Gholamali Bayandor

Gholamali Bayandor (December 13, 1898 – August 25, 1941) was an Iranian naval officer and the Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy from 1931 to August 25, 1941, and was killed in action during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He was born in Tehran to ancestors from Bayandur tribe. He personally led his men in defending Iranian coasts at Khorramshahr and was killed in action fighting against Allied forces, dying a "gallant death". Commodore Cosmo Graham, who served as the Royal Navy's Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, wrote that Bayandor's "death was regretted by all who knew him. He was intelligent, able, and faithful to Persia."

Legacy
Iranian corvette Bayandor, which was commissioned into service in 1964 and is still active, is named after him.