List of University of Tehran people

Here is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, commonly including alumni, chancellors, current and former faculty members, students, and others.

Academics

 * Mostafa Azkia, University of Tehran professor of sociology
 * Bahram Beyzai, playwright and filmmaker
 * Hossein Bashiriyeh, political scientist, visiting professor at Syracuse University
 * Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, professor of political geography, Mayor of Tehran
 * Mehdi Bazargan, head of the engineering department, former Prime Minister
 * Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
 * Mahmoud Hessaby, professor of physics
 * Parviz Jabehdar Maralani, professor of electrical engineering
 * Noureddin Kianouri, architect and political leader
 * Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
 * Abbas Milani, professor, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
 * Mostafa Moeen, director of the Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute
 * Jamshid Momtaz, professor of law
 * Mohammad Mosaddegh, taught in law faculty, former Prime Minister of Iran
 * Hossein Nasr, philosopher, Dean of Faculty, and Academic Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1968 to 1972
 * Malcolm Nokes MC, nuclear scientist, Institute of Nuclear Science, 1966–69
 * Ali Ardashir Larijani, professor of philosophy
 * Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art
 * Gholam-Reza Pourmand, professor of urology
 * Sayed Ebrahim Dibaj, professor of philosophy
 * Mohammad Ali Sahraian, neurologist and researcher
 * Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki, professor of biophysics
 * Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, professor of electrical engineering
 * Assad Sheikholeslami Sanandaji, theologian and professor at Tehran University
 * Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, professor of demography
 * Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, professor of theater
 * Ali Akbar Velayati, professor of medicine
 * Siamak Yassemi, Member of The World Academy of Science(TWAS)
 * Syed Rahim Moshiri, professor of human geography and physical geography
 * Abdul Hamid Zangeneh, professor, dean of the law faculty

College founders

 * Dr. Mahmoud Hesābi, founder

Chancellors

 * 1. Dr. Ali-Asghar Hekmat (1934–38)
 * 2. Dr. Esmāil Merāt (1938–40)
 * 3. Dr. Isā Sedigh Sedigh Alam (1940)
 * 4. Dr. Mohammad Tadayyon (1940–41)
 * 5. Dr. Mostafā Adl Mansour os-Saltaneh (1941–42)
 * 6. Dr. Ali-Akbar Siāsi (1942–54)
 * 7. Dr. Manouchehr Eghbāl (1954–57)
 * 8. Dr. Ahmad Farhād Motamed (fa) (1957–63)
 * 9. Dr. Jahānshāh Sāleh (fa) (1963–68)
 * 10. Dr. Fazlollāh Rezā (1968–69)
 * 11. Dr. Alinaghi Alikhani (1969–71)
 * 12. Dr. Houshang Nahāvandi (1971–76)
 * 13. Dr. Ahmad Houshang Sharifi (fa) (1976–77)
 * 14. Dr. Ghāsem Motamedi (fa) (1977–78)
 * 15. Dr. Abdollāh Sheibāni (fa) (1978–79)
 * 16. Dr. Mohammad Maleki (1979)
 * 17. Dr. Hassan Ārefi (fa) (1980–81)
 * 18. Dr. Ali Mehdizādeh Shahri (fa) (1981)
 * 19. Dr. Abolghāsem Gorji (fa) (1981–82)
 * 20. Dr. Dr. Abbās Sheibāni (1982–83)
 * 21. Dr. Bahman Yazdi Samadi (fa) (1983–85)
 * 22. Dr. Mohammad Farhādi (1985)
 * 23. Esmāil Evini (fa) (1985)
 * 24. Dr. Hossein Foroutan (fa) (1985–88)
 * 25. Dr. Mohammad Rahimiān (fa) (1989–93)
 * 26. Dr. Gholām-Ali Afrouz (fa) (1993–94)
 * 27. Dr. Mohammad-Rezā Āref (1994–97)
 * 28. Dr. Mansour Khalili Erāghi (fa) (1997–2002)
 * 29. Dr. Rezā Faraji-Dānā (2002–05)
 * 30. Abbās-Ali Amid Zanjāni (2005–07)
 * 31. Dr. Farhad Rahbar (2007–14)
 * 32. Dr. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadābādi (2014–21)

Nobel laureates

 * Shirin Ebadi and faculty member [Nobel Peace Prize 2003].

Scientists and technology

 * Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, professor of Remote Sensing
 * Lotfi A. Zadeh, inventor of fuzzy logic
 * Moslem Bahadori, physician and university lecturer
 * Caucher Birkar mathematecian
 * Ahmad Reza Dehpour, professor
 * Nader Engheta, inventor of Plasmonic cover
 * Hassan Farsam, university lecturer
 * Mehdi Ghalibafian, civil engineer
 * Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
 * Mehdi Golshani, university lecturer
 * Hamid Jafarkhani, University lecturer
 * Ali Javan, inventor of gas laser
 * Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, professor of engineering and inventor
 * Kamaloddin Jenab, physics pioneering faculty
 * Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
 * Alireza Mashaghi, scientist and physician
 * Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, engineer, school and university administrator
 * Toffy Musivand, inventor of artificial cardiac pump
 * Kaveh Pahlavan, wireless networking researcher
 * Samuel Rahbar, discovered HbA1C
 * Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA.
 * Alireza Rastegar, inventor, president of the international federation of inventors' associations, winner of ISESCO technology prize in 2003
 * Yousef Sobouti, founder of IASBS
 * Saeed Sohrabpour, president of the Sharif University of Technology

