Influential Iranians
Mazdak
Died c. 524 or 528
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Bozorgmehr
Died 580s
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Khwarazmi
780 CE – 850 CE
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Zakariya Razi
854 CE - 932 CE
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Biruni
973–after 1050
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Avicenna
980 CE – June 1037 CE
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Abo'lfazl Bayhaqqi
995 – 1077
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Nasir Khosraw
1004 – 1088 CE
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Omar Khayyam
18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131
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Attar of Nishapur
c. 1145 – c. 1221
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Nasir al-Din Tusi
18 February 1201 – 26 June 1274
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Rumi
30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273
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Sa'di
1210 CE - 1291 CE
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Obeid Zakani
c. 1300 - 1371 CE
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Hafiz
1315-1390
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Sheikh Baha'i
18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621
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Amir Kabir
1807 – 10 January 1852
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Mirza Abdollah
1843–1918
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Kamal al-Molk
1848 - 1940
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Alinaqi Vaziri
October 1, 1886 – September 9, 1979
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Dr. Mohammad Mosaddeq
16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967
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Malek al-Shoara Bahar
10 December 1886 in – 22 April 1951
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Ahmad Kasravi
29 Sep 1890 - 11 March 1946
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Mohsen Moghaddam
1900 - 1987
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Abolhasan Saba
April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957
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Parvin E'tesami
March 16, 1907 – April 5, 1941
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Dr. Yahya Adl
1908 – February 3, 2003
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Ehsan Yarshater
April 3, 1920 – September 1, 2018
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Gholamreza Takhti
August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968
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Dr. Abbas Milani
1949 -
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Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani
12 May 1977 - 14 July 2017
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