Iranian Famous Names Starting with Letter F

An iconic and famous Persian singer, actress, and diva. With a succesfull career spanning five decad

An iconic and famous Persian singer, actress, and diva. With a succesfull career spanning five decades, Googoosh has sold millions of albums, has played sold out arenas around the world and is a household name.In the 1970s, Googoosh was considered the most celebrated recording artist in Iran.[1] In addition to music, Googoosh was also an actress in many Persian films of the 1960s and 1970s. She is more widely known as a singer than as an actress. After the Iranian Revolution in 1979 she remained in Iran until 2000 but did not record or perform again due to the ban on solo female singers. Still, her following grew. Younger people have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings of her music.[2] Outside of Iran, she has a significant following in many Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries,

Is an Iranian politician, journalist, women rights activist and former member of Iranian parliament.

Is an Iranian politician, journalist, women rights activist and former member of Iranian parliament.during the 2009 Iranian election protests, Reuters reported that Rafsanjani addressed a crowd at a banned opposition rally in Tehran on June 16, and was subsequently prohibited from leaving the country.

Actor, dubbing artist, born 1934 in Tehran, Iran. Studied French language.

Actor, dubbing artist, born 1934 in Tehran, Iran. Studied French language.

Learning film acting in the School of Visual Arts, US (1971), he started his career with a short rol

Learning film acting in the School of Visual Arts, US (1971), he started his career with a short role in Come Stranger (1968, Masoud Kimiai). His first professional debut was Soil (1973, M. Kimiay).In most of his films, he’s played the role of resolute men who for achieving their goals or preserving their ideals, have the potential of facing conflict and put up with difficulties and dangers. He has some adventure films in his career and also directed three feature films, Duel in Tasuki (1986), Law (1995) and Her Eyes (1999). Gharibian has been nominated for the prize of Best Actor, and has won the prize for Train (1988, Amir Ghavidel), Misty Harbor (1992, A. Ghavidel) and The Rain Man (1999, A. Davoudi) from Fajr Intl. Film Festival.

An Iranian footballer who currently plays for Mes Kerman F.C. in the Iranian Premier League.He has p

An Iranian footballer who currently plays for Mes Kerman F.C. in the Iranian Premier League.He has played for a few clubs in Iran, including F.C. Fajr Sepasi, Esteghlal F.C. and F.C. Zob Ahan, as well as Egaleo FC in Greece. In July 2006, he joined another IPL club, Persepolis F.C..Fatemi had a short callup to the Iranian national team during the qualification campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Is an Iranian wrestler.

Is an Iranian wrestler.

An Iranian High Energy physicist. He is a professor at Sharif University and the Institute for Studi

An Iranian High Energy physicist. He is a professor at Sharif University and the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.He is known for the proposal of the para-string theory, construction of modular invariant partition functions for WZNW models via the orbifold method, classification of 11-dimensional supergravity solutions with a quotient structure, and discovery of non-commutativity in D-branes of string theory.

Is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra.His deep knowle

Is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra.His deep knowledge of Iranian and western classical music coupled with his experience in directing orchestras made him the most appropriate person to conduct Iran's National Orchestra.

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Persepolis F.C. in Iran's Premier Football Leagu

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Persepolis F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League. He joint Sorkhpooshan last year and having only played 8 games in the Azadegan League he managed to score 12 goals and become the top scorer. With the offers coming thick and fast from Iran's Premier Football League teams including the likes of Esteghlal and Sepahan he signed a 2 year contract with Persepolis FC.

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League

An Iranian football striker who currently plays for Esteghlal F.C. in Iran's Premier Football League and formerly the Iran national football team.Having played for Esteghlal F.C. for several seasons, Majidi's performance attracted Rapid Vienna to recruit him for one season. However, the asking price for a permanent transfer to Austria was not accepted by the Austrians, and they released Majidi who joined Al-Wasl in the UAE.In the UAE League and in combination with his compatriot Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, Majidi scored a handful of goals and topped the league chart with Al Wasl FC. Majidi was unlucky with injuries and was out of action for quite a few matches.

An Iranian artist.He was born in Shiraz, Iran, and studied fine arts at Calarts in California. In Am

An Iranian artist.He was born in Shiraz, Iran, and studied fine arts at Calarts in California. In America he first started experimenting with installations, video art and painting before coming back to Tehran in 1991. He is well known for his ironic interpretations of hybrids between traditional Iranian forms and those of the consumerist and globalized popular culture widespread in his country.His painted jars, which he is best known for, look like three dimensional objects, bursting with popular foods, drinks and desserts. Elegant popular scripts are written on the body of the large painted jars.

