List List of Iranian Americans

1 list

1.1 academia/science
1.2 arts , entertainment
1.3 business/technology
1.4 literature
1.5 media/journalism
1.6 music
1.7 politics
1.8 sports

list
academia/science

alexander abian, mathematician
sarkis acopian, inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, , humanitarian
shahriar afshar, physicist, namesake of afshar experiment
siavash alamouti, cto broad band , intel fellow, inventor of alamouti code, code-communication engineer
abass alavi, professor of radiology, nuclear medicine , neurology; university of pennsylvania.
abbas amanat, professor of history & international studies @ yale university
nima arkani-hamed, physicist harvard
abbas ardehali surgical director of ucla s heart , lung transplant program
shaul bakhash, historian, expert in iranian studies, george mason university, clarence j. robinson professor of history
mina bissell, scientist , biologist, lbl
george bournoutian, professor, historian, , author
houchang chehabi, historian, expert in iranian studies, boston university
hamid dabashi, professor of iranian studies , comparative literature @ columbia university in new york city
richard danielpour, professor of composition, manhattan school of music
touraj daryaee, iranologist
sibel edmonds, former translator worked contractor federal bureau of investigation (fbi) , founder of national security whistleblowers coalition (nswbc)
nader engheta, professor of electrical , systems engineering @ university of pennsylvania
haleh esfandiari, middle east scholar
nariman farvardin, provost of university of maryland
bobak ferdowsi, systems engineer @ nasa s jet propulsion laboratory. served on cassini–huygens , mars science laboratory curiosity mission
vartan gregorian, president of carnegie corporation of new york
ali hajimiri, inventor, technologist, , thomas g. myers professor of electrical engineering, caltech
babak hassibi, gordon m. binder/amgen professor of electrical engineering, caltech
payam heydari, professor of electrical engineering, university of california, irvine
hamid jafarkhani, leading communication theorist university of california, irvine.
ramin jahanbegloo, philosopher @ university of toronto
ali javan, physicist, inventor of gas laser, professor emeritus of physics @ mit
sepandar kamvar, computer scientist, stanford university
mehran kardar, physicist, mit.
ahmad karimi-hakkak, founding director of center persian studies, university of maryland.
homayoon kazerooni, professor of mechanical engineering @ university of california, berkeley, co-founder , chief scientist of berkeley bionics, inventor of hulc
ali khademhosseini, associate professor @ harvard medical school, harvard-mit division of health sciences , technology , wyss institute biologically inspired engineering
g. a. mansoori, professor of chemical engineering @ university of illinois @ chicago
bahram mashhoon, general relativity physicist
robert mehrabian, president of carnegie mellon
abbas milani, director of iranian studies program, stanford university.
maryam mirzakhani, stanford university professor first female winner of fields medal
mohsen mostafavi, dean of harvard graduate school of design
hamid mowlana, director of division of international communication @ american university
firouz naderi, nasa director of mars project.
majid m. naini (مجید نایینی), computer scientist, former professor @ university of pennsylvania, rumi scholar, writer, poet, translator, speaker
kayvan najarian, associate professor of computer science, virginia commonwealth university
seyyed hossein nasr, professor of islamic studies @ george washington university, , prominent islamic philosopher. author of many scholarly books , articles
vali nasr, leading expert on middle east , islamic world, best-selling author, influential commentator , professor of international politics @ fletcher school of law , diplomacy of tufts university, senior fellow in foreign policy @ brookings institution, , columnist bloomberg view
camran nezhat, director, stanford endoscopy center training & technology.
kaveh pahlavan, professor of computer , electrical engineering, worcester polytechnic institute
gholam a. peyman, inventor of lasik eye surgery
nader pourmand, professor of biomolecular engineering @ baskin school of engineering
majid rafizadeh, political scientist scholar @ harvard university
behzad razavi, professor of electrical engineering, university of california, los angeles
nouriel roubini, 1 of leading economists of our age, professor of economics @ stern school of business, new york university , chairman of rge monitor
pardis sabeti, world-renowned computational geneticist, associate professor @ harvard university
omid safi, professor of islamic studies @ university of north carolina , advocate of reform within islam
ahmad salehi, clinical professor of psychiatry, in palo alto, california
david b. samadi, vice chairman of department of urology , chief of robotics , minimally invasive surgery @ icahn school of medicine @ mount sinai
homayoun seraji, senior research scientist, jet propulsion laboratory
ghavam shahidi, ibm fellow, director of silicon technology
manuchehr shahrokhi, professor, california state university, founding editor, global finance journal , executive director, global finance association,
ray takeyh, middle east scholar , senior fellow @ council on foreign relations
kamran talattof, persian literature , iranian culture, director of persian program university of arizona
vahid tarokh, leading communication theorist harvard university.
cumrun vafa, string theorist in harvard
saba valadkhan, biomedical scientist, awarded young scientist award
ehsan yarshater, hagop kevorkian professor emeritus of iranian studies, director of center iranian studies, columbia university, founder , editor in chief of encyclopaedia iranica
lotfi a. zadeh, mathematician , computer scientist, , professor of computer science @ university of california, berkeley; father of fuzzy logic
norm zada, son of lotfi a. zadeh , founder of perfect 10.
reza zadeh, computer scientist @ stanford university
mark zandi, economist , co-founder of economy.com, part of moody s analytics
doreen granpeesheh, clinical psychologist , producer of independent award-winning documentary recovered: journeys through autism spectrum , back

