[edit] Artists
- Darya Bayat, Pianist, International Award winner of Excellence, Composer, Poet and Human Rights Activist.
- Mahnaz Afshar, Actress.
- Lily Afshar, World class guitarist
- Sarah Afshar, Musician
- Nadia Bjorlin, Actress
- Hengameh Mofid, Film and theatre actress, director,Dramatist and University professor
- Farzaneh Kaboli, a leader in the Iranian Folkloric and National Dance Art
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Actress, Singer/Songwriter, Human Rights Campaigner
- Shohreh Aghdashloo, Actress 2003 Oscar nominee for House of Sand and Fog
- Pegah Anvarian, Fashion Designer in L.A..
- Pegah Ahangarani, Actress and winner of Best Actress Award, 23rd Cairo International Film Festival.
- Taraneh Alidoosti, Best Actress Award Winner, Locarno International Film Festival, awarded in August 2002
- Mary Apick, Actress, Best Actress Award Winner(1977)
- Leila Arab, Musician
- Mitra Hajjar, Actress
- Soodabeh Salem, Musician and conductor
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Director
- Arfa Atrai, Santur Musician and writer
- Catherine Bell, Actress JAG (Half)
- Sima Bina, Singer.
- Shiva Boloorian, Actress and play director
- Nazanin Boniadi, Actress
- Delkash (Esmat Bagherpour), Singer
- Shohreh Solati, Singer
- Golshifteh Farahani, Actress, Best Actress Award from the 22nd Nantes 3 Continents Festival and Symorgh for Best Actress from the 16th International Fajr Film Festival
- Leila Forouhar, Singer
- Googoosh, Actress/Singer/Songwriter
- Azita Hajian, Actress, Crystal Simorgh winner for the Best Actress, the 17th Fajr International Film Festival
- Leila Hatami, Best Actress Award Locarno International Film festival and Montreal World Film Festival (2002)
- Monika Jalili, Persian vocalist of Dutch-German origin
- Ghashang Kamkar, Musician
- Roya Kamyabfar, Jewellary Designer
- Niki Karimi, Actress and director
- Merila Zarei, Award-winning actress
- Maryam Keshavarz, Director
- Hana Makhmalbaf, Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Director
- Marjane Satrapi, film director and graphic novelist [15]
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Actor, director and writer. Rendition (2007 Release). Her most recent appearance is in the role of Farah Mir, mother of Leyla Mir, in the ABC Daytime series General Hospital
- Yassamin Maleknasr, Actress and director
- Marzieh, Singer
- Tahmineh Milani, Feminist filmmaker
- Pouran Derakhshandeh, Film director, producer, screen writer, and researcher
- Nooshafarin, Singer
- Mahin Oskouei First female Iranian film director
- Laleh Pourkarim, Singer
- Parisa (Fatemeh Va'ezi), Doyen of the classical-Persian singers
- Pantea Rahmani, Painter, Sculptor
- Susan Roshan, Singer
- Behnaz Sarafpour, Couture fashion designer in NYC
- Shakila, Singer, winner of the Persian Academy Award
- Bahar Soomekh, Actress (Crash and Saw III)
- Tamara Stronach, played the Childlike Empress in the The Neverending Story
- Ghodsieh Tavakolian, Artist, Persian Miniature
- Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri, Queen of the Persian Music
- Mahla Zamani, Iranian fashion designer; expert on traditional Iranian dressings
- Sarah Shahi, Actress
- Hedyeh Tehrani, Actress
- Darya Dadvar, Soprano soloist and composer
- Shiva Rose, Actress and anti-war activist Interview
- Hāni'eh Tavassoli, Actress
- Shushā Guppy, Writer, editor, and singer of Persian and Western folk-songs
[edit] Athletes
[edit] Politicians
- Farrokhroo Parsa, Medical doctor and former Minister of Education (the first Iranian woman to became a deputy and later Minister of Education); executed in 1980, following the Iranian Revolution
- Mahnaz Afkhami, first Minister of Women's Affairs in Iran and second woman in the world to hold the position; former professor of English Literature at the National University and former Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran
- Sibel Edmonds, PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award winner [16] Iranian who effectively challenged FBI
- Azar Majedi, Communist activist and politician.
- Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President.
- Goli Ameri, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent.
- Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former Member of Parliament.
- Elaheh Koulaei, former Member of Parliament and Professor of political sciences.
- Farah Karimi, Iranian female Dutch Member of Parliament.[17]
- Shahla Habibi
- Nasrin Soltankhah
- Fatemeh Javadi, Vice-President, and head of the Department of the Environment.
- Dabir Azam Hosna, second female mayor in Iran
[edit] Royalty
- Roxanna,Roxane,"luminous beauty" She was the daughter of a Bactrian named Oxyartes (then eastern Persia, now northern Afghanistan), and married Alexander in 327 BC.
