Iran
Iran ranks 1,009th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Marietta, Georgia, Vladimir, Russia, and Stockholm Palace. Memorable people born in Iran include Xerxes I, Darius III, and Bodhidharma. Memorable people who died in Iran include Eumenes, Atossa, and Ala ad-Din Tekish. Iran has been the birth place of many politicians, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Iran is located in Iran.
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population and is the sixth-largest country in Asia. Iran is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital, largest city, and financial center. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 519 BC and 1992, Iran was the birth place of 16 globally memorable people, including Xerxes I, Darius III, and Bodhidharma. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Iran including Eumenes, Atossa, and Ala ad-Din Tekish.
People Born in Iran
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Xerxes I
POLITICIAN
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 87.97
Rank: 7
Darius III
POLITICIAN
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 6
Bodhidharma
PHILOSOPHER
483 - 540
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 8
Xerxes II of Persia
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 11
Darius II
POLITICIAN
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 9
Sogdianus of Persia
POLITICIAN
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 2
Bahram V
POLITICIAN
406 - 438
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 15
Arses of Persia
POLITICIAN
360 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 16
Al-Khazini
MATHEMATICIAN
1077 - 1155
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 1
Amastrine
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 284 BC
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 10
Shapur IV
POLITICIAN
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 13
Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
POLITICIAN
798 - 844
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Iran
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Eumenes
MILITARY PERSONNEL
362 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 2
Atossa
POLITICIAN
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 1
Ala ad-Din Tekish
POLITICIAN
1132 - 1200
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 9
Farrokhroo Parsa
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1980
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 5
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2014
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4
Simin Behbahani
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 3
Mohammad Ali Fardin
ACTOR
1930 - 2000
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 6
Hassan Habibi
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2013
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 7
Fatemeh Rahbar
POLITICIAN
1964 - 2020
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 8
Nasser Shabani
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1957 - 2020
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 10
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Iran were politicians (11), philosophers (1), mathematicians (1), social activists (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were politicians (6), military personnels (2), writers (1), and actors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, social activists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Iran, including Reyhaneh Jabbari. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Iran, including Xerxes I, Darius III, and Xerxes II of Persia.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Iran since 1700.
