- Iran Darrudi, Painter
- Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Painter
- Mansooreh Hosseini Painter
- Noreen Motamed, Painter
- Shirin Neshat, Conceptual artist
- Guity Novin, Painter, Graphic artist and the founder of Transpressionism movement in painting
- Behjat Sadr Painter
- Farzaneh Sarvandi Painter
- Sara Shamsavari Visual artist,photographer, Musical artist
- Akram Monfared Arya, Painter
- Farshid Moussavi, Architect, founder of Foreign Office Architects
Artists
Googoosh won the best actress award of Persian Sepeas film festival in 1972 for Bitâ
- Baran Kosari, 25th fajr film festival awards winner
- Yara Shahidi, Actress
- Mahnaz Afshar, Actress
- Lily Afshar, Guitarist
- Azam Ali, Musician
- Sara Shamsavari Visual artist,photographer, Musical artist
- Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Actress
- Niloofar Beyzaie, Playwright, theatre director
- 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, author
- Shohreh Aghdashloo, Actress 2003 Oscar nominee for House of Sand and Fog
- Nahid Persson Sarvestani Documentary film maker
- Aryana Farshad, Cineaste and documentary film maker. Winner of "Audience Award", Telly Award, and Davey Award, 2008.
- 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, conductor
- Roya Arab, Musician, singer and songwriter
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Director
- Rita Jahanforuz, Actress and Singer
- Catherine Bell, Actress JAG (Half)
- Sima Bina, Singer.
- Shiva Boloorian, Actress and play director
- Nazanin Boniadi, Actress
- Delkash (Esmat Bagherpour), Singer
- Granaz Moussavi,Film Director, Screenwriter
- Golshifteh Farahani, Actress and musician, Best Actress Award from the 22nd Nantes 3 Continents Festival and Symorgh for Best Actress from the 16th Fajr International Film Festival
- Leila Forouhar, Singer
- Leila Kasra, Poet and lyricist
- Googoosh, Actress, singer, songwriter
- Hayedeh, Singer
- Mahasti, Singer
- Arefeh Mansouri, Wedding dress designer, Costume designer
- 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
- Niki Karimi, Actress and director
- Anousheh Khalili, Singer-songwriter
- Merila Zarei, Award-winning actress
- Maryam Keshavarz, Director
- Hana Makhmalbaf, Director
- Samira Makhmalbaf, Director
- Marjane Satrapi, film director and graphic novelist
- Shohreh Solati, Singer
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Actor, director and writer
- Yassamin Maleknasr, Actress and director
- Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Actress and director
- Marzieh, Singer
- Tahmineh Milani, Feminist filmmaker
- Pouran Derakhshandeh, Film director, producer, screen writer, and researcher
- Mahin Oskouei, First female Iranian film director
- Laleh Pourkarim, Singer-songwriter
- Parisa (Fatemeh Va'ezi), Doyen of the classical-Persian singers
- Behnaz Sarafpour, Couture fashion designer in NYC
- Shakila, Singer, winner of the Persian Academy Award
- Bahar Soomekh, Actress (Crash and Saw III)
- 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[6]
- Hāni'eh Tavassoli, Actress
- Shushā Guppy, Writer, editor, and singer of Persian and Western folk-songs
- Monir Vakili, Singer of Western Opera and Persian Folk Music[7]
- Salome, Hip Hop Artist
- Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Actress and Social Photographer
- Maryam Kavyani, Actress
- Tahereh Salmassi, Singer
- Necar Zadegan, Actress
- Sahba Motallebi, Tar Player and Composer
Athletes
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[8] 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.
- Shahla Habibi
- Nasrin Soltankhah
- Fatemeh Javadi, Vice-President, and head of the Department of the Environment
- Professor Haleh Afshar, The Baroness Afshar, Iranian feminist academic and crossbench Peer in the British House of Lords.
- Marzieh Afkham, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Royalty
- Shirin, Persian Queen during the Sassanid era, wife of Khosrow Parviz
- Purandokht, Sassanid crown princess and Queen
- Hamida Banu Begum(Mariam Makani),Wife of Mughal Emperor Humayun and mother of Akbar
- Nur Jehan, Wife of Mughal Emperor Jehangir
- Seyyedeh Khatun, Ruler
- 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.
- Shahr-banu, Princess
- Effat Shariati, Member of Parliament, poet, author
Activists
- Mahnaz Afkhami, Human rights and women's rights activist, leading figure in the international women's movement
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Human rights activist, author,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
- Parvin Darabi, Author and activist
- Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, Author and pioneer of Persian women's movement in modern Iran
- Shirin Ebadi, Human rights lawyer and judge, 2003 Nobel Laureate
- Camelia Entekhabifard, journalist and author
- Zahra Eshraghi, Feminist activist,
- Roya Hakakian, Iranian-Jewish human rights activist and author
- Faezeh Hashemi, journalist, women rights activist, and former member of Iranian parliament
- Mehrangiz Kar, Human rights lawyer and winner of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
- Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
- Sheema Kalbasi, Human rights activist, author
- Zahra Kazemi, Slain political photographer
- Shahla Lahiji, Human rights activist
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Actor, author and activist who testified at the United States House of Representatives in 2006 on behalf of the Assyrians in Iraq
- Lily Mazahery, Internationally recognized lawyer and human rights activist
- 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.
- Shiva Nazar-Ahari, human rights activist
- Marina Nemat, Activist, past political prisoner and author.
- Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
- Shadi Sadr, Feminist activist, lawyer and journalist
- Shahla Sherkat, Editor and a pioneer of women's movement in the modern Iran
- Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian human rights lawyer for opposition activists and politicians
- Badri Teymourtash, First female Iranian doctor; a founder of School of Dentistry, Mashad University
- Iran Teymourtash, journalist and early activist; daughter of Abdolhossein Teymourtash
In the news
- Neda Agha Soltan, Shot during the 2009 Iranian election protests, her name quickly became a rallying cry for the opposition
- Zahra Bani Ameri, physician
- Behnaz Mozakka, died in 2005 London bombing
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Author, 2003 Miss World 1st runner up, Miss Canada 2003, Human Rights Activist, Singer and Songwriter, married to Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada
- Shermine Shahrivar, Miss Germany in 2004 and then won the overall title of Miss Europe in 2005 while competing in France.
- Ramona Amiri, Miss World Canada 2005, first runner up in Miss Universe Canada 2007 pageant
- Samantha Tajik, Miss Universe Canada 2008
- Rudi Bakhtiar, TV news anchor
- Ladan and Laleh Bijani, conjoined twins
- Zahra Amir Ebrahimi
- Haleh Esfandiari, scholar, detainee[9]
- Nazanin Fatehi, controversially sentenced to death for murder.
- Nasrin Sotoudeh
- Zeynab Jalaliyan, Kurdish prisoner
- Sahar Biniaz, Miss Universe Canada 2012
Others
References
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