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.
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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
Samad Behrangi
1939 - 1967
Reza Baraheni
Born 1935
Vartan Gregorian
Born 1934
Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
1936 - 1985
Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari
Born 1936
Jamileh Sheykhi
1930 - 2001
Ja'far Sobhani
Born 1930
Aziz Asli
1938 - 2015
Farhad Fakhreddini
Born 1938
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour
1931 - 2007
Hamid Mowlana
Born 1937
Ahmad Aali
Born 1935
Javad Fakoori
1939 - 1981
Rouben Galichian
Born 1938
Bahman Forsi
Born 1934
John Tillinger
Born 1938
Vladmir Faltsman
Born 1932
Tony Zarrindast
1934 - 2016
Aref Gholizadeh
1938 - 2015
Robert Ekhart
1935 - 1994
Firouz Partovi
Born 1936
Mansoor Ghandriz
1936 - 1966
Mahdi Ghalibafian
1935 - 2007
Yusef Majidzadeh
Born 1936
Javad Gharavi Aliari
1935 - 2018
Karim Mojtahedi
Born 1930
Gholam Sehhati-Chafai
1937 - 2019
Yadollah Duzduzani
Born 1935
Jaleh Lackner-Gohari
Born 1939