List of British Iranians
This is a list of notable British Iranians.
Academics
- Haleh Afshar OBE, university professor at the University of York.[1]
- Hamid Aghvami, FREng, FIEEE, FIET, Kings College.[2]
- Ali Ansari, university professor at the University of St Andrews.[3]
- Abbas Edalat, university professor at Imperial College London.[4]
- Anoush Ehteshami, university professor at Durham University.[5]
- Mohammed Ghanbari, university professor at the University of Essex.[6]
- Nazila Ghanea, lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford.[7]
- Homa Katouzian, academic, economist, historian and literary critic.[8]
- Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, academic, economist, university professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge.[9]
- Siavash Haroun Mahdavi, Academic and Inventor.[10]
- Ebrahim Naderali, university professor at Liverpool Hope University.[11]
- Saeed Vaseghi, university professor at Brunel University.[12]
Actors and comedians
- Freema Agyeman, actress.[13]
- Omid Djalili, comedian and actor.[14]
- Kayvan Novak, actor, star of Fonejacker[15]
- Zahra Ahmadi, actress.[16]
- Catherine Bell, actress.[17]
- Nazanin Boniadi, actress, played Leyla Mir in General Hospital.[18]
- Maryam Davari, actress.[19]
- Hadi Khorsandi, comedian.[20]
- Shappi Khorsandi, comedienne.[21]
- Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, actress.[22]
- Hayley Tamaddon, actress.[23]
- Roxanne Pallet, actress.[24]
Architects
Business
- Farad Azima, industrialist, inventor and philanthropist.[30]
- Kaveh Alamouti, Head of Global Macro Citadel LLC and CEO of Citadel Asset Management Europe.[31]
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance GBE, chairman of N Brown Group.[32]
- Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the charity Kids Company.[33]
- Bobby Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic.[34]
- Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic.[35]
- Kiyan Foroughi and Avid Larizadeh, co-founders of Boticca.[36]
- Darius Guppy, convicted fraudster and writer.[37]
- Kia Joorabchian, football businessman.[38]
- Nasser David Khalili KSS, art dealer and the fifth wealthiest person in the United Kingdom.[39]
- Mahmoud Khayami KSS, industrialist and founder of Iran Khodro.[40]
- Paris Moayedi, former CEO of Jarvis plc.[41]
- Farhad Moshiri, energy investor and part owner of Arsenal F.C.[42]
- Eddy Shah, owner of the Messenger Group.[43]
- Yasmina Siadatan, Winner of The Apprentice (UK series five).[44]
- Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, brothers who own the Rotch property group.[45]
Entertainment
- Omid 16B, DJ.[46]
- Cameron Alborzian, former model.[47]
- Blade, rapper.[48]
- Yasmin Le Bon, model.[49]
- Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh), singer-songwriter and actor.[50]
- Shirin Guild, fashion designer.[51]
- Shusha Guppy, writer and singer.[52]
- Shaheen Jafargholi, singer Britain's Got Talent 2009 contestant.[53]
- Yasmine Naghdi, Ballerina, The Royal Ballet.
- Roxanne Tataei, soul singer-songwriter.[54]
- Eddy Temple-Morris, XFM DJ. [55]
- Sami Yusuf, musician.[56]
- Yasmin Shahmir, musician.[57]
- Zarif, musician.[58]
Media
- Behrouz Afagh, Head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region.[59]
- Christiane Amanpour CBE, journalist.[60]
- Ali Arouzi, correspondent/bureau chief, NBC News. [61]
- Tina Gharavi, filmmaker and screenwriter.[62]
- Kaveh Golestan, distinguished photojournalist.[63]
- Baqer Moin, BBC News journalist.[64]
- Maryam Moshiri, BBC News presenter.[65]
- Nazanine Moshiri, Al Jazeera presenter and reporter.[66]
- Ramita Navai, journalist.[67]
- Sadeq Saba, journalist, Head of BBC Persian service.[68]
Politics
Sports
Other
See also
References