Mashhad - Famous People From Mashhad and Tus

Famous People From Mashhad and Tus

Religious and political figures

• Shaykh Tusi, 385–460 A.H.; prominent Persian scholar of the Shi'a Twelver Islamic belief
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, born February 1201 in Tūs, Khorasan – 26 June 1274 in al-Kāżimiyyah near Baghdad; Persian of the Ismaili and subsequently Twelver Shī‘ah Islamic belief
• Seyyed Ali Khamenei, born 17 July 1939; former president and current supreme leader of Iran
• Sheikh Ali Tehrani, brother-in-law of Seyyed Ali Khamenei, currently living in Iran. He is one of the oppositions of current Iranian government.
• Nizam al-Mulk, 1018 – 14 October 1092; celebrated Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuq Empire
• Al-Hurr al-Aamili, Shia scholar and muhaddith
• Al-Ghazali, 1058–1111; Islamic theologian, jurist, philosopher, cosmologist, psychologist and mystic of Persian origin
• Timur Shah Durrani, Emir of Afghanistan 1772-1793
• Ali al-Sistani, born approximately August 4, 1930; Twelver Shi'a marja residing in Iraq since 1951
• Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani, 1839–1911; Twelver Shi'a Marja, Persian (Iranian) politician, philosopher, reformer
• Hossein Vahid Khorasani, born in 1924; Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, born January 27, 1958; former Vice President of Iran and a close associate of former reformist President Mohammad Khatami
• Abu Muslim Khorasani, c. 700–755; Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khorasani, Abbasid general of Persian origin
• Manouchehr Eghbal, October 14, 1909 – November 25, 1977, a Prime Minister of Iran
• Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty), August 20, 1377 – March 12, 1447; ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by the Central Asian warlord Timur (Tamerlane)
• Goharshad, Persian noble and wife of Shāh Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Dynasty of Herāt
• Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, born August 23, 1961 in Torghabeh, near Mashhad; the current Mayor of Tehran, Iran
• Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi, Conservative political strategist and popular television personality in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Hadi Khamenei, b. 1947; mid-ranking cleric who is a member of the reformist Association of Combatant Clerics
• Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi, current major general, Islamic Republic of Iran
• Saeed Jalili, born 1965 in Mashhad; Iranian politician and the present secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council

Writers and scientists

• Ferdowsi, 935–1020 in Tus; a Persian poet
• Abu-Mansur Daqiqi, 935/942–976/980
• Abolfazl Beyhaqi, 995–1077; a Persian historian and author
• Abusa'id Abolkhayr, December 7, 967 – January 12, 1049 / Muharram ul Haram 1, 357 – Sha'aban 4, 440 AH; famous Persian Sufi who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition
• Anvari, 1126–1189, one of the greatest Persian poets
• Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, 1928, Mashhad, Iran – 1990, Tehran, Iran; a Persian poet
• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, November 6, 1884, Mashhad, Iran – April 22, 1951; Tehran, Iran
• Asadi Tusi, born in Tus, Iranian province of Khorasan, died 1072 Tabriz, Iran; Persian poet of Iranian national epics
• Mohammad Mokhtari (writer), Iranian writer who was murdered on the outskirts of Tehran in the course of the Chain Murders of Iran.
• Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, 900–971; Persian astronomer and mathematician from Khorasan
• Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī, 10 June 940 – 1 July 998; Persian mathematician and astronomer
• Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, 1135–1213; Persian mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic Golden Age (during the Middle Ages)
• Jābir ibn Hayyān, c. 721 in Tus–c. 815 in Kufa; prominent polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geologist, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician

Artists

• Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, born September 23, 1940 in Mashhad, Iran; internationally and critically acclaimed Persian traditional singer, composer and Master (Ostad) of Persian music
• Homayoun Shajarian, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian's son, born May 21, 1975; renowned Persian classical music vocalist, as well as a Tombak and Kamancheh player
• Hamid Motebassem, born 1958 in Mashhad, Iranian musician and tar and setar player
• Noureddin Zarrinkelk, born 1937 in Mashhad, Iran; renowned Iranian animator, concept artist, editor, graphic designer, illustrator, layout artist, photographer, script writer and sculptor
• Dariush Arjmand, Iranian actor
• Reza Kianian, born July 17, 1951 in Mashhad, Iran, Iranian actor
• Reza Attaran, born 31 March 1968 in Mashhad; Iranian actor and director
• Hamed Behdad, born 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran; Iranian actor
• Marshall Manesh, born 16 August 1950 in Mashad; Iranian-American actor
• Mahdi Bemani Naeini, born November 3, 1968; Iranian film director, cinematographer, TV cameraman and photographer
• Rafi Pitts, born 1967 in Mashhad, Iran; internationally acclaimed Iranian film director
• Javad Jalali, born 30 May 1977 in Mashhah, Iranian Photographer and Cinematographer
• Iran Darroudi, born September 2, 1936 in Mashhad; Iranian artist
• Mohsen Namjoo, born 1976 in Torbat-e-Jaam; Iranian singer-songwriter, author, musician, and setar player
• Mitra Hajjar, born February 4, 1977; Iranian actress
• Ovanes Ohanian, ?–1961 Tehran; Armenian-Iranian filmmaker who established the first film school in Iran
• Valy, Afghan Singer

Scientists

• Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī, 10 June 940 – 1 July 998; Persian mathematician and astronomer
• Anousheh Ansari, born 12 September 1966; the Iranian-American co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc and a spaceflight participant with the Russian space program

Sports figures

• Heshmat Mohajerani, born January, 1936 in Mashhad, Iran; Iranian football coach, manager, and former player
• Khodadad Azizi, born June 22, 1971 in Mashhad, Iran; retired professional football striker
• Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht, born June 30, 1980 in Mashhad; Iranian professional football player
• Hossein Badamaki, Iranian professional football player
• Mohammad Mansouri, Iranian professional football player
• Reza Enayati, Iranian professional football player
• Reza Ghoochannejhad, Iranian-Dutch professional football player
• Kia Zolgharnain, Iranian-American former Futsaler/Indoor soccer player
• Mohsen Ghahramani, Iranain football refree
• Mohsen Torki, Iranian football refree
• Hasan Kamranifar, Iranian football refree
• Hossein Sokhandan, Iranian football refree
• Amir Reza Khadem, born February 10, 1970 in Mashhad, wrestler
• Rasoul Khadem, born February 17, 1972 in Mashhad, wrestler
• Mohammad Khadem, wrestler
• Amir Tavakkolian, wrestler
• Majid Khodaei, wrestler
• Ali Baghbanbashi, athlete
• Abbas Golmakani, World's wrestling champion during the 1950s
• Hamed Afagh, basketballer
• Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh, judoka
• Javad Mahjoub, judoka
• Amir Ghaseminejad, judoka
• Hamid Reza Mobarez, swimmer

Others

• Ali Akbar Fayyaz, a renowned historian of early Islam and literary critic, founder of the School of Letters and Humanities at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
• Mahmoud Khayami, born 1930 in Mashhad, Iran; Iranian born industrialist and philanthropist, of French nationality
• Hossein Sabet, Iranian businessman and Persian carpet dealer who owns Sabet International Trading Co.
• Hesam Kolahan, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).