Notables of Rasht
- Khosrow Golsorkhi
- Hushang Ebtehaj The intellectual poet of 20th century in Iran
- Mahmoud Behzad The father of modern biology of Iran
- Aydin Aghdashloo (Born 1940)
- Mīrzā Kūchak Khān One of the martyrs of freedom in Iran
- Mahmoud Namjoo The world's weightlifting champion
- Mohammad Moin A famous linguistics and literature researcher
- Prof. Majid Samii President of The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
- Ebrahim Poordavood (Born 1885)
- Fazlollah Reza Former Iran's ambassador to UNICEF
- Arsen Minasian The Armenian founder of the first modern sanatorium in Iran
- Ardeshir Mohassess A cartoonist from Rasht
- Sadeq Saba Head of BBC Persian Service
- Susan Taslimi
- Dariush Ramezani, cartoonist
- Anoushiravan Rohani
- Marjane Satrapi World award-winning film director
- Hamideh Kheirabadi
- Youcef Nadarkhani Christian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy from Islam
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