List of Zoroastrians - in Entertainment, Religion, Sports and Astrology

In Entertainment, Religion, Sports and Astrology

  • Aruna Irani : Bollywood actress.
  • Boman Irani (1959- ): Bollywood actor
  • Anaita Shroff Adajania (1972- ) : Film Stylist & Fashion Director Vogue India
  • Shiamak Davar : Bollywood choreographer
  • Homi Adajania (1972- ): Film Director, Writer and Scuba Diving Instructor
  • Erick Avari (1952- ): Hollywood actor.
  • Ardeshir Irani - Filmmaker
  • Cyrus Broacha (1971- ): MTV India VJ and stand-up comedian.
  • Behram "Busybee" Contractor (1930–2001): journalist and columnist.
  • Nariman "Nari" Contractor (1934- ): cricketer; coach at the CCI Academy.
  • Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926- ): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist.
  • Nauheed Cyrusi (1982- ): model, film actress, television presenter
  • Bejan Daruwalla (1931- ): astrologer.
  • Keki Daruwalla (1937- ), poet and writer
  • Sam Dastor (1941- ): television actor and director.
  • Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla (1875–1956): high priest and religious scholar.
  • Farrukh Dhondy (1944- ): novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist.
  • Diana Eduljee (1956 - ): first captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team – from 1978 till 1993
  • Farokh Engineer (1938- ): cricketer.
  • Karishmeh Felfeli: musician, radio personality, founder-director of the Glenn Gould Project.
  • Zerbanoo Gifford (1950- ): human rights campaigner
  • Kaizad Gustad (1968- ): film director.
  • Boman Irani (1962-) : Indian film and theatre actor, host of the 2007 IIFA Awards
  • Aban Marker Kabraji (1953-) : Pakistani ecologist, Asian regional director of IUCN
  • Firdaus Kanga (1960- ): author, actor and screenwriter.
  • Rustom Khurshedji Karanjia (1912–2008): Journalist & editor, founder of India's first tabloid, Blitz.
  • Persis Khambatta (1950–1998): actress and model. Miss India in 1965.
  • Firdaus Kharas (1955–): animation, television and film producer and director.
  • Mehr Jesia Indian model
  • Shapur Kharegat (1932–2000): Journalist, editor and director of The Economist (Asia).
  • Behramji Malabari (1853–1912): poet, publicist, author, and social reformer.
  • Meher Baba (Merwan Sheriar Irani, 1894-1969)Indian Mystic
  • Eruch Jessawala, Meher Baba's interpreter
  • Mehli Mehta (1908–2002): musician; founder of the Bombay Philharmonic and Bombay String Orchestras.
  • Zarin Mehta (1938- ): musician; executive director of the New York Philharmonic since 2000
  • Zubin Mehta (1936- ): musician; Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, former director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Bavarian State Opera and presently (--2011)the Israel Philharmonic.
  • Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara, 1946–1991): rock icon and lead singer for Queen.
  • Deena M. Mistri (19??- ): author and educationalist; recipient of Pakistan's "Pride of Performance" medal.
  • Rohinton Mistry (1952- ): novelist, short story author, screenplay writer.
  • Jivanji Jamshedji Modi Sir, Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
  • Sohrab Modi (1897–1984): stage and film actor, director and producer.
  • Ray Panthaki (1979- ): actor and film producer
  • Cyrus Poncha (1976- ): Asian Squash Federation Junior Coach of the Year 2003-4.
  • Bapsi Sidhwa (1938- ): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
  • Godrej Sidhwa (1925- ): theologian, historian and high priest.
  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988): composer, music critic, pianist, and writer.
  • Sooni Taraporevala (1957- ): screenwriter, author and photographer.
  • Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar (1926–2006): cricketer.
  • Zubin Varla (19??- ): stage actor.
  • Nina Wadia (1968- ): British-Indian comedienne and television actress, currently and most notably from EastEnders.
  • Perizaad Zorabian (1973- ): model, film actress

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