Intellectuals, scholars, and philosophers

 * Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, intellectual
 * William Chittick, scholar
 * Elahi Qomshe'i, philosopher and university lecturer
 * Dariush Shayegan, philosopher
 * Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
 * Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher
 * Parviz Varjavand professor of archeology

Architects

 * Foad Rafii, architect
 * Hooshang Seyhoon, architect, Dean of College of Fine Arts

Artists and musicians

 * Mehrdad Afsari, photographer
 * Hossein Alizadeh, musician and university lecturer
 * Morteza Avini, photographer
 * Rakhshan Bani-E'temad, filmmaker
 * Asghar Farhadi, director
 * Mansooreh Hosseini, artist
 * Haleh Jamali, Iranian artist
 * Arghavan Khosravi, Iranian painter and sculptor
 * Abbas Kiarostami, filmmaker
 * Noreen Motamed, painter
 * Behjat Sadr, artist
 * Amir Reza Salari, cinematographer and director
 * Khosrow Shakibai, actor
 * Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art

Athletes

 * Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Olympic fencer
 * Janet Kohan-Sedq, athlete

Linguists and literary figures

 * Hossein Towfigh, Editor-in-Chief, Towfigh Magazine
 * Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer
 * Pegah Ahmadi, poet and literary critic
 * Amir-Hossein Aryanpour, dictionarist and translator
 * Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, poet, journalist, professor of Persian literature
 * Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan, author
 * Adib Boroumand, poet, politician and researcher
 * Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, linguist
 * Hossein Hafezian, political scientist and author
 * Razi Hirmandi, translator and writer
 * Siavash Kasraie, poet
 * Shahriar Mandanipour, author
 * Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani, Retired Arabic Literature Professor from University of Isfahan, Founder of Islamic Azad University of Falavarjanin 1984
 * Mohammad Moin, linguist and university lecturer
 * Fereydoun Motamed, linguist
 * Ahmad NikTalab, Iranian poet, author, and linguistic
 * Ramak NikTalab, Iranian author and translator
 * Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist
 * Ehsan Yarshater, Iranologist
 * Abdolhossein Zarinkoob, Iranologist

Politicians

 * Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Vice President
 * Abbas Amir-Entezam, former Deputy Prime Minister
 * Jamshid Amuzegar, Prime Minister
 * Mohammad Reza Aref, former Vice President
 * Mohammad Beheshti, Ayatollah
 * Habibolah Bitaraf, cabinet minister
 * Mostafa Chamran, former Vice President and Minister of Defense
 * Rahman Dadman, cabinet minister
 * Abbas Ahmad Akhondi, current professor, current cabinet minister
 * Manuchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister
 * Adib Boroumand, leader of National Front
 * Hossein Fatemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, former chairman of the Iranian Parliament
 * Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former MP
 * Saeed Hajjarian, former Presidential advisor and reformist
 * Mustafa Hijri, leader of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
 * Mohammed Ali Jafari, IRGC Chief Commander
 * Mehdi Karroubi, reformist politician and chairman of National Trust Party
 * Kamal Kharrazi, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
 * Mohammad Reza Khatami, former secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
 * Ahmad Khorram, cabinet minister
 * Elaheh Koulaei, current professor, former Member of Parliament
 * Ali Larijani, speaker of Parliament and former president of IRIB
 * Alireza Marandi academic, current Member of Parliament
 * Hassan Ali Mansur, Prime Minister
 * Mohsen Mirdamadi, Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
 * Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, former head of the Ministry of Intelligence and attorney-general
 * Heydar Moslehi, current head of Ministry of Intelligence
 * Manuchehr Mottaki, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister
 * Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, cabinet minister
 * Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank, cabinet minister, former Member of Parliament
 * Zahra Rahnavard, politician and artist
 * Massoud Rajavi, leader of PMOI
 * Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, current professor, spokesman for Khatami's administration
 * Mohsen Rezaee, current secretary of the Expediency Council, former IRGC Chief Commander
 * Ezzatollah Sahabi, politician
 * Yadollah Sahabi, politician
 * Kazem Sami, former Minister of Health
 * Jafar Sharif-Emami, former Prime Minister of Iran
 * Ebrahim Sheibani, Iranian Ambassador, former Governor of the Central Bank
 * Mostafa Tajzadeh, former vice minister
 * Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Minister of Health and Medical Education
 * Parviz Varjavand, former Minister of Culture
 * Ali Akbar Velayati, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Ebrahim Yazdi, former Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of Iran
 * Javad Zarif, former ambassador to the United Nations

Others

 * Ahmad Batebi, human rights activist
 * Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, human rights activist
 * Adel Ferdosipour, journalist, football commentator, television show host, and university professor
 * Heydar Ghiai, architect, professor of architecture
 * Saeed Hajjarian, journalist
 * Darya Safai, women's rights activist
 * Mahlagha Mallah, environmental activist
 * Nasser Moghadam, former head of SAVAK
 * Akbar Mohammadi, student protester
 * Younan Nowzaradan, surgeon, TV personality, and author
 * Fazrollah Reza, professor
 * Kasra Nouri, lawyer
 * Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad, professor of metallurgy at MIT
 * Mehdi Sadaghdar, YouTube comedian, electrical engineer
 * Ahmad Zeidabadi, journalist