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Here is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, commonly including alumni, chancellors, current and former faculty members, students, and others.
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- Mostafa Azkia, University of Tehran professor of sociology
- Bahram Beyzai, playwright and filmmaker
- Hossein Bashiriyeh, political scientist, visiting professor at Syracuse University
- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, professor of political geography, Mayor of Tehran
- Mehdi Bazargan, head of the engineering department, former Prime Minister
- Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
- Mahmoud Hessaby, professor of physics
- Parviz Jabehdar Maralani, professor of electrical engineering
- Noureddin Kianouri, architect and political leader
- Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
- Abbas Milani, professor, research fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
- Mostafa Moeen, director of the Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute
- Jamshid Momtaz, professor of law
- Mohammad Mosaddegh, taught in law faculty, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Hossein Nasr, philosopher, Dean of Faculty, and Academic Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1968 to 1972
- Malcolm Nokes MC, nuclear scientist, Institute of Nuclear Science, 1966–69
- Ali Ardashir Larijani, professor of philosophy
- Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art
- Gholam-Reza Pourmand, professor of urology
- Sayed Ebrahim Dibaj, professor of philosophy
- Mohammad Ali Sahraian, neurologist and researcher
- Mohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki, professor of biophysics
- Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, professor of electrical engineering
- Assad Sheikholeslami Sanandaji, theologian and professor at Tehran University
- Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, professor of demography
- Ahmad Kamyabi Mask, professor of theater
- Ali Akbar Velayati, professor of medicine
- Siamak Yassemi, Member of The World Academy of Science(TWAS)[1]
- Syed Rahim Moshiri, professor of human geography and physical geography
- Abdul Hamid Zangeneh, professor, dean of the law faculty
College founders
- Dr. Mahmoud Hesābi, founder
Chancellors
- 1. Dr. Ali-Asghar Hekmat (1934–38)
- 2. Dr. Esmāil Merāt (1938–40)
- 3. Dr. Isā Sedigh Sedigh Alam (1940)
- 4. Dr. Mohammad Tadayyon (1940–41)
- 5. Dr. Mostafā Adl Mansour os-Saltaneh (1941–42)
- 6. Dr. Ali-Akbar Siāsi (1942–54)
- 7. Dr. Manouchehr Eghbāl (1954–57)
- 8. Dr. Ahmad Farhād Motamed (fa) (1957–63)
- 9. Dr. Jahānshāh Sāleh (fa) (1963–68)
- 10. Dr. Fazlollāh Rezā (1968–69)
- 11. Dr. Alinaghi Alikhani (1969–71)
- 12. Dr. Houshang Nahāvandi (1971–76)
- 13. Dr. Ahmad Houshang Sharifi (fa) (1976–77)
- 14. Dr. Ghāsem Motamedi (fa) (1977–78)
- 15. Dr. Abdollāh Sheibāni (fa) (1978–79)
- 16. Dr. Mohammad Maleki (1979)
- 17. Dr. Hassan Ārefi (fa) (1980–81)
- 18. Dr. Ali Mehdizādeh Shahri (fa) (1981)
- 19. Dr. Abolghāsem Gorji (fa) (1981–82)
- 20. Dr. Dr. Abbās Sheibāni (1982–83)
- 21. Dr. Bahman Yazdi Samadi (fa) (1983–85)
- 22. Dr. Mohammad Farhādi (1985)
- 23. Esmāil Evini (fa) (1985)
- 24. Dr. Hossein Foroutan (fa) (1985–88)
- 25. Dr. Mohammad Rahimiān (fa) (1989–93)
- 26. Dr. Gholām-Ali Afrouz (fa) (1993–94)
- 27. Dr. Mohammad-Rezā Āref (1994–97)[2]
- 28. Dr. Mansour Khalili Erāghi (fa) (1997–2002)
- 29. Dr. Rezā Faraji-Dānā (2002–05)
- 30. Abbās-Ali Amid Zanjāni (2005–07)
- 31. Dr. Farhad Rahbar (2007–14)
- 32. Dr. Mahmoud Nili Ahmadābādi (2014–21)
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Nobel laureates
- Shirin Ebadi and faculty member [Nobel Peace Prize 2003].
Scientists and technology
- Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, professor of Remote Sensing
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, inventor of fuzzy logic
- Moslem Bahadori, physician and university lecturer
- Caucher Birkar mathematecian
- Ahmad Reza Dehpour, professor
- Nader Engheta, inventor of Plasmonic cover
- Hassan Farsam, university lecturer
- Mehdi Ghalibafian, civil engineer
- Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
- Mehdi Golshani, university lecturer
- Hamid Jafarkhani, University lecturer
- Ali Javan, inventor of gas laser
- Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, professor of engineering and inventor
- Kamaloddin Jenab, physics pioneering faculty
- Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
- Alireza Mashaghi, scientist and physician
- Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, engineer, school and university administrator
- Toffy Musivand, inventor of artificial cardiac pump
- Kaveh Pahlavan, wireless networking researcher
- Samuel Rahbar, discovered HbA1C
- Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA.
