1801–1900
- Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), founder of the Bahá'í faith
- Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
- `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), former head of the Bahá'í faith
- Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat (1856–1911), politician and first chairman of the Iranian parliament
- Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan (1858–1907), Prime Minister of Iran
- Mehdi Qoli Hedayat (1863–1955), Prime Minister of Iran
- Vossug ed Dowleh (1868–1951), Prime Minister of Qajar era Iran
- Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (c. 1871–1932), politician; Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879–1956), linguist
- Hossein Ala' (1881–1964), Prime Minister of Iran in 1951 and from 1955 to 1957
- Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Twelver Shia Muslim cleric and Chairman of the Parliament of Iran
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967), politician
- Ali Mansur (1886–1974), Prime Minister of Iran
- Harold Nicolson (1886–1968), English diplomat, author, diarist and politician
- Solayman Haïm (1887–1970), lexicographer, translator, playwright and essayist
- Mirza Javad Khan Ameri (1891–1980), Iranian politician
- Saeed Nafisi (1895–1966), scholar, fiction writer and poet
- Ahmad Matin-Daftari (1896–1971), Prime Minister of Iran
- Gholamreza Rouhani (1897–1985), humorous poet
- Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980), diplomat
- Mohammad Hejazi (1900–1974), novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, translator
1901–1930
- Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951), military leader and prime minister of Iran
- Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951), writer, translator and intellectual
- Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997), writer, novelist, and political intellectual
- Ali Amini (1905–1992), politician and writer, Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962
- Rahi Mo'ayyeri (1909–1968), poet and musician
- Davud Monshizadeh (1915–1989), founder of Sumka (the "Iranian National Socialist Workers Party")
- Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
- Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), economist and politician
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), king of Iran (Shah of Iran) from 1941 until his overthrow by the Islamic Revolution (1979)
- Nasser Moghadam (1921–1979), the fourth and last chief of SAVAK
- Heydar Ghiai (born 1922), architect
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969), writer, thinker and social and political critic
- Hassan Ali Mansur (1923–1965), politician, Prime Minister from 1963 to 1965
- Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925–2012), freestyle wrestling athlete
- Sadegh Nezam-mafi (1925–2009), physician and medical pioneer
- Ali Javan (born 1926), Iranian-American physicist and inventor at MIT
- Simin Behbahani (1927–2014), poet, lyricist and activist
- Ray Aghayan (1928–2011), costume designer
- Masoud Boroumand (1928–2011), footballer
- Ardeshir Zahedi (born 1928), diplomat
- Lotfi Mansouri (1929–2013), opera director and manager
- Ali Mirzaei (born 1929), weightlifter
- Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (born 1929), freestyle wrestler
- Ezzatollah Sahabi (1930–2011), scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former Parliament member
- Gholamreza Takhti (1930–1968), Olympic gold medalist wrestler
1931–1950
- Mohammad Ali Fardin (1931–2000), wrestler and actor
- Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981), physicist, politician and commander
- Nasser Givehchi (born 1932), wrestler
- Hossein Nasr (born 1933), University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University and Islamic philosopher
- Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), poet and film director
- Iraj Ghaderi (1935–2012), film director and actor
- Bahman Nirumand (born 1936), Iranian and German journalist and author
- Kamran Diba (born 1937), architect
- Majid Samii (born 1937), neurosurgeon and medical scientist
- Hossein Zenderoudi (born 1937), painter and sculptor
- Parviz Jalayer (born 1939), weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist
- Dariush Mehrjui (born 1939), director, screenwriter, producer, film editor
- Younan Nowzaradan (born 1944), surgeon and TV personality
- Kamran Shirdel (born 1939), documentarist
- Bijan (1940–2011), designer of menswear and fragrances
- Abbas Kiarostami (born 1940), film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer
- Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 1940), Princess of Iran
- Barbet Schroeder (born 1941), film director and producer
- Khosrow Vaziri (born 1942), professional wrestler and actor
- Ali Hatami (1944–1996), film director, screenwriter, art director and costume designer
- Kamal Kharazi (born 1944), politician and diplomat
- Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944–1998), film director and screenwriter
- Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 1945), philosopher and politician
- Mohammad Nassiri (born 1945), weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist
- Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), thinker and reformer
- Ali Parvin (born 1946), football player and coach
- Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946), novelist
- Mohammad Reza Adelkhani (born 1947), footballer
- Mansour Barzegar (born 1947), wrestler
- Shaul Mofaz (born 1948), Israeli politician
- Firouzeh Vokhshouri (born 1948), Princess Firouzeh Asem of Jordan
- Ebi (born 1949), singer
- Nasser Hejazi (1949–2011), football player and coach
- Googoosh (born 1950), Iranian singer and actress of Iranian Azerbaijani origin
- Hassan Mehmani (born 1950), Iranian actor and director
1951–1960
- Andranik Eskandarian (born 1951), Iranian-American footballer
- Mansoor Hekmat (1951–2002), Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement
- Shohreh Aghdashloo (born 1952), Iranian-American actress
- Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh (born 1952), France based Iranian religious scholar
- Parviz Davoodi (born 1952), hardline conservative politician