arts , entertainment

omid abtahi, actor
ray aghayan, emmy award winning costume designer
shohreh aghdashloo academy award-nominated film/television actress
dan ahdoot, stand-up comedian
jonathan ahdout, actor
morehshin allahyari, artist
mark amin, film producer
max amini, comedian
ali ardekani, businessman, game developer, film developer, , islamic comedian
aram avakian, director, editor
reza badiyi, tv director
catherine bell, actress (iranian mother)
nadia bjorlin, tv/soap opera actress (iranian mother)
nazanin boniadi, television , film actress
dar dash, actor, voice actor (iranian father)
ala ebtekar, visual artist work explores cultural intersection of contemporary hip hop , traditional iran.
robert ekhart, film actor , editor-in-chief
tanaz eshaghian, documentary filmmaker
siamak ghahremani, founder of noor iranian film festival, radio host.
tehran ghasri, comedian , actor
nahid hagigat, illustrator , painter
taraneh hemami, visual artist
jonathan jon jafari, comedian, internet personality, video game critic
pouran jinchi, contemporary artist
maz jobrani, comedian , actor
cyrus kar, film director
bavand karim, multi-media artist , filmmaker
andre khabbazi, actor, semi-professional tennis player
marco khanlian, actor
nahnatchka khan, screenwriter , producer
cyrus king, actor
kamshad kooshan, screenwriter & director
arefeh mansouri, inventor, designer
marshall manesh, actor
mozhan marno, actress
shiva rose mcdermott, actress (iranian father)
peyman moaadi, actor, best known acting in oscar-winning separation
arian moayed, tony nominated actor/director
emud mokhberi, academy award nominated director/animator
amir mokri, director of photography
nima nabavi-nejad, film director
amir naderi, film director
amin nazemzadeh, actor
shirin neshat, visual artist , director
ali nejad, television personality/host
nicky nodjoumi, painter
cyrus nowrasteh, screenwriter , director
bijan pakzad noted fashion , perfume designer
adrian pasdar, actor (iranian father)
artemis pebdani, actress
nasim pedrad, actress, comedian
behnaz sarafpour, fashion designer
ali sepasyar, actor, cartoon network
sarah shahi, actress (iranian father)
yara shahidi, actress
bahar soomekh, actress
aramazd stepanian, actor, producer, playwright
massy tadjedin, screenwriter
elie tahari, fashion designer
shaun toub, actor
bob yari, academy award winning film producer

