List of people from Tabriz
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Here is a complete list for notable people who lived or from Tabriz
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Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
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- Abu'l Majd TabriziSafina-yi TabrizSafīna-yi Tabriz is an important encyclopedic manuscript from 14th century Ilkhanid Iran compiled by Abu'l Majd Muhammad b. Mas'ud Tabrizi between 1321 and 1323....
, Compiler of Safina-yi TabrizSafina-yi TabrizSafīna-yi Tabriz is an important encyclopedic manuscript from 14th century Ilkhanid Iran compiled by Abu'l Majd Muhammad b. Mas'ud Tabrizi between 1321 and 1323....
, writer. - Akbar Alami, Representative of parliament.
- Dr.Taghi Arani, an Iranian political activist who has been killed in prison in First Pahlavi era.
- ArmikArmikArmik is an Iranian-Armenian flamenco guitarist and composer.Armik was born in Iran of Armenian descent. When he was just seven years old, he pawned his watch for a classical guitar, which he hid and practiced in his basement. At 12, he was a professional recording artist...
- Aziz AsliAziz AsliAziz Aslimanesh is an Iranian retired football goalkeeper, manager and actor with an Azeri descent. He played for Daraei F.C. and then joined Persepolis F.C. for rest of his career. He also capped for Team Melli. On January 7, 1971 he smacked the referee in Tehran derby.He acted in many films in...
, Soccer player.
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- Bagher KhanBagher KhanBāqer Khān , honorarily titled Sālār-e Melli , was one of the key figures in the Persian Constitutional Revolution.-Notes:...
, Nationalist revolutionist. - Karim BagheriKarim BagheriKarim Bagheri is a retired professional Iranian player, most notably playing for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League. He was known as a two-footed midfielder and is famous for his powerful and thundering long range shots and free kicks.-Early years:...
, Soccer player. - Reza BaraheniReza BaraheniReza Baraheni is an exiled Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist.Former president of PEN Canada, the often called "Iran's finest living Writer" lives in Toronto, Canada, where he used to teach at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.He’s the author of...
, Novelist, poet, critic and political activist, former president of Pen Canada. - Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi ( Shahriar ), Poet.
- Samad BehrangiSamad BehrangiSamad Behrangi was an Iranian teacher, social critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Azeri extraction. He is famous for his children's book, The Little Black Fish.-Life:He was born in Tabriz to a lower-class Azerbaijani family...
, Famous Children's books writer. - Kamāl ud-Dīn BehzādKamal ud-Din BehzadKamāl ud-Dīn Behzād , also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzad , was a painter of Persian miniatures and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid periods.-Biography:...
, miniaturistPersian miniatureA Persian miniature is a small painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts...
(buried in TabrizTabrizTabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
). - Qolam Hossein Bigjeh-Khani, Musician & Tar player.
- Gayk BzhishkyanGayk BzhishkyanHayk Bzhishkyan |Russian]]: Гайк Бжишкян, also known as Guy Dmitrievich Guy, Gai Dmitrievich Gai , Gaya Gai , or Bzhishkyan, –December 11, 1937), was a Soviet military commander of the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet War.-Biography:Hayk was an ethnic Armenian born in Tabriz, Iran to a family...
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- Reza DeghatiReza DeghatiReza Deghati, born 1952 in Tabriz, Iran is an Iranian-French photojournalist, who works under the name Reza .-Biography:Reza has covered much of the globe for National Geographic Magazine. Several films about Reza's work have been produced by National Geographic Television, most notably Frontline...
, Photographer. - Cyrus DinmohammadiSirous DinmohammadiSirous Dinmohammadi is a retired Iranian football player.-International career:Dinmohammadi made 43 appearances for the Iran national football team and participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
, Soccer player.
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- Hasan Enami OlyaHasan Enami OlyaHasan Enami Olya is an Iranian opera singer. Since 1997, he has been a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan...