- Valentine Moghadam (born 1952), feminist scholar, sociologist, activist and author
- Maryam Rajavi (born 1953), politician
- Daryush Shokof (born 1954),
- Mary Apick (born 1954), Iranian-Armenian stage, television and film actress
- Hadi Teherani (born 1954), German-Iranian architect and designer
- Darius Khondji (born 1955), Iranian-French cinematographer
- Azar Nafisi (born 1955), writer and professor of English literature
- Feizollah Nasseri (born 1955), weightlifter
- Goli Ameri (born 1956), Iranian-American diplomat and businesswoman
- Ramin Jahanbegloo (born 1956), philosopher and academic
- Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (born 1956), politician and army general
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf (born 1957), film director, writer, film editor and producer
- Abbas Maroufi (born 1957), novelist and journalist
- Andranik Madadian (born 1958), Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter and actor
- Bita Farrahi (born 1958), actress
- Farzad Bonyadi (born c. 1959), professional poker player
- Majid Majidi (born 1959), film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Ahmad Bourghani (1960–2008), politician, journalist, writer and political analyst
- Masoumeh Ebtekar (born 1960), Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs
- Vali Nasr (born 1960), American academic and author
- Reza Pahlavi (born 1960), crown prince of Persia
- Cumrun Vafa (born 1960), Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University
1961–1970
- Parastou Forouhar (born 1962), installation artist
- Rita (born 1962), Israeli pop singer and actress
- Hassan Bastani (born 1962), Iranian playwright
- Camila Batmanghelidjh (born c. 1963), Iranian-born author and charity executive in the United Kingdom
- Amir Ghalenoei (born 1963), football coach and player
- Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Shaun Toub (born 1963), film and television actor
- Philippe Blasband (born 1964), filmmaker; writer in French language from Belgium
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965), actress, author, director and activist of Assyrian ethnicity
- Marina Nemat (born 1965), author
- Afshin Ellian (born 1966), Iranian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet and critic of political Islam
- Reza Mirkarimi (born 1966), film writer and director
- Maryam Namazie (born 1966), secularist and human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster
- Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia)
- Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), Iranian-German actress
- Mani Haghighi (born 1969), filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
- Abbas Jadidi (born 1969), wrestler
- Azam Ali (born 1970), Iranian American singer and musician
- Amir Ansari (born 1970), Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Prodea Systems
- Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter, translator and artist
- Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
- Sharam (born 1970), Iranian-American progressive house DJ and producer
1971–1980
- Arash Hejazi (born 1971), novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English and Portuguese into Persian
- Niki Karimi (born 1971), actress, director and screenwriter
- Mansour (born 1971), Iranian Azerbaijani artist
- Alireza Mansourian (born 1971), football coach and player
- Leila Hatami (born 1972), actress
- Tami Stronach (born 1972), Israeli American dancer and choreographer
- Shadmehr Aghili (born 1973), pop singer, musician, composer, producer and songwriter
- Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), rapper, singer, musician in band Zebrahead
- Cassandra Clare (born 1973), American author of young adult fiction
- Kirill Pirogov (born 1973), Russian film and theatre actor and composer
- DJ Aligator (born 1975), Iranian-Danish producer and DJ
- Omid Nouripour (born 1975), Iranian-German politician
- Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-American actress
- Vahid Hashemian (born 1976), footballer and coach
- Roxana Manouchehri (born 1976), visual artist
- Mahnaz Afshar (born 1977), actress
- Arash (born 1977), Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer
- Mehdi Mahdavikia (born 1977), football player
- Marsha Mehran (1977–2014), novelist
- Maryam Mirzakhani (born 1977), mathematician
- Laleh Seddigh (born 1977), female race car driver
- Ameneh Bahrami (born 1978), woman blinded in an acid attack
- Antonio Esfandiari (born 1978), professional poker player
- Ramin Karimloo (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian actor and singer
- Navíd Akhavan (born 1980), Iranian-German actor
- Nazanin Boniadi (born 1980), Iranian-born British American actress
- Morteza Khoshbakht (born 1980), freestyle wrestler
- Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), filmmaker and script writer
- Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter, composer and producer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent
1981–2000
- Masoud Kazemi (born 1981), journalist and human rights activist
- Nasim Pedrad (born 1981), Iranian-American actress and comedian
- Amir Hossein Sadeghi (born 1981), football player
- Sirvan Khosravi (born 1982), pop singer and composer
- Amir Shapourzadeh (born 1982), Iranian-German footballer
- Vahid Talebloo (born 1982), football goalkeeper
- Andranik Teymourian (born 1983), footballer
- Elshan Moradi (born 1985), chess grandmaster
- Gegard Mousasi (born 1985), Dutch mixed martial artist
- Behrang Safari (born 1985), Iranian-Swedish footballer
- Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photojournalist
- Ashkan Dejagah (born 1986), professional footballer
- Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (born 1986), taekwondo practitioner
- Omid Abolhassani (born 1988), football player banned for four years
- Alireza Haghighi (born 1988), goalkeeper
- Marjan Kalhor (born 1988), alpine skier
- Hana Makhmalbaf (born 1988), filmmaker
- Mohammad Parvin (born 1988), football player
- Atousa Pourkashiyan (born 1988), chess player
- Mohammad Kiadarbandsari (born 1989), alpine skier
- Milad Mohammadi (born 1993), footballer
- Dalita Avanesian (born 1999), Armenian singer, participant in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011