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TEHRAN
Most Famous People Born in Tehran, Iran
- Notable people
- 2,195
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1962
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 5.1×
A capital whose 20th century broke in half. Tehran's notables are almost entirely 1900s births, split between the Pahlavi-era filmmakers, photographers, and composers who built modern Iranian culture and the post-1979 footballers, wrestlers, and entrepreneurs who inherited it. The film share is unusually high for a non-Western city — a quiet measure of how much the Iranian New Wave punched above its weight.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Tehran during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Tehran Is Known For
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Football is Tehran's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (321).
Tehran over-indexes on wrestler — 5.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Tehran's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
- Field: Football Clear ×
Abbas Qarib
1916 - 2009
Hossein Hosseini (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Kamiar Ghanbari
Born 1988
Kazem Rahimi
Born 1942
Vigen Zeinali
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Erfan Pourafzar
Born 1991
Kamran Tajali
Born 1992
Rouhollah Samieinia
Born 1979
Peyvand Mossavat
Born 1972
Manouchehr Nazari
Born 1942
Jim Bakhtiar
Born 1934
Ali Targholizadeh
Born 1962
Ahmad Monshizadeh
Born 1944
Hamid Mahmoudi
Born 1985
Alireza Hajghasem
1943 - 1983
Fatollah Minbashian
1915 - 2007
Reza Habibzadeh
Born 1996
Mehran Mousavi
Born 1991
Mohammad Khodabandelou
Born 1999
Erfan Khani
Born 1999
Sayed Baqer Mir Salimi
Born 1989