38.0738° N, 46.2965° E
TABRIZ
Most Famous People Born in Tabriz, Iran
- Notable people
- 306
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1939
- Most distinctive
- Poet 5.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Tabriz during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Tabriz Is Known For
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Football is Tabriz's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (58).
Tabriz over-indexes on poet — 5.0× the global rate.
Tabriz under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Tabriz's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
1831 - 1896
Ahmad Kasravi
1890 - 1946
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
1906 - 1988
Samad Behrangi
1939 - 1967
Parvin E'tesami
1907 - 1941
Shams Tabrizi
1185 - 1248
Ahmad Shah Qajar
1898 - 1930
Mohammad Shah Qajar
1808 - 1848
Reza Deghati
Born 1952
Ivan Galamian
1903 - 1981
Iraj Mirza
1874 - 1926
Reza Baraheni
Born 1935
Reza Naji
Born 1942
Mehdi Rahmati
Born 1983
Vartan Gregorian
Born 1934
Tahmineh Milani
Born 1960
Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma
1857 - 1939
Hassan Taqizadeh
1878 - 1970
Hassan Pirnia
1872 - 1935
Karim Bagheri
Born 1974
Samuel Khachikian
1923 - 2001
Sattar Khan
1868 - 1914
Saib Tabrizi
1601 - 1677
Hayk Bzhishkyan
1887 - 1937
Rasoul Khatibi
Born 1978
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
1905 - 1986
Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
1936 - 1985
Fariba Vafi
Born 1962
Alexander Abian
1923 - 1999
Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari
Born 1936
Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan
1850 - 1918
Javad Tabatabai
Born 1945
Jamileh Sheykhi
1930 - 2001
Mohsen Hashtroodi
1908 - 1976
Ghader Mizbani
Born 1975
Mir Sayyid Ali
1510 - 1572
Ali Soheili
1896 - 1958
Payam Sadeghian
Born 1992
Mohammad Hassan Mirza
1899 - 1943
Ali Samadi Ahadi
Born 1972
Sirous Dinmohammadi
Born 1970
Proschat Madani
Born 1967
Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
Born 1942
Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi
Born 1965
Taqi Arani
1902 - 1940
Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī
1265 - 1319
Sattar Hamedani
Born 1974
Abbas Gharabaghi
1918 - 2000
Ja'far Sobhani
Born 1930
Aziz Asli
1938 - 2015
Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari
1923 - 1998
Arakel of Tabriz
1590 - 1670
Samad Pourseyedi
Born 1985
Hossein Shahabi
Born 1967
Akbar Behkalam
Born 1944
Abdul Hosein Amini
1902 - 1970
Farhad Fakhreddini
Born 1938
Negar Khan
Born 1984
Louise Aslanian
1906 - 1945
Ebrahim Hakimi
1871 - 1959
Bahman Mirza Qajar
1810 - 1884
Shireen Hunter
Born 1945
Hossein Kazemzadeh Iranshahr
1884 - 1962
Qatran Tabrizi
1009 - 1072
Hossein Sadaghiani
1903 - 1982
Yousuf Khan Mostashar al-Dowleh
1813 - 1895
Mohammad Paziraei
1929 - 2002
Sati Beg
1300 - 1345
Qasem-e Anvar
1356 - 1434
Farrukh Beg
1547 - 1615
Sadiqi Beg
1533 - 1610
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour
1931 - 2007
Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi
1834 - 1911
Javad Heyat
1925 - 2014
Cristoforo Armeno
-
Assar Tabrizi
1325 - 1390
Samin Baghtcheban
1925 - 2008
Charles Henry Oldfather
1887 - 1954
Afshin Molavi
-
Reza Zarrab
Born 1983
Hassan Rahnavardi
Born 1927
Sajjad Hashemi
Born 1991
