The famous Persian Characters

Up to our times, the territory of Persia has been known internationally as the home of the various celebrities who have given invaluable value to the development of civilization and human culture in the scientific, artistic, political, engineering, philosophy, literature and etc.

Suffice it to specify that UNESCO has recognized thirty-three Persian characters in its list of famous such as Saàdi, Hafez, Attar, Ferdowsi, Rumi, Naser Khosrow, Abu Saed Abol Kheyr, Molla Sadra, Mir Damad, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Ghazali , Farabi, Avicenna, Khayam and etc.

Qasem Soleimani (1957-2020)

General Qasem Soleimani was born in Iran on March 11, 1957 ... Read more

Rhazes (854-925)

Abu Bakr Mohammad Ben Zakariyā Rāzi born in the year 865 in ... Read more

Rudaki (858-941)

Abu Abdallah Ja'far Ben Mohammad known as Rudaki, is the ... Read more

Farabi (870-950)

Abu Naser Mohammad Ben Mohammad Farabi, born in the year 870 in ... Read more

Ferdowsi (935-1020)

Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Tusi was born in Tābarān-e Tus around the year ... Read more

Avicenna (980-1037)

Ibn Sinā, Abu Ali Hossein Ben Adballāh Ben Sinā (known ... Read more

Abu Reyhan Biruni (973-1048)

Abu Reyhan Mohammad Ben Ahmad Biruni, Iranian scholar and mathematician ... Read more

Baba Taher Oryan

Baba Taher Hamedāni, known as “Bābā Tāher Oryān”, Gnostic, Iranian poet ... Read more

Nāser Khosro (1004-1088)

Abu Mo'in Nāser Ben Khosrow Ben Hares Qabādiān Balkhi, known ... Read more

Umar Khayyām (1048-1131)

Omar Khayyam Neishāburi (full name: Ghyās Ad-Din Abu'l Fath Omar ... Read more

Al-Ghazali (1058-1111)

Abu Hamed Mohammad Ben Mohammad Ben Ahmad Ghazali, (1058-19 December ... Read more

Nezāmi Ganjavi (1141-1209)

Jamāl Al-Din Abu Mohammad Illig Ben Yusuf Ben Zaki Ben ... Read more

Attar Neishaburi (1145-1221)

Farid Al-Din Abu Hāmed Mohammad Attar Neishaburi, known as Sheikh ... Read more

Saàdi (1184-1291)

Saadi (Sa῾dī) of Shirāz whose full name is Abu Mohammad ... Read more

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274)

Abu Ja'far Mohammad Ben Mohammad Ben Hasan Jaharudi Tusi, better ... Read more

Rumi (1207-1273)

Rumi, Jalāl Ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi known as Moulavi, Moulānā, ... Read more

Hafez (1315-1390)

Khāje Shams O-Din Mohammad Ben Bahā Alddin Hafez Shirazi (Shiraz, ... Read more

Kamāl ud-Din Behzād (1450-1545)

Kamāl ud-Din Behzād, the most famous Iranian painter and miniaturist, ... Read more

Sheikh Bahai (1547-1621)

Bahā Al-Din Mohammad Ben Hossein Ameli known as Sheikh Bahāi ... Read more

Mollā Sadrā (1572-1640)

Sadr Ad-Din Mohammad Ben Ebrahim Shirazi known as Molla Sadra ... Read more

Sa'eb of Tabriz (1592-1676)

Mirzā Mohammad Ali known as Sāe'b Tabrizi and ... Read more

Mohammad Bāqer Majlesi (1627-1700)

Mohammad Baqer Ben Mohammad Taqi Ben Almaqsud Ali Al-Majlesi, born ... Read more

Amir Kabir (1807-1852)

Mirzā Mohammad Taghikhān Farāhāni, born in 1807 in Hazāveh, Arāk, ... Read more

Darvish Khān (1872-1926)

Gholāmhossein Darvish, known as Darvish Khan, born in 1872 in ... Read more

Kamal ol-Molk (1848-1940)

Mohammad Ghaffāri, known as Kamal ol-Molk, is a painter and ... Read more

Rais Ali Delvāri (1882-1915)

Rais Ali Delvāri, born in 1882 AD in the village of ... Read more

Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (1880-1956)

Ali Akbar Dekhodā (Dehkhoda), born in Tehran on February 24 ... Read more

Mohammad Taqi Bahār (1886-1951)

Mohammad Taqi Bahar, born December 9, 1886 in Mashhad, ... Read more

Nima Yushij (1897-1960)

Ali Esfandiāri, known as "Nima Yushij", was born on November 11, 1897 ... Read more

Seyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902-1989)

Seyed Ruhollah Mostafavi, born September 24, 1902 in the city ... Read more

Mahmoud Hessābi (1903-1992)

Seyed Mahmoud Khān Mirzā Hessabi, known as Professor Hessabi, was born ... Read more

Allameh Tabātabāi (1904-1981)

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai, born March 17, 1904 in ... Read more

Shahryar (1904-1988)

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Shahryar), born on ... Read more

Parvin Etesami (1906-1941)

Parvin Etesami was born on March 17, 1906 in Tabriz. Rakhshande ... Read more

Morteza Motahhari (1920-1979)

Morteza Motahhari, born on February 3, 1920 in Farimān in the ... Read more

Simin Dāneshvar (1921-2012)

Simin Daneshvar, born on April 28, 1921 in Shirāz, is ... Read more

Mohammad Taghi Jafari (1925-1998)

Mohammad Taghi Jafari, born in 1925 in Tabriz, known as ... Read more

Sohrāb Sepehri (1928-1980)

Sohrāb Sepehri, born on 7 October 1928 in Kāshān is ... Read more

Gholām Rezā Takhti (1930-1958)

Gholam Reza Takhti, known as "Jahān Pahlevān" (Pahlevān of the world, ... Read more

Ali Shariati Mazināni (1933-1977)

Ali Shariati Mazināni, born on November 23, 1933 in the village ... Read more

Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)

Abbas Kiarostami, born on 22 June 1940 in Tehrān is ... Read more

Seyed Morteza Āvini (1947-1993)

Seyed Morteza Āvini, born on 23 September 1947 in the city ... Read more

Mahmoud Farshchiān (1930)

Master Mahmoud Farshchian, born January 24, 1930 ... Read more