Tehran
Tehran ranks 62nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zagreb, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Memorable people born in Tehran include Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Bahá'u'lláh, and Farah Pahlavi. Memorable people who died in Tehran include Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Mahsa Amini. Tehran has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tehran is located in Iran.
Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is also the capital of Tehran province and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2005, Tehran was the birth place of 167 globally memorable people, including Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Bahá'u'lláh, and Farah Pahlavi. Additionaly, 61 globally memorable people have passed away in Tehran including Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Mahsa Amini.
People Born in Tehran
Go to all RankingsMohammad Reza Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 141
Bahá'u'lláh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1817 - 1892
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 163
Farah Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 40
Mohammad Mosaddegh
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1967
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 139
Abbas Kiarostami
FILM DIRECTOR
1940 - 2016
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 160
`Abdu'l-Bahá
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 147
Shahnaz Pahlavi
COMPANION
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 95
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1907
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 158
Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh
WRITER
1883 - 1936
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 132
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
NOBLEMAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 62
Shohreh Aghdashloo
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 104
Sadegh Hedayat
WRITER
1903 - 1951
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 150
Newly Added People Born in Tehran
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Tehran
Go to all RankingsRuhollah Khomeini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 35
Mohammad Mosaddegh
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1967
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 10
Mahsa Amini
INSPIRATION
1999 - 2022
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 32
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1896
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 58
Ismail Haniyeh
POLITICIAN
1962 - 2024
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 1
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
POLITICIAN
1933 - 1981
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 31
Mohammad Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1848
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 38
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1907
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 37
Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh
WRITER
1883 - 1936
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 5
Alexander Griboyedov
WRITER
1795 - 1829
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 57
Hossein Salami
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1960 - 2025
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 21
Inayatullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1946
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 40
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tehran were politicians (29), soccer players (28), actors (23), writers (14), and singers (12), while most who died were politicians (24), writers (9), religious figures (5), social activists (3), and soccer players (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tehran, including Andranik Eskandarian, Ali Parvin, and Iraj Danaeifard. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tehran, including Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tehran since 1700.