Mir Ali Tabrizi
1330 - 1452
Mohammad Naderi
Born 1996
Hamid Mowlana
Born 1937
Gegham Saryan
1902 - 1976
Baqir Khan
1862 - 1916
Hossein Alizadeh (cyclist)
Born 1988
Parviz Hadi
Born 1987
Khalil Maleki
1903 - 1969
Rahim Emami
Born 1982
Mirza Ali
1510 - 1576
Mahmoud Djam
1885 - 1969
Ahmad Aali
Born 1935
Mohammad Taqi Pessian
1892 - 1921
Saeid Aghaei
Born 1995
Gholamreza Mesri
Born 1940
Javad Fakoori
1939 - 1981
Rosa Jamali
Born 1977
Hakob Karapents
1925 - 1994
Qovsi Tabrizi
1568 - 1640
Rouben Galichian
Born 1938
Emik Avakian
1923 - 2013
Babak Hatami
Born 1986
Samad Khan Momtaz os-Saltaneh
1869 - 1954
Hasan Kuchak
1319 - 1343
Ahmad Amir Kamdar
Born 1989
Malek Ashraf
1344 - 1357
Qolamhossein Bigjekhani
1918 - 1987
Vahan Papazian
1876 - 1973
Prince Abbas Mirza Farman Farmaian
1890 - 1935
Hassan Shariatmadari
Born 1947
Hasan Nazih
1920 - 2012
Khosrow Mirza
1813 - 1875
Monir Vakili
1923 - 1983
Bahman Forsi
Born 1934
Jaber Ansari
Born 1987
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl
Born 1947
Alireza Zarrindast
Born 1945
Hamid Mirza
1918 - 1988
Esmail Momtaz od-Dowleh
1879 - 1933
Nasim Hassanpour
Born 1984
Fardin Abedini
Born 1991
Mostafa Adl
1882 - 1950
Abass Alavi
-
Esmail Halali
Born 1973
John Tillinger
Born 1938
Ali Nazem
1906 - 1941
Ebrahim Abadi
1943 - 2019
Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Born 1945
Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi
1861 - 1911
Mohammad Bagheri (Iranian commander)
Born 1960
Vartan Vahramian
Born 1955
Misha Bolourie
Born 1948
Shahab Abbasi
Born 1973
Hamid Chitchian
Born 1957
Arman (actor)
1921 - 1980
Ebrahim Abednezhad
Born 1992
Hamid Notghi
1920 - 1999
Mahammad Ali Tarbiat
1877 - 1940
Ali Tabatabaei
1866 - 1947
Aziz Dowlatabadi
1922 - 2009
Bijan Birang
Born 1950
Jawad Tabrizi
1926 - 2006
Parviz Jabehdar Maralani
Born 1941
Saeid Safarzadeh
Born 1989
Habib Gordani
Born 1983
Peyman Babaei
Born 1994
Alireza Naghizadeh
Born 1993
Büyük Vatankhah
Born 1943
Hossein Khatibi
Born 1975
Vladmir Faltsman
Born 1932
Younes Bahonar
Born 1977
Abolfazl Hajizadeh
Born 1981
Mahsa Abdolzadeh
Born 1985
Ali Taheran
Born 1997
Abbas Duzduzani
1942 - 2018
Bahman Kamel
Born 1986
Tony Zarrindast
1934 - 2016
Khalil Khorshid
Born 1988
Masoud Pezeshkian
Born 1954
Qizil Arslan
Died 1191
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Born 1947
Aref Gholizadeh
1938 - 2015
Boyuk Jeddikar
1929 - 2013
Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh
1851 - 1944
Alireza Akbarpour
Born 1973
Vartan Hovanessian
1895 - 1982
Emanuel Melik-Aslanian
1915 - 2003
Ali Reza Abbassi
1500 - 1600
Mehdi Ghoreishi
Born 1990
Farhad Fakhimzadeh
Born 1984
Ali Baghmisheh
Born 1975
Sina Tamaddon
Born 1957
Robert Ekhart
1935 - 1994
Saru Taqi
1579 - 1645
Bahram Mirza
1806 - 1882
Yousef Madani Tabrizi
1928 - 2013
Ayoub Baninosrat
Born 1968
Malek Mansur Mirza Shoa O-Saltaneh
1880 - 1922
Mirza Riza Khan
1846 - 1939
Khan Baba Motazedi
1892 - 1988
Nasrullah Medqalchi
Born 1944
Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini
Born 1960
Mehdi Mohammadpour
Born 1985
Hasan Ali (Kara Koyunlu)
Died 1469
Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi
Born 1950
Peyman Ranjbari
Born 1992
Reza Rahmani
Born 1966
Zahra Saei
Born 1980
Atabak Zarei
Born 1997
Azim Gheychisaz
Born 1981
Fakhr-ol-dowleh
1883 - 1955
Ali Saeedlou
