalek

1760 - 1821

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0263 POLITICIAN

Mirza Shah Hossein

Died 1523

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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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0277 POLITICIAN

Mir Sham ud-Din Iraqi

1484 - 1526

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0282 POLITICIAN

Hossein Sheikholeslam

1952 - 2020

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0287 POLITICIAN

Fazlollah Mousavi

Born 1953

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0290 POLITICIAN

Nahid Tajeddin

Born 1976

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0300 POLITICIAN

Hossein-Ali Haji-Deligani

Born 1962

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0314 POLITICIAN

Mostafa Fateh

1896 - 1978

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0323 POLITICIAN

Mansour Razavi

Born 1952

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0339 POLITICIAN

Abulhassan Navab

Born 1958

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