Talk:List of British Iranians

to the UK Census 32,158 people born in Iran were resident in Britain in 1991, increasing to 42,377 in the 2001 Census. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/iran.stm Concentrations of people born in Iran. Click to highlight key cities] Article already gives figures for Farsi-speaking Iranians in Britain (immigrant + born in Britain) - needs a citation. User:Brenont 19:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Please list full Iranians

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I have removed all unsourced entries from the list. In case anyone wants to reinstate them, supported by a reliable source, I have listed those entries that were removed below, as they appeared before I removed them. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:09, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note that Wikipedia BLP policy explicitly requires that entries on lists, categories etc be sourced. Please do not add any unsourced entries to the list. See also Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive103 AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Academics

 * Haleh Afshar, university professor at the University of York.
 * Professor Hamid Aghvami, FREng, FIEEE, FIET, Kings College
 * Ali Ansari, university professor at the University of St Andrews.
 * Ali Diba, editor of Wards Anaesthetic Equipment
 * Abbas Edalat, university professor at Imperial College London.
 * Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami, university professor at Durham University.
 * Mohammed Ghanbari, university professor at the University of Essex.
 * Homa Katouzian, academic, economist, historian and literary critic.
 * Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, academic, economist, university professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge.
 * Siavash Haroun Mahdavi, Academic and Inventor.
 * Saeed Vaseghi, university professor at Brunel University.
 * Naz Ghanea, university professor at Oxford University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.159.2.148 (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Actors, actresses, comedians and comediennes

 * Omid Djalili, comedian and actor.
 * Inder Manocha, comedian.
 * Kayvan Novak, actor, star of Fonejacker
 * Zahra Ahmadi, actress
 * Catherine Bell, actress
 * Nazanin Boniadi, actress
 * Maryam Davari, actress
 * Hadi Khorsandi, comedian,
 * Shaparak ("Shappi") Khorsandi, comedienne
 * Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, actress
 * Hayley Tamaddon, actress.
 * Roxanne Pallet, actress.
 * Shaun Toub, actor.
 * Nasser Memarzia, actor.
 * Soudabeh Farrokhnia, acrtress, theatre director
 * Sousan Farrokhnia, acrtress, theatre director
 * Parvaneh Soltani, acrtress, ,writer,theatre director
 * Soheila Ghodstinat, actress,writer, poet

Artists

 * Maryam Hashemi ,painter
 * Soheila Sokhanvari, painter (egg tempera), sculptor — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Swanton (talk • contribs) 12:44, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Filmmakers

 * Gokou Parhizgar, documantry fimmakeri
 * Hossein Amini, film maker and scenarist — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masihsal (talk • contribs) 19:39, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Business

 * Habib Namini Owner and chairmen of Juice republic
 * Eskander Maleki Owner of Tullow Oil
 * Ali Sarikhani Founder Chiltern Group Services
 * Vahid Alaghband Owner of Balli Holdings
 * Dr Kaveh Alamouti Owner of Optimum Asset Management
 * Lord David Alliance
 * Jack Dellal Owner of Allied Commercial Holdings
 * Bobby Hashemi Co-Founder of Coffee Republic
 * Sahar Hashemi Co-Founder of Coffee Republic
 * Babak Emamian, Founder of British-Iranian Business Association, BIBA
 * Hossein Ghandahari, owns Royal Mansion (formerly Toprak Mansion).
 * Darius Guppy
 * Kia Joorabchian
 * Simon Karimzadeh Owner Eskar International
 * Nasser David Khalili, the fifth wealthiest person in the United Kingdom.
 * Mahmoud Khayami
 * Hashem Khosrovani Chairman of Chempetrol Group
 * Farhad Moshiri
 * Ardeshir Naghshineh Owner of Targetfollow Group
 * Yousef Tishbi Owner of Realty Estates (Manchester)
 * Yasmina Siadatan, Winner of The Apprentice (UK series five)
 * Majid Nagra, contestant of The Apprentice (UK Series five)
 * David Shamoun, Hotelier.
 * Behnam Jack Taheri, businessman
 * Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, brothers who own the Rotch property group.
 * David Babai Chairman of Gullivers Travel Associates
 * Firoz Tejani Foreign exchange tycoons
 * Pallonji Mistry Construction tycoon and second richest person in Ireland
 * payam nornia Bussinessman

Media

 * Behrouz Afagh, journalist, BBC News Head of Eurasian affairs.
 * Christiane Amanpour, journalist.
 * Ali Arouzi, journalist/ bureau chief, NBC News
 * Baqer Moin
 * Ramita Navai, journalist.
 * Sadeq Saba, journalist, BBC Iranian affairs analyst
 * Tina Gharavi, filmaker and screenwriter
 * Shahab "Shibby" Robati, Apprentice participant
 * Abbas Najafi Zarafshan, Founder and Editor of Persian Weekly Newspaper

Entertainment

 * Omid 16B, musician.
 * Blade, rapper.
 * Yasmin Le Bon, model.
 * Darius Danesh, Singer-songwriter and actor.
 * Shirin Guild, Fashion designer.
 * Shusha Guppy, writer and singer.
 * Shaheen Jafargholi, singer Britain's Got Talent 2009 contestant
 * Hadi Khorsandi, poet and satirist.
 * Siavash Sabbaghpour, contestant currently on Big Brother 2009.
 * Sami Yusuf, musician.
 * Zarif, musician.

Sports

 * Shana Haji, footballer
 * Aadel Kardooni, former professional rugby union player.
 * Kamal Shalorus, MMA fighter (WEC)
 * Mehrdad Takaloo, boxer.
 * Omid Khademzadeh, Kyokushin Karate-ka

Other

 * Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the charity Kids Company.
 * Ali Dizaei, senior police officer.
 * Nasser David Khalili, art collector, philanthropist.
 * Mansour Matloubi, poker player.
 * Behnaz Mozakka, terrorism victim.
 * Ben Roberts, poker player.
 * William Burscough, Reggina CEO.
 * Reza Washahi, human rights activist.
 * Siavash Sabbaghpour Big Brother UK contestant
 * Mikey Dalton Big Brother UK contestant

Reliable list of notable British Iranians
http://www.anjoman.co.uk/speakers.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeavyQuark (talk • contribs) 13:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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