Born 1952
Alireza Novin
Born 1961
Fateme Behros
1944 - 2009
Firouz Partovi
Born 1936
Jafar Shafaghat
1915 - 2001
Ali Tajalaei
1959 - 1985
Ahad Sheykhlari
Born 1960
Anna Kaplan
-
Mousa Khiabani
1947 - 1982
Soleiman Eskandari
1877 - 1943
Mansoor Ghandriz
1936 - 1966
Mohammad Reza Zonuzi
Born 1967
Mohammad Kassim
1557 - 1630
Habibollah Chaichian
1923 - 2017
Mohsen Hosseini
Born 1985
Ja'far Kavian
1895 - 1975
Reza Parwaresch
1940 - 2005
Mahdi Ghalibafian
1935 - 2007
Yasaman Farzan
Born 1977
Yahya Adl
1908 - 2002
Hassan Jangju
1967 - 1984
Hamed Khosravi
Born 1992
Pariyoush Ganji
Born 1945
Fazil Khan Sheyda
1783 - 1852
Said Manafi
Born 1943
Taqi Rafat
1885 - 1920
Mohammad Vali Mirza Farman Farmaian
1891 - 1983
Khanlar Mirza
1812 - 1862
Yusef Majidzadeh
Born 1936
Nouraddin Afi
Born 1964
Shahnaz Azad
1901 - 1961
Saeid Mehdipour
Born 1987
Gholamreza Baghabadi
Born 1958
Soodabeh Davaran
-
Abd ol-Baghi Tabrizi
1500 - 1629
Javad Gharavi Aliari
1935 - 2018
Alireza Nabdel
1944 - 1971
Alaeddin Tabrizi
-
Ahad Hosseini
Born 1944
Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi
Died 1577
Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei
1914 - 1979
Mahmud Mahmud
1881 - 1965
Ali Asghar Sherdost
Born 1962
Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi
Born 1958
Nader Arasteh
Born 1893
Mousa Ghaninejad
Born 1951
Alireza Monadi
Born 1969
Shahram Dabiri Oskuei
Born 1960
Razie Golami Shabani
1925 - 2013
Mohammad Hossein Farhanghi
Born 1961
Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi
1917 - 1989
Hasan Anami Olya
Born 1967
Iraj Shahin-Baher
Born 1971
Karim Mojtahedi
Born 1930
Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1982)
Born 1982
Mohammad Hossein Mirza Firouz
1894 - 1983
Babak Ejlali
Born 1981
Shakur Akbarnejad
Born 1960
Davoud Noushi Soufiani
Born 1990
Hassan Azarnia
Born 1957
Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini
Born 1961
Mehdi Nouri
Born 1980
Ahmad-Hossein Adl
1898 - 1962
Hossein Sadri
Born 1979
Amin Khatibi
Born 1997
Ali Asghar Al-Mousavi
Born 1954
Eskandar Mirza (Qajar)
1811 - 1856
Muhsin Khan
Died 1910
Saeed Ghezelagchi
Born 1983
Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr
Died 1210
Morteza Mahfouzi
Born 1986
Mohammadreza Zeynalkheiri
Born 1990
Hambarsoom Grigorian
1893 - 1975
Shaikh Hasan Jalayir
Died 1374
Jalal al-Din Mohammad Tabrizi
Died 1524
Fatemeh Emdadian
Born 1955
Esmail Vasseghi
Born 1946
Gholam Sehhati-Chafai
1937 - 2019
Khachik Babayan
Born 1956
Mehran Gorbanpour
Born 1995
Syed Ali Damad
1881 - 1957
Shahram Sharifzadeh
Born 1986
Sajjad Rahbar
Born 1994
Mohammad Biriya
1914 - 1985
Alireza Nikmehr
1972 - 2003
Alaadin al Tabriz
-
Farzad Baher
Born 1993
Behrouz Vahidi Azar
Born 1953
Reza Hassanzadeh (footballer, died 2006)
1964 - 2006
Mahmud Shaterian
1944 - 2006
Rasoul Pirzadeh
Born 1982
Mehrdad Yeghaneh
Born 1992
Ardashes Badmagrian
1863 - 1928
Younes Jaele
Born 1962
Yadollah Duzduzani
Born 1935
Abbas Adham
1885 - 1969
Amin Taghizadeh
Born 1994
Shirin Abedinirad
Born 1986
Reza Rasouli
Born 1898
Ayoub Zolfagari
Born 1959
Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Born 1977
Sultanik Arevshatian
1925 - 2017
Bahman Mehabadi
-
Sasson Khakshouri
Born 1942
Reza Khan Geranmayeh Moayyedossaltaneh
1850 - 1913
Jamal Bakhshpour
1944 - 2015
Jaleh Lackner-Gohari
Born 1939