List of people from Gorgan

Following is a list of notable people from Gorgan, the capital of Golestan Province in northern Iran.

Contemporary prominent figures

 * Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician.
 * Maryam Zandi, Photographer.

Historical figures

 * Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist.
 * Mir Damad
 * Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician
 * Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician
 * Gorgani, Rustam, physician
 * Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master
 * Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, encyclopedic writer and theologian
 * Fazlallah Astarabadi, 14th century Islamic mystic and founder of the Hurufi movement
 * Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran

Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979 onwards

 * Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws
 * Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time

Califs

 * Abbasid Calif Harun Al-Rashid
 * Imam Reza