business/technology

vahe aghabegians, entrepreneur
hamid akhavan, ceo of siemens enterprise communications.
vahid alaghband, founder , chairman balli group plc
anousheh ansari, cofounder, prodea systems, inc.
sardar biglari, ceo , founder of biglari holdings
j. darius bikoff, ceo , founder of energy brands
shahram dabiri, video game producer, lead producer of world of warcraft
kamran elahian, founder , chairman global catalyst partners
fardad fateri, ceo of international education corporation
arash ferdowsi, co-founder & cto of dropbox
nasir gebelli, video game developer, programmer of several nintendo titles including final fantasy i, final fantasy ii, secret of mana, , rad racer
vartan gregorian, president of carnegie corporation of new york.
salar kamangar, ceo of youtube, vp of google s web applications
dara khosrowshahi, president , ceo, expedia, inc.
omid kordestani, former senior vice president of google
darius lahoutifard, serial internet entrepreneur, author, inventor
isaac larian, ceo of mga entertainment, manufacturer of bratz dolls
fariborz maseeh, pioneer of mems & philanthropist
manny mashouf, founder , chairman of bebe stores
david merage, co-founder of chef america inc., manufacturer of hot pockets
paul merage, co-founder of chef america inc., manufacturer of hot pockets
bob miner, co-founder of oracle corporation , producer of oracle s relational database management system.
ron najafi, ceo of novabay pharmaceuticals
izak parviz nazarian, business mogul , philanthropist
sam nazarian, ceo of sbe entertaintment group
farzad nazem, former cto of yahoo!
mehrdad nikoonahad, founder & ceo, nikoo technology, inc.
pierre omidyar, founder of e-bay (born iranian parents)
roozbeh pournader, co-founder , co-developer of persian wikipedia
hooman radfar, founder addthis
ali rowghani, coo of twitter
henry d. sahakian, founder , owner of uni-mart
sina tamaddon, senior vice president of applications apple computer.
sean rad, founder & ceo of tinder
bobby yazdani. founder & former ceo of saba software
shayan zadeh, founder of zoosk
puya rahmanian, prominent owner of frötr samuel wood

literature

reza aslan, writer
laleh bakhtiar, writer , scholar
najmieh batmanglij, chef, writer
firoozeh dumas, author of funny in farsi: memoir of growing iranian in america
roya hakakian, writer
azar nafisi, writer
ghazal omid, non fiction political writer, non fiction children book writer, speaker, ngo executive
shahrnoosh parsipour, writer
dalia sofer, writer
mahbod seraji, writer
andrew david urshan, evangelist , author
sholeh wolpe, poet, editor , literary translator

media/journalism

sohrab ahmari, journalist @ wall street journal
christiane amanpour, anchor of abc sunday morning political affairs program, former cnn chief international correspondent
davar ardalan, npr producer of tell me more
rudi bakhtiar, voice of america employee, former director of public relations public affairs alliance of iranian americans (paaia), former fox news anchor, former cnn anchor
shmuley boteach, rabbi, radio , television host, author
lisa daftari, journalist, tv commentator, founder - foreign desk
farnaz fassihi, journalist, wall street journal
susie gharib, anchor of nightly business report distributed american public television
alireza jafarzadeh, fox news channel foreign affairs analyst
arash markazi, journalist, sports illustrated
azadeh moaveni, journalist, time magazine
asieh namdar, former cnn anchor
jason rezaian, washington post tehran correspondent
atoosa rubenstein, former seventeen (magazine) , cosmogirl! editor-in-chief
roxana saberi, photojournalist 2009 arrest in iran became cause celebre (iranian father)
jahan salehi, president, agence global, inc. syndicate
cyma zarghami, president of nickelodeon , mtv networks kids & family group