- Darya Bayat, Daughter of German Royal Irmgard Von Beartz and Persian General Hormoz Bayat. International Award winner of Excellence,Pianist, Composer, Poet and Human Rights Activist.
- Purandokht, Sassanid crown princess and Queen.
- Shahr-banu, Princess.
- Hamida Banu Begum(Mariam Makani),Wife of Mughal Emperor Humayun and mother of Akbar
- Nur Jehan, Wife of Mughal Emperor Jehangir
- Seyyedeh Khatun, Ruler[citation needed].
- Gauhar Shad, Queen.
- Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, Former Queen.
- Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess.
- Farah Pahlavi, Empress (Mohammad Reza Shah's wife).
- Leila Pahlavi, Princess.
- Mumtaz Mahal, Wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan and inspiration for Taj Mahal.
[edit] Activists
- Mahnaz Afkhami, Human Rights and Women's Rights activist, leading figure in the international women's movement
- Elham Afroutan
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Human Rights Activist, Singer and Songwriter, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada 2003
- Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, Author and pioneer of Persian women's movement in modern Iran
- Forough Azarakhshi, Pioneer of modern education for women in Mashhad
- Azam Taleghani
- Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani
- Golbarg Bashi, feminist academic and activist
- Darya Bayat Human Rights Activist, Pianist, Composer and Poet.
- Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, author and pioneer of Persian women's movement in modern Iran
- Shirin Ebadi, human rights lawyer and judge, 2003 Nobel Laureate
- Zahra Eshraghi, feminist activist,
- Saideh Ghods, writer, philanthropist, founder of MAHAK (Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer)[18]
- Roya Hakakian, Iranian-Jewish human rights activist and author
- Dr. Morgan Hakimi, Iranian-Jewish psychologist, lecturer, and philanthropist
- Mehrangiz Kar, human rights lawyer and winner of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
- Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
- Zahra Kazemi, slain political photographer
- Badri (Khosroabadi) Tamaddon, Eastern Star
- Elaheh Koulaei
- Shahla Lahiji, human rights activist and a pioneer of Persian women's movement
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, actor, author and activist who testified on Capitol Hill at U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 on behalf of the Assyrians in Iraq
- Azar Nafisi, activist and novelist (Reading Lolita in Tehran)
- Maryam Namazie, feminist and communist and the leader of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
- Marina Nemat, activist, past political prisoner and author.
- Shadi Sadr, feminist activist, lawyer and journalist
- Shahla Sherkat, editor and a pioneer of women's movement in the modern Iran
- Soraya Sepahpour, political analyst and writer
- Badri Teymourtash, First female Iranian Doctor; a founder of School of Dentistry, Mashad University
- Iran Teymourtash, journalist and early activist; daughter of Abdolhossein Teymourtash
- Maryam Rajavi, President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
- Parvin Darabi, author and activist
- Lila Azam Zangeneh, writer and journalist
[edit] In the news
- Darya Bayat, Musician, Piano Soloist, International Award winner of Excellence, Composer, Poet, And Human Rights Activist. [19]
- Ashley Maryam Haghighi, supermodel, and dolce and gabbana spokes model 2008
- Zahra Bani Ameri, Iranian physician
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- Behnaz Mozakka, Iranian woman who died in 2005 London bombing.
- Darya Bayat, Pianist, Composer, Poet, Human Right Activist.
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada 2003, Human Rights Activist, Singer and Songwriter
- Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005.[24]
- Rudi Bakhtiar, TV news anchor.
- Minu Barati, wife of Joschka Fischer, German Former Foreign Minister.[25]
- Ladan and Laleh Bijani, conjoined twins.
- Hayley Tamaddon, Model, Actress, Singer.
- Haleh Esfandiari, scholar, detainee [26]
- Yasmin Le Bon, Supermodel.
- Lily Mazahery, Lawyer, International Human Rights Activist, President of the Legal Rights Institute. [27]
- Mandana Naderian, German TV hostess.[28]
- Nazanin Fatehi, controversially sentenced to death for murder.
- Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Europe 2005.[29]
- Masoumeh Soltanbalaqi, Iran's First Woman Bus Driver [30]
- Dineh Mohajer founded the $10 million-a-year Hard Candy when she was 22 years old [31]
- Yasmin Parvaneh Yasmin Le Bon super model
[edit] Others
- Darya Bayat, Pianist, Composer, Poet, Human Right Activist.
- Afsane Bassir Pour, Director of the Regional United Nations Information Center (appointed by Kofi Annan) [32], Formerly: Bureau Chief and International Correspondent for Le Monde
- Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of International Newsgathering for CNN Worldwie [33]
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent [34]
- Atoosa Rubenstein, founder and the editor of CosmoGirl magazine and the editor of Seventeen[35], [36]
- Zahra Rahnavard, First female chancellor of university after revolution
- Sona Babai, Oldest naturalized Iranian American
- Maria Khorsand, former CEO of Ericson Technology Licensing and the present President of OMX Technology FM
[edit] References
[edit] See also
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