People from Tehran

The list People from Tehran includes Claudia Lynx, Golshifteh Farahani, Nazanin Boniadi, Tami Stronach and Googoosh. The list consists of 1,597 members and 2 sublists.

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Tehran

Capital and largest city of Iran

People from Tehran by occupation
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Claudia Lynx

Iranian, Actress

Date of birth: 8 June 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Iranian actors 207T

1982 births 19,093T

Living people 969,230T
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Sam Asghari

American model and fitness trainer

Overview: Hesam "Sam" Asghari (Persian: حسام اصغری; born March 3, 1994) is an Iranian-American model and actor. He has appeared on the television shows Black Monday and Hacks and modeled for a number of magazines ...

Date of birth: 23 March 1994

Age: 31

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Brooke Irvine (Dating)

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Iranian emigrants to the United States 478T

American people of Iranian descent 637T

1994 births 17,682T
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Nasim Pedrad

American actress, writer, and comedian

Overview: Nasim Pedrad (Persian: نسیم پدراد; born November 18, 1981) is an Iranian-American actress, writer, and comedian. She was a cast member in the NBC sketch variety series Saturday Night Live from 2009 to ...

Date of birth: 18 November 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American comedians of Iranian descent 7T

21st-century American comedians 2,204T

Muslim female comedians 15T
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Yara Shahidi

American actress and producer (born 2000)

Overview: Yara Sayeh Shahidi (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child, appearing in the films Imagine That (2009), Butter (2011) and Alex Cross (2012).

Date of birth: 10 February 2000

Age: 25

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 3T

American people who self-identify as being of Choctaw descent 33T

American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent 347T
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Golshifteh Farahani

Iranian, Actress

Overview: Rahavard Farahani (Persian: رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی), is an Iranian and French actress. She is known for her performances in M for ...

Date of birth: 10 July 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century French women 1,244T

Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress winners 29T

Iranian diaspora film people 34T
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Nazanin Boniadi

British, Actress

Overview: Nazanin Boniadi (Persian: نازنین بنیادی born 1980) is a British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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British women human rights activists 1T

Activists from Los Angeles 84T

English women activists 125T
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Tami Stronach

American choreographer

Overview: Tami Stronach (born 1972) is an actor, dancer, and professor.

Date of birth: 31 July 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Dancer

Gender: Female

Partner: Gregory Steinbruner (Married)

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Film child actresses 12T

Stage actresses 22T

Israeli female dancers 14T
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Googoosh

Iranian singer and actor of Azeri background

Overview: Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین‎, born 5 May 1950), better known by her stage name Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش‎; ), is an Iranian singer and actress, and one of Iran's most popular and ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1950

Age: 75

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

Partner: Masoud Kimiai (Married)

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Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States 68T

Iranian female pop singers 16T

Iranian Azerbaijani singers 12T
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Shohreh Aghdashloo

Actress

Overview: Shohreh Aghdashloo (Persian: شهره آغداشلو‎, ) (born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar; May 11, 1952) is an Iranian-American actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Houshang Touzie (Married)

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female winners 35T

Iranian diaspora film people 27T

Actresses from Tehran, Iran 40T
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979

Overview: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Persian: محمدرضا پهلوی, 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), widely known in the West as Mohammad Reza Shah (محمدرضا شاه) and also as Reza II, was the last Shah (King) of the Imperial ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1919

Date of death: 27 July 1980

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Royalty from Tehran 12T

Recipients of the Collar of Honour 11T

Recipients of Collar of Honour 11T
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Christiane Amanpour

British, TV News

Overview: Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour CBE ( ; Persian: کریستین امان‌پور‎, Kristiane Amānpur; born 12 January 1958) is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1958

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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The American Library (Yinka Shonibare, 2018) people 220T

Mass media people from Tehran 137T

Livingston Award winners for International Reporting 26T
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Dominic Rains

Iranian-born American actor

Overview: Dominic Rains (born Amin Nazemzadeh, March 1, 1982) is an Iranian-American actor, best known for his roles in independent films, including The Taqwacores (2010) and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1982

Age: 43

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Iranian male television actors 111T

Male actors from London 1,398T

Male actors from Dallas, Texas 97T
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Mahnaz Afshar

Iranian actress (born 1977)

Overview: Mahnaz Afshar (Persian: مهناز افشار‎; born 10 June 1977) is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film Cease Fire.

Date of birth: 11 June 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners 23T

Actresses from Tehran, Iran 45T

Actors from Tehran, Iran 15T
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Mohammad Reza Golzar

Iranian actor and musician

Overview: Mohammad Reza Golzar (Persian: محمد رضا گلزار‎, born 21 March 1975) is an Iranian actor, singer, television host and model.

Date of birth: 28 March 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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21st-century guitarists 1,266T

Iranian Azerbaijani actors 31T

21st-century Iranian male actors 48T
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Niki Karimi

Iranian actress and filmmaker

Overview: Niki Karimi (Persian: نیکی کریمی‎; born November 10, 1971) is an Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 10 November 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Iranian women photographers 18T

Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress winners 25T

Women film critics 98T
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Irán Eory

Mexican actor

Overview: Irán Eory (Persian: ایران اِئوری‎; October 21, 1937 – March 10, 2002, born Elvira Teresa Eory Sidi) was an Iranian-Spaniard and Mexican actress and former model.

Date of birth: 21 October 1937

Date of death: 10 March 2002

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century Spanish women singers 61T

20th-century women singers 3,624T

20th-century Spanish singers 109T
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Ramin Karimloo

Canadian actor

Overview: Ramin Karimloo (Persian: رامین کریملو‎; born September 19, 1978) is an Iranian-Canadian actor, singer, and composer recognised mainly for his work in London's West End. He has played the leading ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Partner: Amanda Ramsden (Married)

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Iranian musical theatre composers 2T

Male actors from Ontario 260T

Canadian male musical theatre actors 68T
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Sami Yusuf

British musician

Overview: Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and humanitarian, born in Tehran, Iran. Yusuf gained international attention with the ...

Date of birth: 1 July 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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Iranian emigrants to England 7T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

World Food Programme people 36T
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Arash

Iranian-Swedish singer (born 1977)

Overview: Arash Labaf (Persian: آرش لباف‎, born 23 April 1977), known mononymously as Arash, is a Swedish Iranian singer, entertainer and producer.

Date of birth: 23 April 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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Warner Music Sweden artists 12T

Singers of Iranian descent 4T

21st-century male singers 6,387T
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Nazanin Afshin-Jam

Iranian-Canadian author

Overview: Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Persian: نازنین افشین جم‎, Nāzanin Afŝin Jam, born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker. She is a former Miss World Canada ...

Date of birth: 11 April 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Peter Mackay (Married)

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Female models from British Columbia 28T

21st-century Iranian women singers 30T

21st-century Canadian women singers 702T