- 0936-09-24 'Adud al-Dawlah, Iranian ruler of the Buyid dynasty (949-83), born in Isfahan (d. 983)
- 0973-09-04 Al-Biruni, Iranian mathematician, astronomer and polymath, born in Kath, Khwarezm, Afrighid dynasty (d. 1048) [some sources cite 5th as birth date]
- 1688-10-22 Nader Shah, Iranian ruler (1736-47) and founder of Afsharid Dynasty of Persia, born in Kobhan, Iran (d. 1747)
- 1899-11-19 Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian influential Shia Islamic scholar, born in Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (d. 1992)
- 1902-09-24 Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, born in Khomeyn, Persia (d. 1989)
- 1904-02-02 Buzurg Alavi, Iranian writer (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1997)
- 1905-09-12 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1992)
- 1914-06-26 Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician (Prime Minister, for 36 days in 1979), born in Shahrekord, Persia (d. 1991)
- 1919-10-22 Doris Lessing, Iranian novelist (Adore, Memoirs of a Survivor, Golden Notebook), born in Kermanshah, Iran (d. 2013)
- 1922-09-09 Anthony Parsons, British diplomat (British Ambassador to Iran during Iranian Revolution) (d. 1996)
- 1925-12-12 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2000)
- 1926-09-26 Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian Indo-European philologist (Indo-Iranian languages), born in Linz, Austria (d. 2011)
- 1926-12-26 Ali Javan, Iranian American physicist and inventor (Helium-Neon Laser), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2016)
- 1930-08-04 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian shia cleric, born in Mashhad, Iran
- 1930-10-15 FM-2030 [Fereidoun M. Esfandiary], Iranian-American author and transhumanist (Are You a Transhuman?), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2000)
- 1930-12-25 Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and tennis coach (father of Andre Agassi), born in Salmas, Iran (d. 2021)
- 1931-12-12 Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani, Iranian writer and journalist, born in Sirjan, Kerman (d. 1994)
- 1933-03-22 Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian politician, President of Iran (1980-81), and writer (My Turn To Speak), born in Hamadan, Iran (d. 2001)
- 1933-11-23 Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist & revolutionary, born in Kahak, Iran (d. 1977)
- 1934-08-25 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (1989-97) and de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq War, born in Bahreman, Persia (d. 2017)
- 1934-12-29 Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian pre-eminent poet and film director, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1967)
- 1936-02-26 Cyrus Faryar, Iranian-American folk musician, songwriter, and record producer (Modern Folk Quartet), born in Tehran, Persia
- 1937-09-22 Jalal Zolfonun, Iranian composer (Gol-e Sadbarg) and setar player (Persian lute), born in Abadeh, Iran (d. 2012)
- 1938-12-26 Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
- 1939-02-02 Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist, father of electronics in Iran (d. 2000)
- 1940-04-04 Bijan, Iranian men's apparel designer (Bijan), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2011)
- 1940-06-22 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), born in Tehran (d. 2016)
- 1940-09-23 Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer, born in Mashhad, Iran (d. 2020)
- 1941-08-26 Barbet Schroeder, Iranian-Swiss director (Barfly, Single White Female, More), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1942-03-15 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], born in Damghan, Iran (d. 2023)
- 1942-09-04 Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology, born in Shiraz, Iran (d. 2006)
- 1943-01-20 Farhad [Mehrad], Iranian pop, rock and folk singer-songwriter ("Jomeh"), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2002)
- 1943-09-29 Mohammad Khatami, Iranian politician, President of Iran (1997-2005), born in Ardakan, Iran
- 1944-03-27 Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (Hamoun), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2008)
- 1947-06-21 Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and 1st Iranian Muslim woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize (2003), born in Hamadan, Iran
- 1948-11-12 Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician (President of Iran 2013-21), born in Sorkheh, Imperial State of Iran
- 1949-08-25 Fariborz Lachini, Iranian film score composer, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1950-07-28 Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
- 1950-08-16 Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
- 1951-02-04 Dariush Eghbali, Iranian Persian-pop singer and musician, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1952-05-11 Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
- 1954-06-25 Daryush Shokof, Iranian filmmaker (Hitler's Grave), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1955-04-25 Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor (The Glass Agency), born in Kabudrahang, Hamadan Province, Iran
- 1957-03-11 Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, born in Kerman, Iran (d. 2020)
- 1960-01-08 Mohammed Javad Zarif, Iranian politician and diplomat (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2013-21), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1960-12-14 Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian jurist and politician (President of Iran 2021-), born in Mashhad, Iran
