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This is a list of notable British Iranians.
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Academics
- Ervand Abrahamian – historian of Middle Eastern and particularly Iranian history[1]
- Haleh Afshar OBE – university professor at the University of York[2]
- Ali Ansari – university professor at the University of St Andrews[3]
- Reza Banakar – professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London
- Amir Hossein Mohammad Dezashibi – researcher at the University of Birmingham
- Abbas Edalat – university professor at Imperial College London[4]
- Anoush Ehteshami – university professor at Durham University[5]
- Eprime Eshag – Keynesian socialist economist
- Rouben Galichian – independent scholar[6]
- Mahbod Ghaffari[7] – University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge
- Mohammed Ghanbari – university professor at the University of Essex[8]
- Omid Kamvari – Visiting School Director at Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
- Homa Katouzian – academic, economist, historian and literary critic[9]
- Ali Mobasheri – associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham[10]
- Mohammad Hashem Pesaran – academic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge[11]
- Saeed Talajooy[12] – assistant professor at the University of St Andrews
- Saeed Vaseghi – university professor at Brunel University[13]
Actors and comedians
- Freema Agyeman – actress[14]
- Zahra Ahmadi – actress
- Sia Alipour – Belgian born, British raised Iranian martial arts actor and stuntman; known for Street Fighter: Resurrection
- Catherine Bell – actress[15]
- Nazanin Boniadi – actress; played Leyla Mir on General Hospital[16] and CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on Homeland season 3
- Maryam Davari – actress[17]
- Omid Djalili – comedian and actor[18]
- 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[19]
- Shappi Khorsandi – comedian[19]
- Kayvan Novak – actor; star of Fonejacker[20]
- Roxanne Pallet – actress[21]
- Roxy Shahidi – actress[22]
- Darren Shahlavi – British actor, martial arts stuntman
- Hayley Tamaddon – actress[23]
Art and architects
- Nasser Golzari – principal at Golzari (NG) Architects[24]
- Omid Kamvari – architect and director at Kamvari Architects[25]
- Houmayoun Mahmoudi – artist, international cartoonist[26]
- Mouzhan Majidi – chief executive officer of Foster and Partners[27]
- Mohsen Mostafavi – dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design[28]
- Farshid Moussavi – architect and founder of Foreign Office Architects[29]
- Kour Pour – artist
- Alireza Sagharchi – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture[30]
Business
- Kaveh Alamouti – head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe[31]
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance, GBE – chairman of N Brown Group[32]
- Farad Azima – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist[33]
- Camila Batmanghelidjh – founder of the charity Kids Company[34]
- Darius Guppy – convicted fraudster, writer[35]
- Bobby Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic[36]
- Sahar Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic[36]
- Kia Joorabchian – football businessman[37]
- Nasser David Khalili, KSS – art dealer and the fifth-wealthiest person in the United Kingdom[38]
- Mahmoud Khayami, KSS – industrialist; founder of Iran Khodro[39]
- Paris Moayedi – former chief executive officer of Jarvis plc[40]
- Farhad Moshiri – energy investor; part owner of Arsenal F.C.[41]
- Ali Parsa – former Chief Executive Officer of private healthcare partnership Circle[42]
- Eddy Shah – owner of the Messenger Group[43]
- Yasmina Siadatan – winner of fifth series of The Apprentice[44]
- Amir Taaki – video game and computer software developer
- Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – brothers who own the Rotch property group[45]
- Dan Vahdat – co-founder and CTO of Medopad[46]
- Sir Hossein Yassaie Phd – Chief Executive Office of semiconductor company Imagination Technologies[47]
Entertainment
- Cameron Alborzian – former model[48]
- Blade – rapper[49]
- Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) – actor and singer-songwriter[50]
- Emun Elliott – actor
- Shirin Guild – fashion designer[51]
- Shusha Guppy – writer and singer[52]
- Shaheen Jafargholi – singer; Britain's Got Talent series 3 contestant[53]
- Yasmin Le Bon – model[54]
- Patrick Monahan – stand-up comedian
- Kayvan Novak – actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010)
- Omid 16B – disc jockey[55]
- Roxanne Tataei – soul singer-songwriter[56]
- Eddy Temple-Morris – XFM disc jockey[57]
- Yasmin – musician, full name Yasmin Shahmir[58]
- Sami Yusuf – musician[59]
- Zarif – musician[60]
Media
- Behrouz Afagh – head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region[61]
- Christiane Amanpour, CBE – journalist[62]
- Nazenin Ansari – journalist, former correspondent for Voice of America's Persian News Network
- Saeed Kamali Dehghan – staff journalist at The Guardian
- Nazaneen Ghaffar – weather presenter at Sky News
- Tina Gharavi – filmmaker and screenwriter[63]
- Kaveh Golestan – photojournalist[64]
- Baqer Moin – BBC News journalist[65]
- Maryam Moshiri – BBC News presenter[66]
- Ramita Navai – journalist[67]
- Nima Nourizadeh – film director
- Sadeq Saba – journalist, head of BBC Persian service[68]
- Benjamin Zand – BBC News reporter[69]
Politics
- Hassan Mirza (1899-1943) – former Crown Prince of the Qajar Dynasty
- Maryam Namazie – human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster[70]
Sports
- Adam Gemili – sprinter and footballer
- Aadel Kardooni – former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player[71]
- Josh Navidi – Cardiff Blues and Welsh international rugby player
- Frank Nezhadpournia – karate master, author[72]
- Kamran Panjavi – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics[73]
- Laurence Shahlaei – strongman
- Kamal Shalorus – professional UFC fighter[74]
- Ryan Tafazolli – footballer
- Mehrdad Takaloo – boxer[75]
Other
- Yasha Asley – youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level[76]
- Ali Dizaei – senior police officer[77]
- Shirazeh Houshiary – Turner Prize-nominated installation artist and sculptor[78]
- Mansour Matloubi – poker player[79]
- Behnaz Mozakka – terrorism victim[80]
- Ben Roberts – poker player[81]
See also
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