- Parvin E'tesamiParvin E'tesamiParvin E'tesami , also Parvin Etesami was a 20th century Persian poet of Iran. According to Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, her given name was Rakhshanda .-Life:...
, Poetess.
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- Farhad Fakhredini, Conductor of National Orchestra.
- Javad FakoriJavad FakoriMajor General Javad Fakoori was a Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force leader. He was the commander of the IRIAF during the Iran–Iraq War and served as Defense Minister. He was killed in an air crash. When he died he held the rank of Major General....
, Major General, commander of the IRIAFIslamic Republic of Iran Air ForceThe Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ' is the aviation branch of the Iranian armed forces. The present Air Force came into being in the early 1980s when the former Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed....
during the Iran–Iraq War and served as Defense Minister.
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- Ivan GalamianIvan GalamianIvan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...
- Vartan GregorianVartan GregorianVartan Gregorian is an Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is an ethnic Armenian, born in Iran....
, President of Carnegie Corporation.
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- Ebrahim HakimiEbrahim HakimiEbrahim Hakimi was a Prime Minister of Iran.He was born in Tabriz to an ethnic Iranian Azeri family. He attended Dar ol-Fonoon, and finished advanced studies in Medicine in Paris....
, Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Sattar HamedaniSattar HamedaniSattar Hamedani is a retired Iranian football player. He usually played in the midfielder position. He is current assistant manager of Tractor Sazi.-Club career:...
, Soccer player. - Hamid MirzaHamid MirzaPrince Soltan Hamid Mirza Qajar was the head and heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty the former ruling dynasty of Iran and the son of the last Qajar Crown Prince of Iran.-Early life:...
, Heir Presumptive of the Qajar DynastyQajar dynastyThe Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
. - Mohsen HashtroodiMohsen HashtroodiMohsen Hashtroodi was an Iranian mathematician. His father, Shaikh Esmāeel Mojtahed was an advisor to Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni who played a significant role in the establishment of the parliamentary democracy in Iran during and after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution.Mohsen Hashtroodi...
, Mathematician. - Homam-e TabriziHomam-e TabriziHomam-e Tabrizi or HOMĀM-AL-DIN B. ʿALĀʾ TABRIZI was an Persian poet of the Ilkhanid era. He was a follower of Saadi and his poetry was mostly in form of ghazal.-Biography:...
, Poet. - Ahad HoseiniAhad hoseiniAhad Hosseini , is an Iranian Azerbaijani sculptor and painter....
, Painter.
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- Iraj MirzaIraj MirzaPrince Iraj Mirza , son of prince Gholam Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern poet and his works are associated with the criticism of traditions. He had translations from the French language....
, Poet and famous politician.
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- Allameh Jafari, Clric researcher.
- Feridoun JamFeridoun JamFeridoun Jam , was a senior Iranian army official and the son of former Iranian prime minister Mahmud Jam. He married Princess Shams in 1937 and was later divorced after death of Reza Shah on 1944. Jam served as head of the Iranian Imperial Army Corps from 1969 to 1971...
, Head of Iranian Army corps. - Mahmud JamMahmud JamMahmoud Jam was a Prime Minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939.Born in Tabriz, he began his political career as a French-Persian translator, and climbed his way up to Prime Minister....
, Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. - Rosa JamaliRosa JamaliRosa Jamali , is an Iranian poet and playwright.According to Ute Margaret Saine, Persian poetry critic and scholar, the poet has perceived new landscapes and as Britannica says she has experimented new styles of expression in Persian poetry.-Poetry:*,*,*,-A Sample Of Her Poems:Tehran***Rosa Jamali...
, Poetess, writer.
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- Ahmad KasraviAhmad KasraviAhmad Kasravi , was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer.Born in Hokmabad , Tabriz, Iran, Kasravi was an Iranian Azeri Initially, Kasravi enrolled in a seminary. Later, he joined the Iranian Constitutional Revolution...
