List of people from Tabriz


 * Here is a complete list for notable people who lived or from Tabriz:





A
 * Abu'l Majd Tabrizi, compiler of Safina-yi Tabriz, writer
 * Ahmad Hussein Adl, Minister of Agriculture
 * Akbar Alami, Representative of Parliament
 * Massoud Amin, American Engineer
 * Taghi Arani, Iranian political activist; killed in prison in the First Pahlavi era
 * Armik
 * Aziz Asli, soccer player

B
 * Bagher Khan, Nationalist revolutionist
 * Karim Bagheri, soccer player
 * Reza Baraheni, novelist, poet, critic and political activist, former president of Pen Canada
 * Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Shahriar), poet
 * Samad Behrangi, children's books writer
 * Qolam Hossein Bigjeh-Khani, musician and tar player
 * Gayk Bzhishkyan

C

D
 * Reza Deghati, photographer
 * Cyrus Dinmohammadi, soccer player

E
 * Hasan Enami Olya
 * Parvin E'tesami, poet

F
 * Javad Fakori, Major General; commander of the IRIAF during the Iran–Iraq War; served as Defense Minister
 * Farhad Fakhredini, conductor of National Orchestra

G
 * Ivan Galamian
 * Azim Gheychisaz
 * Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation

H
 * Ebrahim Hakimi, Prime Minister of Iran
 * Sattar Hamedani, soccer player
 * Hamid Mirza, heir presumptive of the Qajar dynasty
 * Mohsen Hashtroodi, mathematician
 * Homam-e Tabrizi, poet
 * Ahad Hoseini, painter

I
 * Iraj Mirza, poet and famous politician

J
 * Allameh Jafari, cleric, researcher
 * Feridoun Jam, Head of Iranian Army corps
 * Jafar Tabrizi, calligrapher
 * Mahmud Jam, Prime Minister of Iran
 * Rosa Jamali, poet, writer

K
 * Ahmad Kasravi, politician and author
 * Samuel Khachikian, film director
 * Rasoul Khatibi, soccer player
 * Mohammad Khiabani, cleric; a political leader during Iran's Constitutionalist Revolution

L

M
 * Yadollah Maftun Amini, poet
 * Abu'l Majd Tabrizi, compiler of Safina-yi Tabriz; writer
 * Naser Manzuri, novelist, linguist
 * Tahmineh Milani, film director
 * Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran, reformist

N
 * Reza Naji, actor
 * Nasimi, poet (however, there is a controversy about his birthplace)

P
 * Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba), the last queen consort of Iran
 * Jafar Panahi, film director

Q
 * Abbas Mirza Qajar, prince, reformist
 * Ahmad Shah Qajar, King of Iran
 * Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, King of Iran
 * Mohammad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia of the Qajar dynasty
 * Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran
 * Qalandar Tabrizi, speaker of bitter truths to power
 * Qatran Tabrizi, poet

R
 * Mirza Taqikhan Raf'at Tabrizi, poet, writer, founder of Raf'at Literary School
 * Hassan Roshdieh, founder of the first modern school in Iran

S
 * Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh
 * Gholamhossein Saedi, writer, novelist and political activist
 * Sattar Khan, Nationalist revolutionary leader
 * Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi, Nationalist cleric
 * Shams Tabrizi, Sufi
 * Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Grand Ayatollah
 * Jamileh Sheykhi, actress
 * Ali Soheili, Prime Minister of Iran

T
 * Allameh Tabatabaei, cleric, researcher
 * Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher, historian, distinguished university professor
 * Maqsud Ali Tabrizi
 * Mir Ali Tabrizi, calligraphist
 * Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi, intellectual and social reformer
 * Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tabrizi, Muslim convert from Judaism; philosopher and translator
 * Hasan Taqizadeh, politician, diplomat and scholar
 * Varto Terian, Iran's first stage actress.

V
 * Fariba Vafi, novelist
 * Monir Vakili Nikjoo, opera singer