List of British Iranians
This is a list of notable British Iranians.
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Academics
- Haleh Afshar OBE – university professor at the University of York[1]
- Kameel Ahmady – independent multi-award-winning social anthropologist who researches and publishes on female genital mutilation, child marriage and other aspects of children's and women's rights in the Middle East
- Ali M. Ansari – university professor at the University of St Andrews[2]
- Reza Banakar – professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London
- Ana Diamond – scholar at Balliol College, Oxford
- Abbas Edalat – university professor at Imperial College London[3]
- Anoush Ehteshami – university professor at Durham University[4]
- Eprime Eshag – Keynesian socialist economist
- Rouben Galichian – independent scholar[5]
- Mohammed Ghanbari – university professor at the University of Essex[6]
- Homa Katouzian – academic, economist, historian and literary critic[7]
- Ali Mobasheri – associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham[8]
- Mohammad Hashem Pesaran – academic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge[9]
- Saeed Vaseghi – university professor at Brunel University[10]
- Taha Yasseri – university professor at University of Oxford[11]
Actors and comedians
- Freema Agyeman – actress[12]
- Zahra Ahmadi – actress
- Catherine Bell – actress[13]
- Nazanin Boniadi – actress; played Leyla Mir on General Hospital[14] and CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on Homeland season 3
- Bijan Daneshmand – Iranian actor based in London
- Omid Djalili – comedian and actor[15]
- Leila Farzad – actress
- Davood Ghadami – British Iranian actor, known for EastEnders character Kush Kazemi
- Shaheen Jafargholi – Welsh Iranian singer and actor; appeared on Britain's Got Talent
- Mandana Jones – actress
- Hadi Khorsandi – comedian[16]
- Shappi Khorsandi – comedian[16]
- Kayvan Novak – actor; star of Fonejacker[17]
- Roxanne Pallet – actress
- Roxy Shahidi – actress[18]
- Darren Shahlavi – British actor, martial arts stuntman
- Hayley Tamaddon – actress[19]
Art and architecture
- Nasser Golzari – principal at Golzari (NG) Architects[20]
- Mouzhan Majidi – chief executive officer of Foster and Partners[21]
- Mohsen Mostafavi – dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design[22]
- Farshid Moussavi – architect and founder of Foreign Office Architects[23]
- Afshin Naghouni – artist
- Kour Pour – artist
- Houmayoun Mahmoudi – artist, International cartoonist [24]
- Alireza Sagharchi – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture[25]
Business
- Kaveh Alamouti – head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe[26]
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance, GBE – chairman of N Brown Group[27]
- Farad Azima – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist[28]
- Camila Batmanghelidjh – founder of failed charity Kids Company[29]
- Darius Guppy – convicted fraudster, writer[30]
- Bobby Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic[31]
- Sahar Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic[31]
- Kia Joorabchian – football businessman[32]
- Nasser David Khalili, KSS – art dealer and the fifth-wealthiest person in the United Kingdom[33]
- Mahmoud Khayami, KSS – industrialist; founder of Iran Khodro[34]
- James Aratoon Malcolm – Iranian-Armenian financier, arms dealer and journalist
- Paris Moayedi – former chief executive officer of Jarvis plc[35]
- Farhad Moshiri – energy investor; part owner of Everton F.C.[36]
- Ali Parsa – former chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle[37]
- Eddy Shah – owner of the Messenger Group[38]
- Yasmina Siadatan – winner of fifth series of The Apprentice
- Amir Taaki – computer programmer and bitcoin developer
- Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – brothers who own the Rotch property group[39]
- Sir Hossein Yassaie Phd – Chief Executive Office of semiconductor company Imagination Technologies[40]
- Dan Vahdat – co-founder and CTO of Medopad[41]
Entertainment
- Soraya Mafi – opera singer [42]
- Cameron Alborzian – former model[43]
- Cyrus Bayandor – bass guitarist (Florence + the Machine)
- Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) – actor and singer-songwriter[44]
- Emun Elliott – actor
- Hichkas – rapper, singer-songwriter
- Shirin Guild – fashion designer[45]
- Shusha Guppy – writer and singer[46]
- Shaheen Jafargholi – singer; Britain's Got Talent series 3 contestant[47]
- Yasmin Le Bon – model[48]
- Patrick Monahan – stand-up comedian
- Kayvan Novak – actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010)
- Omid 16B – disc jockey[49]
- Roxanne Tataei – soul singer-songwriter[50]
- Eddy Temple-Morris – XFM disc jockey[51]
- Kavus Torabi – musician[52]
- Yasmin – musician, full name Yasmin Shahmir[53]
- Sami Yusuf – musician[54]
- Zarif – musician[55]
Media
- Hossein Amini – screenwriter and film director
- Behrouz Afagh – head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region[56]
- Christiane Amanpour, CBE – journalist[57]
- Nazenin Ansari – journalist, former correspondent for Voice of America's Persian News Network
- Saeed Kamali Dehghan – staff journalist at The Guardian
- Fardad Farahzad – Journalist and TV host Iran International, former BBC Persian
- Nazaneen Ghaffar – weather presenter at Sky News
- Tina Gharavi – filmmaker and screenwriter[58]
- Kaveh Golestan – photojournalist[59]
- Baqer Moin – BBC News journalist[60]
- Maryam Moshiri – BBC News presenter[61]
- Ramita Navai – journalist[62]
- Nima Nourizadeh – film director
- Sadeq Saba – journalist, head of BBC Persian service[63]
- Benjamin Zand – BBC News reporter[64]
- Sahar Zand – television and radio presenter, broadcast journalist and documentary maker
Politics
- Seema Kennedy – former Conservative MP
- Ali Milani – Labour Party politician
- Maryam Namazie – human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster[65]
Sports
- Adam Gemili – sprinter and footballer
- Aadel Kardooni – former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player[66]
- Nad Narimani – mixed martial artist in the UFC
- Josh Navidi – Cardiff Blues and Welsh international rugby player
- Kamran Panjavi – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics[67]
- Laurence Shahlaei – strongman
- Kamal Shalorus – professional UFC fighter[68]
- Ryan Tafazolli – footballer
- Mehrdad Takaloo – boxer[69]
- Dennis Walker – footballer of Afro-Iranian descent, first black player to play for Manchester United[70]
Other
- Yasha Asley – youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level[71]
- Ali Dizaei – senior police officer[72]
- Shirazeh Houshiary – Turner Prize-nominated installation artist and sculptor[73]
- Mansour Matloubi – poker player[74]
- Behnaz Mozakka – terrorism victim[75]
- Ben Roberts – poker player[76]
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