List of Iranian Kurds

Iranian Kurds — an Iranic-speaking ethnic group. Iranian Kurds are both Shia and Sunni Muslims. Traditionally, the Iranian Kurds live in Kordestan province, Kermanshah province, Ilam province and parts of West Azerbaijan province.The majority of the Kermanshah and Ilam provinces as well as eastern Kordestan province are Shia Muslim Kurds.

Below are lists of prominent Kurds from Iran. In the list, they are indicated only by place of birth. List also includes people who have at least one parent of Iranian Kurdish origin.

1 Filmmakers
2 Music
3 Authors, poets, journalists and scholars
4 Sports
5 Political activists
6 Religious figures
7 Others
8 See also
9 References

Filmmakers

Ghotbeddin Sadeghi — Iranian director.
Behrouz Gharibpour — Iranian director.
Bahman Ghobadi — Iranian director.
Jamil Rostami — Iranian director.

Music

Shahram Nazeri — Iranian vocalist and musician.
Susan (singer) — Iranian singer.
Kamkars — Iranian music family
Saeed Farajpouri, Iranian kamancheh player
Jamshid (singer), Iranian singer
Rojan (musician) Iranian singer
Ghader Abdollahzadeh - Kurdish flute player
Azad (rapper), German rapper
Mohammad Mamle, Kurdish singer.
Hassan Zirak — Kurdish singer.
Ali Akbar Moradi - Iranian musician
Sohrab Pournazeri - Iranian musician
Roknoddin Mokhtari — Iranian violin player
Kayhan Kalhor — Iranian kamancheh player.

Authors, poets, journalists and scholars

Mastoura Ardalan, Kurdish poet and historiographer.
Alaaddin Sajadi - Kurdish writer
Abdol-Hamid Heyrat Sajjadi - Iranian writer
Bakhtiar Sajjadi - Iranian writer
Mohammad Ghazi — Iranian translator.
Ahmad Ghazi — Kurdish translator.
Karim Hisami — Kurdish author .
Hossein Khalighi — Kurdish author
Hamid Hassani — Iranian author
Savareh Ilkhanizadeh — Kurdish poet.
Misbaholdiwan Adab — Kurdish poet
Sharafkhan Bidlisi - Historian, author of Sharafnama in Persian.
Wafaei, Kurdish poet.
Hemin Mukriyani — Kurdish poet.
Hejar — Kurdish poet.
Amir Hassanpour - Kurdish scholar and researcher
Abbas Vali - political scientist.
Hashim Ahmadzadeh - Kurdish writer and translator
Mozaffar Partowmah, Iranian Kurdish author and scholar of Islam and Nuclear physics.
Erfan Ghaneifard — Iranian author.
Ata Nahai — Kurdish author
Parviz Jahani - Kurdish author
Mustafa Besarani — Kurdish poet
Khana Qubadi, Kurdish poet

Sports

Mohammad Oraz — Iranian mountain climber.
Aram Khalili — Norwegian second league football player.
Ziaeddin Niknafs — Iranian football player
Bijan Zolfagharnasab — Former Iranian football player and current coach.

Political activists

Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou — former leader of PDKI.
Simko Shikak — Kurdish revolutionary.
Ghazi Mohammad — Former leader of PDKI
Sadegh Sharafkandi — Leader of PDKI
Bahaedin Adab - Political activist
Ahmad Moftizadeh Sunni Islamic Kurdish leader in Iran.
Foad Mostafa Soltani — Former leader of Komaleh.
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Human rights activist
Sedigh Kamangar — Political activist
Farzad Kamangar — Political activist.
Ebrahim Alizadeh — Former leader of Komaleh.
Soraya Serajeddini, Human rights activist
Roya Toloui - Kurdish journalist
Amineh Kakabaveh, member of the Swedish Parliament.

Religious figures

Hajj Nematollah (1871–1919), mystic and poet.
Nur Ali Elahi (1895–1974), Spiritual leader of the Ahl-e Haqq religion.

Others

Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor - Iranian calligraphist

References

Iran topics

History

Pre-Islamic	Prehistory · Proto-Elamite civilization BCE 3200– BCE 2800 · Elamite dynasties BCE 2800– BCE 550 · Bactria-Margiana Complex BCE 2200– BCE 1700 · Kingdom of Mannai BCE 10th– BCE 7th cent. · Median Empire BCE 728– BCE 550 · Achaemenid Empire BCE 550– BCE 330 · Seleucid Empire BCE 330– BCE 150 · Greco-Bactrian Kingdom BCE 250– BCE 125 · Parthian Empire BCE 248–CE 224 · Kushan Empire CE 30–CE 275 · Sassanid Empire CE 224–CE 651 · Hephthalite Empire CE 425–CE 557 · Kabul Shahi kingdom CE 565–CE 879

Islamic	Patriarchal Caliphate 637–651 · Umayyad Caliphate 661–750 · Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258 · Tahirid dynasty 821–873 · Alavid dynasty 864–928 · Saffarid dynasty 861–1003 · Samanid dynasty 819–999 · Ziyarid dynasty 928–1043 · Buyid dynasty 934–1055 · Ghaznavid Empire 975–1187 · Ghori dynasty 1149–1212 · Seljuk Empire 1037–1194 · Khwarezmid dynasty 1077–1231 · Ilkhanate 1256–1335 · Kartids dynasty 1231–1389 · Ottoman Empire 1299–1923 · Muzaffarid dynasty 1314–1393 · Chupanid dynasty 1337–1357 · Jalayerid dynasty 1339–1432 · Timurid Empire 1370–1506 · Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans 1407–1468 · Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans 1378–1508 · Safavid Empire 1501–1722 or 1736 · Hotaki dynasty 1722–1729 · Afsharid dynasty 1736–1750 · Zand Dynasty 1750–1794 · Durrani Empire 1794–1826 · Qajar Dynasty 1794–1925

Modern	Pahlavi dynasty 1925–1979 · Interim Government of Iran 1979 · Islamic Republic of Iran 1979–present