List of people from Gorgan
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[edit] Notables from Gorgan
[edit] Contemporary prominent figures
- Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician.
- Hojjatollah Shakiba, Artist (painter).
- Maryam Zandi, Photographer.
- Jasmin Tabatabai, home of the celebrated actress, singer and song writer although she was born in Tehran as well as hometown of her father.
- Marcel Kasemi, Crown prince of Birjand
[edit] Historical figures
- Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist.
- Abu Solayk Gorgani, Poet
- Asad Gorgani, Poet
- Mir Damad
- Mirfenderski
- Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician
- Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician
- Gorgani, Rustam, physician
- Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master
[edit] Famous physicians
- Dr. Qorban Torabi
- Dr. Maghsoodi
- Dr. Moghaisei
- Dr. Babai
- Dr. Zarreh
- Dr. Kouchek
- Dr. Daneshbakhsh
- Dr. Mahmmood Falsafi
- Dr. Abolqassem Falsafi
- Dr. Zahedi, a honorary citizen
[edit] High ranking Shia Mullahs (clergymen)
- Seyyed Kazem Nourmofidi, or Noormofidi, Friday Prayer Leader of the city of Gorgan & the main (most senior) representative of the Iran's Supreme Leader in the Golestan Province. He is also a Member of Leadership Assembly of Experts.
- Seyyed Mohammad Reza Meibodi, traditional prayer leader of Gorgan Jam'e (Grand) Mosque & head of Gorgan's Sardar or Razaviyeh Theological School.
- Seyyed Habibollah Taheri, Former Member of Leadership Assembly of Experts, (d. in Gorgan on 29 December 2007 at the age of 77)
- Seyyed Mohammad Ali Alavi, also known as Alavi Gorgani, (b. 1939 in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq). He is a Marjae Taqleed (i.e. a traditional Shia Islam authority & reference, claiming (some unlimited & unspecified number of followers among Shia believers, in a geographically unrestricted region).
- Seyyed Mohammad Raeesi, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, also known as Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, in the Golestan province. He is also Sistani's representavie in Kuwait.
[edit] Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979
- Habibollah Qelishly
- Sattar Seifi
- Ali KhanMohammadi
- Ramezani
- Mohammad Hashempoor
- Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws
- Hossein Sadeqloo
- Mohammad Ebrahim Karimi (son of ...), Holder of B.S. in Civil Engineering
- Mohammad Mehdi Iraji
- Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time
[edit] Famous guests
[edit] Some from entourage of Prophet Mohammed
- Abu Abdollah Hussain Ben Ali (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
- Abdollah Ben Amar (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
- Hasifat Ben Jaman (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
- Hassan Ben Ali (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
- Abuhoreireh (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
- Saeed Ben Aass (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
[edit] Califs
- Abbasid Calif Harun Al-Rashid
- His son Maamun
- Imam Reza
- Son of the Calif Musa Mahdi