, Politician and author. - Rasoul KhatibiRasoul KhatibiRasoul Khatibi is an Iranian football player–Manager currently playing and Managing Machine Sazi Tabriz. He is a former member of the Iranian national team.-Club career:...
, Soccer player. - Mohammad KhiabaniMohammad KhiabaniShaikh Mohammad Khiābāni , also known as Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni Tabrizi , was an Iranian cleric, political leader, and representative to the parliament....
, Cleric, one of the political leaders during Iran's Constitutionalist RevolutionConstitutionalist RevolutionThe Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 coup d'état whereby Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's Presidency; Vargas was supported by the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais, Rio...
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- Yadollah Maftun AminiYadollah Maftun AminiYadollah Maftun Amini is an Iranian poet.-His life:Yadollah Amini known as Maftun was born in 1926 in Shahindezh near to Tabriz. After completing primary and secondary school in his hometown, he moved to Tehran...
, Poet. - Abu'l Majd TabriziSafina-yi TabrizSafīna-yi Tabriz is an important encyclopedic manuscript from 14th century Ilkhanid Iran compiled by Abu'l Majd Muhammad b. Mas'ud Tabrizi between 1321 and 1323....
, Compiler of Safina-yi TabrizSafina-yi TabrizSafīna-yi Tabriz is an important encyclopedic manuscript from 14th century Ilkhanid Iran compiled by Abu'l Majd Muhammad b. Mas'ud Tabrizi between 1321 and 1323....
and also a writer. - Naser ManzuriNaser ManzuriNaser Manzuri is an Iranian novelist and linguist, born in 1953 in Mianeh.He writes his novels in the Azerbaijani language. He vastly concentrates on Azeri mythical thoughts in his themes and combines with reality...
, Novelist, linguist. - Tahmineh MilaniTahmineh MilaniTahmineh Milāni is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer.-Early life:Milani was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. Of Azeri descent, she is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin.- Early career :...
, Film director. - Mir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein MousaviMir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...
, Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, reformist.
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- Reza NajiReza NajiReza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema.Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to 1997 in Children of Heaven, which proved to be a...
, Actor. - Nasimi, Poet (However, there is a controversy about his born place).
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- Farah PahlaviFarah PahlaviFarah Pahlavi is the former Queen and Empress of Iran. She is the widow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, and only Empress of modern Iran...
(Farah Diba), The last queen consort of Iran. - Jafar PanahiJafar PanahiJafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He has gained recognition from film theorists and critics worldwide and received numerous awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Silver Bear at the...
, Film director. - Colonel PesianColonel PesianColonel Mohammad Taqi-Khan Pessian , born into an aristocratic family in Tabriz, was a popular military leader of Iran and became a national hero after his assassination...
, Military leader.
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- Abbas Mirza Qajar, Prince, Reformist.
- Mohammad Shah QajarMohammad Shah QajarMohammad Shah Qajar was king of Persia from the Qajar dynasty .- Rise to power :...
, Shah of PersiaQajar dynastyThe Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
of the Qajar dynastyQajar dynastyThe Qajar dynasty was an Iranian royal family of Turkic descent who ruled Persia from 1785 to 1925....
. - Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran.
- Mohammad Ali Shah QajarMohammad Ali Shah QajarMohammad Ali Shah Qajar was the Shah of Persia from 8 January 1907 to 16 July 1909.-Biography:He was against the constitution that was ratified during the reign of his father, Mozzafar-al-Din Shah...
, King of Iran. - Ahmad Shah QajarAhmad Shah QajarAhmad Shah Qajar was Shah of Iran from July 16, 1909, to October 31, 1925 and the last of the Qajar dynasty.- Reign :...
, King of Iran. - Qatran TabriziQatran TabriziAbū-Mansūr Qatrān-i Tabrīzī was a royal Persian poet.He was born in Sahar near Arrah, bihar Tabriz and was the most famous panegyrist of his time in Iran. His full name according to an old manuscript handwritten by the famous poet Anvari Abivardi is Abu Mansur Qatran al-Jili al-Azerbaijani...
