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 1940s Clear ×
Reza Naji
Born 1942
Javad Tabatabai
Born 1945
Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
Born 1942
Akbar Behkalam
Born 1944
Shireen Hunter
Born 1945
Gholamreza Mesri
Born 1940
Hassan Shariatmadari
Born 1947
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl
Born 1947
Alireza Zarrindast
Born 1945
Ebrahim Abadi
1943 - 2019
Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Born 1945
Misha Bolourie
Born 1948
Parviz Jabehdar Maralani
Born 1941
Büyük Vatankhah
Born 1943
Abbas Duzduzani
1942 - 2018
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Born 1947
Nasrullah Medqalchi
Born 1944
Fateme Behros
1944 - 2009
Mousa Khiabani
1947 - 1982
Reza Parwaresch
1940 - 2005
Pariyoush Ganji
Born 1945
Said Manafi
Born 1943
Alireza Nabdel
1944 - 1971
Ahad Hosseini
Born 1944
Esmail Vasseghi
Born 1946
Mahmud Shaterian
1944 - 2006
Sasson Khakshouri
Born 1942
Jamal Bakhshpour
1944 - 2015