A German businessman of Iranian descent. He is best-known as the founder (Hamburg, Germany 1970) and

A German businessman of Iranian descent. He is best-known as the founder (Hamburg, Germany 1970) and the owner of the Vladi Private Islands company, which is the world leader in island-broking. Since establishing VPI, he has sold over 2000 islands around the world.

Is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Boston University. He is a former deputy prime m

Is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Boston University. He is a former deputy prime minister of Iran. He has also served as the Chancellor of Shiraz University (formerly called Pahlavi University) in Shiraz. He left Iran after the Islamic Revolution for United States in 1979, where he currently lives with his family in Massachusetts.

A Kurdish Iranian film director and producer.Kamkari was born in 1981 in Rome, Italy, and studied ci

A Kurdish Iranian film director and producer.Kamkari was born in 1981 in Rome, Italy, and studied cinema and theater in Tehran, Iran. He has written several scripts for other Iranian directors, and has produced and directed some short films. In 2002, he wrote and directed his first feature film, Black Tape. The film won the top jury prize at Cinequest Film Festival, and was in competition at several other festivals, including the Venice Film Festival.

Is a film score composer originally from Iran based in Canada.

Is a film score composer originally from Iran based in Canada.

An Iranian Bahá'í architect, now living in Canada.[1]

An Iranian Bahá'í architect, now living in Canada.[1]

An Iranian Football player who currently plays for Bargh Shiraz in Iran Pro League.

An Iranian Football player who currently plays for Bargh Shiraz in Iran Pro League.

Is an Iranian descended American violin virtuoso.Farjad, who has profound knowledge on Persian Folk

Is an Iranian descended American violin virtuoso.Farjad, who has profound knowledge on Persian Folk Music, also worked on Classical Western Music with violin. His works on Western Classical Music have had a large influence on the development of Persian music. He left Iran in 1978 and became citizen in the USA.

An Iranian actress. She graduated in Dramatic Literature from FDA in 1977, and worked stage acting s

An Iranian actress. She graduated in Dramatic Literature from FDA in 1977, and worked stage acting since 1976. She began acting in films in 1980.Her performances in the roles of wandering and wavering young or middle age women who struggle with psychological and personal problems were admired by film critics, and won prizes for The Lead (1988, Kimiay) and The Last Act (1990, Karim-Masihi) from International Fajr Film Festival.

An internationally-acclaimed Persian animation director.She studied psychology at the Alzahra Univer

An internationally-acclaimed Persian animation director.She studied psychology at the Alzahra University in Tehran in the mid-1980s]. In 1988, she joined IIDCYA (Kanoon) and learned theory and practice of animation under the supervision of Vajihollah Fard-Moghaddam. Torabi was the assistant director of Vajihollah Fard-Moghaddam's film Lili Hosak. which won several international awards.

Was an Iranian physician, educator and parliamentarian. She served as Minister of Education of Iran

Was an Iranian physician, educator and parliamentarian. She served as Minister of Education of Iran in the last pre-Islamic revolution government and was the first female cabinet minister of an Iranian government.

An Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

An Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

A retired Iranian football player and now manager. He was a defender for a number of clubs, most not

A retired Iranian football player and now manager. He was a defender for a number of clubs, most notably Esteghlal F.C. as well as Iran national football team.He played for Esteghlal F.C., Bahman F.C., 1. FSV Mainz 05, Sanat Naft F.C. and Bargh Shiraz F.C..He played for Iran national team at 1994 & 1998 World Cup Qualification round, ECO Cup 1993, 1994 Asian Games, 1996 Asian Cup and 1998 Carlsberg Cup (Friendly Tournament) and 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

A retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Pers

A retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., as well as Iran national football team.He was top scorer of Azadegan League in 1991/92 season with 11 goals and in 1994/95 season with 20 goals. He was also the top scorer of the Qatari League during the 1988/89 season with 9 goals.He was coach of Azadegan League side Teraktor Sazi F.C. for two seasons of 2005-2007. Before Teraktor Sazi he was the head coach of Shemushack Noshahr F.C. until he was fired on May 29, 2005.

Is an Iranian 3D animator and programmer.He is actively working on his Renivo project, a media asset

Is an Iranian 3D animator and programmer.He is actively working on his Renivo project, a media asset management software for 3d industry. Also he is working on mapy which is the only free and open source command sender for maya.