music

pouyan afkary, synthesizer musician, member of scary kids scaring kids
lily afshar, classical guitarist
axiom of choice, world music group
rostam batmanglij, keyboard player of vampire weekend, music producer
leila bela, avant-garde musician, actress, writer , former member of pigface
cyrus bolooki, drummer of new found glory
richard danielpour, composer, professor of composition, manhattan school of music
vigen derderian, singer
deep dish, electronic music group
ramin djawadi, composer
kayhan kalhor, kamancheh player, composer , master of classical kurdish , persian music (two of works nominated grammy awards in 2004).
tara kamangar, pianist , composer
anousheh khalili, vocalist
bahador kharazmi, singer/songwriter & producer
lotfi mansouri, opera director
tony petrossian, music video director
ilya salmanzadeh, music producer
ali tabatabaee, 1 of lead singers of orange county, california-based pop-punk band zebrahead
kourosh zolani, composer, soloist , inventor. zolani best known designing , playing world s playable chromatic santour

politics

adrin nazarian, member of california state assembly 46th district
roozbeh aliabadi, senior advisor director of strategic studies, ministry of foreign affairs iran & current affairs commentator new york city
goli ameri, u.s. assistant secretary of state educational , cultural affairs, former u.s. delegate united nations commission on human rights, former u.s. public delegate united nations general assembly, , former republican candidate united states house of representatives 1st district of oregon
cyrus amir-mokri, assistant secretary of treasury financial institutions
hushang ansary, former iranian minister of finance , chairman of national finance committee of bush-cheney 2004 campaign
michael benjamin, 1996 republican candidate u.s. house 8th district of new york, , 2004 united states senate republican primary candidate new york
jimmy delshad, mayor of beverly hills, california
cyrus habib, 16th lieutenant governor of washington, first , far iranian-american elected state office
ross mirkarimi, former member of san francisco city council , current san francisco sheriff
shayan modarres, 2014 democratic primary candidate u.s. house 10th district of florida
alex nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst @ cato institute, national expert on immigration policy.
sahar nowrouzzadeh, director iran on white house national security council staff under president barack h. obama
vali nasr, shia scholar , poetical scientist.
azita raji, united states ambassador sweden
david safavian, disgraced former chief of staff of united states general services administration
faryar shirzad, former deputy national security advisor , white house deputy assistant international economic affairs president george w. bush
bob yousefian, former mayor of glendale, california

sports

salman agah, professional skateboarder
andre agassi, professional tennis player
esfandiar baharmast, world cup referee, fifa instructor, known esse baharmast
david bakhtiari, football offensive tackle green bay packers of national football league (nfl), father iranian
eric bakhtiari, linebacker in nfl, father iranian
steven beitashour, iranian-american soccer player
farzad bonyadi, world poker champion
shawn daivari, professional wrestler , manager, better known stage names of sheik abdul bashir or daivari
yu darvish, japanese-iranian-american mlb player
hamid dastmalchi, world champion of poker
antonio esfandiari, champion poker player
alecko eskandarian, american soccer player
andranik eskandarian, former soccer player
matt ghaffari, siamak matt ghaffari - olympic silver-medal winning wrestler
afshin ghotbi, soccer coach, former assistant coach of korea republic national football team, los angeles galaxy , iran national team
hamed haddadi, nba player, center phoenix suns
andre heidari, american soccer player
t. j. houshmandzadeh, nfl wide receiver baltimore ravens, father iranian.
king kamali, ifbb pro bodybuilder
arsalan kazemi, nba player
ameen khosravian, professional basketball player
george malek-yonan, iran s champion of champions in track & field , pentathlon
garnik mehrabian, soccer player , coach
omid namazi, soccer coach
amin abraham paul nikfar, shot put iranian national team , 1st iranian asian indoor champion 2004
amir sadollah, professional mixed martial artist , winner of ultimate fighter 7
behdad sami, first pro iranian basketball player play in usa history.
michael shabaz, tennis player, 2005 wimbledon boys doubles championship
amir vahedi, professional poker player
leila vaziri, current world record holder of 50 m women s backstroke
khosrow vaziri, retired professional wrestler, better known stage name of iron sheik




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