- 1961-11-11 Matt Ghaffari, Iranian-American greco-roman wrestler (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1963-02-23 Reza Abdoh, Iranian born American theater director and playwright, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1995)
- 1963-05-28 Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
- 1963-05-30 Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian human rights lawyer, born in Langarud, Iran
- 1964-12-30 Karim Bavi, Iranian soccer striker (23 caps; Shahin FC, Persepolis FC), born in Khorramshahr, Iran (d. 2022)
- 1965-09-30 Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor of Iranian heritage, born in Chelsea, London
- 1967-06-21 Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American billionaire (founded eBay), born in Paris, France
- 1968-11-23 Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer, born in Saqqez, Iran
- 1969-03-21 Ali Daei, Iranian footballer
- 1969-11-22 Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
- 1970-01-03 Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
- 1970-05-05 Soheil Ayari, French-Iranian racer, born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France
- 1970-07-31 Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer (The Train of That Night), born in Chah Varz, Lamerd, Iran
- 1971-03-26 Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
- 1972-01-13 Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
- 1972-04-21 Narges Mohammadi, Iranian imprisoned civil rights activist (2023 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Zanjan, Iran
- 1972-05-07 Asghar Farhadi, Iranian film director (The Salesman, A Separation), born in Khomeyni Shahr, Iran
- 1972-07-31 Tami Stronach, Iranian actress (Neverending Story), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1972-11-20 Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1973-06-07 Shaparak Khorsandi, Iranian-British comedian and author, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1973-08-12 Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr, Iranian Shia cleric, son of Ayatollah Mohammad al-Sadr, born in Najaf, Iran
- 1974-07-19 Ramin Djawadi, Iranian-German Emmy Award-winning film and television composer (Iron Man; Game of Thrones; A Wrinkle in Time), born in Duisburg, West Germany
- 1974-09-08 Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American documentary filmmaker (Be Like Others), born in Iran
- 1975-01-15 Shahab Tolouie, Iranian Persian-Falmenco fusion guitarist, composer, and singer, born in Shahsavar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
- 1975-07-06 Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist (Annie Taylor Award), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1975-11-30 Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2021)
- 1975-12-25 Pardis Sabeti, Iranian-American biologist and geneticist, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1976-06-23 Patrick Monahan, Irish-Iranian comedian, record for longest hug in the world (25 hrs 25 mins), born in Ahvaz, Iran
- 1976-10-29 Mohsen Emadi, Iranian-Mexican Poet, born in Sari, Iran
- 1977-04-08 Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008)
- 1977-05-03 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2017)
- 1977-07-24 Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
- 1978-05-12 Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter and politician, born in Ardabil, Iran
- 1978-11-08 Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer, born in Karaj, Iran
- 1979-04-28 Bahram Radan, Iranian actor (The Passion of Love), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1980-04-15 Arian Moayed, Iranian-American stage and screen actor (Succession), born in Tehran, Iran
- 1980-09-07 Javad Nekounam, Iranian soccer midfielder (151 caps; Pas, Osasuna), born in Rey, Iran
- 1981-09-02 Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director and producer
- 1982-02-05 Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player, born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2007)
- 1982-04-02 Leyla Milani, Iranian-Canadian actress and model, born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1983-03-06 Andranik Teymourian, Iranian soccer player
- 1983-11-28 Rostam [Batmanglij], Iranian-American songwriter, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and record producer (Vampire Weekend, 2006-16 - "A-Punk"; "Oxford Comma"), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1984-06-09 Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer, born in Shiraz, Iran
- 1985-09-23 Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer, born in Ahvaz, Iran
- 1986-08-16 Yu Darvish [Farid Yu Darvishsefat], Iranian-Japanese NPB and MLB baseball pitcher, 10X All-Star (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, 2005-11; Texas Rangers, 2012-17; San Diego Padres, and 2 other teams), born in Habikino, Osaka, Japan
- 1987-05-09 Elaheh Mohammadi, Iranian journalist (arrested for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death)
- 1987-12-07 Baran Kosari, Iranian actress, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1992-10-22 Niloofar Hamedi, Iranian journalist (imprisoned for breaking Mahsa Amini story),
- 1993-01-03 Farzaneh Fasihi, Iranian sprinter, born in Isfahan, Iran
- 1995-06-29 Nicholas Latifi, Iranian-Canadian racing driver (Formula One), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1997-03-30 Shervin Hajipour, Iranian singer-songwriter (Baraye), born in Babolsar, Iran
Iranian and Persian History Timeline
1. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
2. Ayatollah Khomeini
3. Ali Hosseini Khamenei
4. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5. Mohammad Mosaddegh
6. Hassan Rouhani
7. Ramin Djawadi
8. Reza Shah Pahlavi
9. Shirin Ebadi
10. Reza Pahlavi