Rostam (name)

Rostam or Rustam or Rostom is a name referring to the Persian mythical hero Rostam who was immortalized by the poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh (Book of Kings). It has been commonly used as a male Persian given name, and may refer to the following people:

Given name

 * Rostam Farrokhzād, An ancient Persian nobleman and army chief
 * Rostom of Abkhazia, ruler of the Principality of Abkhazia
 * Rustam Asildarov (born 1981), leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
 * Rostam Aziz (born 1960), Tanzanian politician and businessman
 * Rostom Bagdasarian (1919–1972), American artist and record producer
 * Rostam Bastuni (1923–1994), first Israeli-Arab politician
 * Rostam Batmanglij (born 1983), American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Rustam Effendi (1903–1979), Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
 * Rustam Emomali (1987–), Tajik official, son of Emomali Rahmon
 * Rostam Ghasemi (born 1964), Iranian military officer and politician
 * Rostam Gorgani (fl. 1550), Persian physician who lived in India
 * Rustam Ibragimbekov (1939–2022), Azeri screenwriter and film director
 * Rostom of Imereti (1571–1605), Georgian king
 * Rostom of Kartli (1565–1658), Iranian–Georgian king and military commander
 * Prince Rostom of Kartli (died 1722), Iranian–Georgian prince and military commander
 * Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 1979), Uzbek chess master
 * Rostom, nom de guerre of Stepan Zorian (1867–1919), Armenian revolutionary
 * Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948), Azerbaijani statesman
 * Rustam Khudzhamov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
 * Rustam Khudiyev (born 1985), Kazakh swimmer
 * Rostom Madatyan (1782–1829), Armenian-Russian general
 * Rustam Minnikhanov (born 1957), Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
 * Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960), Iranian musician
 * Rustam Mirza (1381–1424/25), a grandson of Timur
 * Rustam Rahimov (born 1979), German-Tajik boxer
 * Roustam Raza (c. 1780–1845), famous bodyguard of Napoleon Bonaparte
 * Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Safi) (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
 * Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Suleiman I) (fl. second half of the 17th century), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
 * Rostam K. Saeed (born 1964), Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
 * Rustam Saidov (born 1978), Uzbek boxer
 * Rustam Sharipov (born 1971), Ukrainian gymnast
 * Rustam Sutan Palindih (1898–1971), Indonesian film director and writer
 * Roustam Tariko (born 1962), Russian entrepreneur
 * Rustam Temirgaliev (born 1976), Crimean politician
 * Röstäm Yaxin (1921–1993), Russian composer and pianist
 * Rustam (Haqqani network), Afghan alleged Taliban militant
 * Rustam Shah Mohmand, Pakistani political scientist and served as ambassador to Afghanistan
 * Rustam Ali Faraizi (born 1952), Bangladeshi politician
 * Rustam Ali Mollah (1920–2023), Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter
 * Muhammad Rustam Ali (born 1960), Bangladeshi chemist and academic