, Poet.
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- Mirza Taqikhan Raf'at Tabrizi, Poet, writer, founder of Raf'at Literary School.
- Hassan Roshdieh, Founder of the first modern school in Iran.
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- Kazem Sadegh-ZadehKazem Sadegh-ZadehKazem Sadegh-Zadeh is an analytic philosopher of medicine. He studied medicine and philosophy at the German universities of Münster, Berlin, and Göttingen with Internship and residency 1967-1971, assistant professor 1972-1982, full professor of philosophy of medicine at the University of Münster...
- Gholamhossein Saedi, Writer, novelist and political activist.
- Sattar KhanSattar KhanSattar Khan Sattar Khan Sattar Khan (Persian/Azeri: ستارخان, ; (October 20, 1866—November 17, 1914), honorarily titled Sardār-e Melli was a pivotal figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and is one of the greatest heroes of Iran.Sattar Khan,...
, Nationalist revolutionary leader. - Seqat-ol-Eslam TabriziSeqat-ol-Eslam TabriziMirza Ali-Aqa Tabrizi, known as Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi , was an Iranian nationalist who lived in Tabriz, Iran, around the time prior to the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and was a reformist Shia cleric...
, Nationalist cleric. - Shams TabriziShams TabriziShams-i-Tabrīzī or Shams al-Din Mohammad was a Persian Muslim, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi’s poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī...
, Sufi. - Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Grand ayatollah.
- Jamileh SheykhiJamileh Sheykhi-Career:She made her stage debut in 1957 and began film acting with Shipwreck . As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theatre and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors...
, Actress. - Ali SoheiliAli SoheiliAli Soheili was a Prime Minister of Iran.Born in Tabriz, he served as Prime Minister in 1942, and Ambassador to Britain in 1953.The Tehran Conference took place during his administration....
, Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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- Allameh TabatabaeiAllameh TabatabaeiAllameh Seyyed Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei was one of the most prominent thinkers of philosophy and contemporary Shia Islam...
, Cleric researcher. - Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher, historian and a distinguished university professor.
- Kamal TabriziKamal TabriziKamal Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran . A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer & reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.- Filmography as a director :-External links:...
, Film director. - Maqsud Ali TabriziMaqsud Ali TabriziMaqsud Ali Tabrizi was a 17th century Iranian physician from Tabriz.Maqsud Ali Tabrizi was a translator who worked at the request of the Mughal emperor Jahangir ....
- Mir Ali TabriziMir Ali TabriziMir Ali Tabrizi also known as Mir Ali Heravi is distinguished Persian. The precision of tradition still allows for creativity, and there is a telling story of a famous Persian calligrapher, Mir Ali Tabrizi Mir Ali Tabrizi also known as Mir Ali Heravi (b. in Herat Afghanistan and d. in Tabriz in...
, Famous calligraphist. - Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov TabriziMirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov TabriziMirzā Abdul'Rahim Tālibov Najjār Tabrizi was an Iranian Azerbaijani intellectual and social reformer. He was born in the Sorkhab district of Tabriz, Iran...
, Intellectual and social reformer. - Hasan Taqizadeh, Politician, Diplomat and Scholar.
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- Fariba VafiFariba VafiFariba Vafi is an Iranian author.Vafi currently lives in Tehran with her husband, daughter and son. She started to write short stories at a very young age. Some of her stories were published in Persian language literary magazines such as Adineh. Her first short story collection, Dar Omg-e-sahneh ,...
, Novelist. - Monir VakiliMonir VakiliMonir Vakili was an Iranian singer.Monir was born to a family of art and music enthusiasts. Her father encouraged her love of opera and supported her decision to study abroad...
Nikjoo, Opera singer.
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