- Alireza Rastegar, inventor, president of the international federation of inventors' associations, winner of ISESCO technology prize in 2003
- Yousef Sobouti, founder of IASBS
- Saeed Sohrabpour, president of the Sharif University of Technology
Intellectuals, scholars, and philosophers
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, intellectual
- William Chittick, scholar
- Elahi Qomshe'i, philosopher and university lecturer
- Dariush Shayegan, philosopher
- Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
- Javad Tabatabai, political philosopher
- Parviz Varjavand professor of archeology
Architects
- Foad Rafii, architect
- Hooshang Seyhoon, architect, Dean of College of Fine Arts
Artists and musicians
- Mehrdad Afsari, photographer
- Hossein Alizadeh, musician and university lecturer
- Morteza Avini, photographer
- Rakhshan Bani-E'temad, filmmaker
- Asghar Farhadi, director
- Mansooreh Hosseini, artist
- Haleh Jamali, Iranian artist
- Arghavan Khosravi, Iranian painter and sculptor
- Abbas Kiarostami, filmmaker
- Noreen Motamed, painter
- Behjat Sadr, artist
- Amir Reza Salari, cinematographer and director
- Khosrow Shakibai, actor
- Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art
Athletes
- Mojtaba Abedini (born 1984), Olympic fencer
- Janet Kohan-Sedq, athlete
Linguists and literary figures
- Hossein Towfigh, Editor-in-Chief, Towfigh Magazine
- Fereshteh Ahmadi, writer
- Pegah Ahmadi, poet and literary critic
- Amir-Hossein Aryanpour, dictionarist and translator
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, poet, journalist, professor of Persian literature
- Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan, author
- Adib Boroumand, poet, politician and researcher
- Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, linguist
- Hossein Hafezian, political scientist and author
- Razi Hirmandi, translator and writer
- Siavash Kasraie, poet
- Shahriar Mandanipour, author
- Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani, Retired Arabic Literature Professor from University of Isfahan, Founder of Islamic Azad University of Falavarjanin 1984
- Mohammad Moin, linguist and university lecturer
- Fereydoun Motamed, linguist
- Ahmad NikTalab, Iranian poet, author, and linguistic
- Ramak NikTalab, Iranian author and translator
- Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist
- Ehsan Yarshater, Iranologist
- Abdolhossein Zarinkoob, Iranologist
Politicians
- Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Vice President
- Abbas Amir-Entezam, former Deputy Prime Minister
- Jamshid Amuzegar, Prime Minister
- Mohammad Reza Aref, former Vice President
- Mohammad Beheshti, Ayatollah
- Habibolah Bitaraf, cabinet minister
- Mostafa Chamran, former Vice President and Minister of Defense
- Rahman Dadman, cabinet minister
- Abbas Ahmad Akhondi, current professor, current cabinet minister
- Manuchehr Eghbal, Prime Minister
- Adib Boroumand, leader of National Front
- Hossein Fatemi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, former chairman of the Iranian Parliament
- Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former MP
- Saeed Hajjarian, former Presidential advisor and reformist
- Mustafa Hijri, leader of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
- Mohammed Ali Jafari, IRGC Chief Commander
- Mehdi Karroubi, reformist politician and chairman of National Trust Party
- Kamal Kharrazi, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran
- Mohammad Reza Khatami, former secretary-general of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
- Ahmad Khorram, cabinet minister
- Elaheh Koulaei, current professor, former Member of Parliament
- Ali Larijani, speaker of Parliament and former president of IRIB
- Alireza Marandi academic, current Member of Parliament
- Hassan Ali Mansur, Prime Minister
- Mohsen Mirdamadi, Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front
- Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, former head of the Ministry of Intelligence and attorney-general
- Heydar Moslehi, current head of Ministry of Intelligence
- Manuchehr Mottaki, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister
- Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, cabinet minister
- Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank, cabinet minister, former Member of Parliament
- Zahra Rahnavard, politician and artist
- Massoud Rajavi, leader of PMOI
- Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, current professor, spokesman for Khatami's administration
- Mohsen Rezaee, current secretary of the Expediency Council, former IRGC Chief Commander
- Ezzatollah Sahabi, politician
- Yadollah Sahabi, politician
- Kazem Sami, former Minister of Health
- Jafar Sharif-Emami, former Prime Minister of Iran
- Ebrahim Sheibani, Iranian Ambassador, former Governor of the Central Bank
- Mostafa Tajzadeh, former vice minister
- Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi, Minister of Health and Medical Education
- Parviz Varjavand, former Minister of Culture
- Ali Akbar Velayati, cabinet minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Ebrahim Yazdi, former Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of Iran
- Javad Zarif, former ambassador to the United Nations
Others
- Ahmad Batebi, human rights activist
- Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, human rights activist[citation needed]
- Adel Ferdosipour, journalist, football commentator, television show host, and university professor
- Heydar Ghiai, architect, professor of architecture
- Saeed Hajjarian, journalist
- Darya Safai, women's rights activist
- Mahlagha Mallah, environmental activist
- Nasser Moghadam, former head of SAVAK
- Akbar Mohammadi, student protester
- Younan Nowzaradan, surgeon, TV personality, and author
- Fazrollah Reza, professor
- Kasra Nouri, lawyer
- Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad, professor of metallurgy at MIT
- Mehdi Sadaghdar, YouTube comedian, electrical engineer
- Ahmad Zeidabadi, journalist
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