List of British Iranians

This is a list of notable British Iranians.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Academics

• Haleh Afshar OBE – university professor at the University of York^[1]
• Ali Ansari – ^[2] professor at the University of St Andrews^[3]
• Abbas Edalat – university professor at Imperial College London^[4]
• Anoush Ehteshami – university professor at Durham University^[5]
• Mohammed Ghanbari – university professor at the University of Essex^[6]
• Homa Katouzian – academic, economist, historian and literary critic^[7]
• Mohammad Hashem Pesaran – academic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge^[8]
• Reza Banakar: professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London.
• Saeed Vaseghi – university professor at Brunel University^[9]
• Amir Hossein Mohammad Dezashibi – Researcher at the University of Birmingham
• Ali Mobasheri – associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham^[10]

• Mahbod Ghaffari ^[11] - University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge.
• Omid Kamvari – Visiting School Director at Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.
• Saeed Talajooy^[12] – Assistant Professor at the University of St Andrews.

Actors and comedians

• Freema Agyeman – actress^[13]
• Omid Djalili – comedian and actor^[14]
• Kayvan Novak – actor; star of Fonejacker^[15]
• Zahra Ahmadi – actress
• Catherine Bell – actress^[16]
• Nazanin Boniadi – actress; played Leyla Mir in General Hospital^[17] and CIA analyst Fara Sherazi in Homeland season 3
• Maryam Davari – actress^[18]
• Hadi Khorsandi – comedian^[19]
• Shappi Khorsandi – comedian^[19]
• Roxy Shahidi – actress^[20]
• Hayley Tamaddon – actress^[21]
• Mandana Jones – actress.
• Roxanne Pallet – actress^[22]
• Nasrin Moore – pornographic actress^[23]

• Darren Shahlavi British Actor and Martial Arts stunt man.
• Davood Ghadami - British Iranian actor, known for Eastenders character Kush Kazemi
• Shaheen Jafargholi - Welsh Iranian Singer and actor, appeared on Britain's got talent
• Sia Alipour - Belgian born British raised Iranian martial arts actor and stunt man. Known for Street Fighter: Resurrection.

Art and Architects

• Nasser Golzari – principal at Golzari (NG) Architects^[24]
• Mouzhan Majidi – chief executive officer of Foster and Partners^[25]
• Mohsen Mostafavi – dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design^[26]
• Farshid Moussavi – architect and founder of Foreign Office Architects^[27]
• Alireza Sagharchi – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture^[28]

• Houmayoun Mahmoudi – Artist, International Cartoonist^[29]
• Omid Kamvari – Architect and Director at Kamvari Architects^[30]
• Kour Pour – Artist

Business

• Farad Azima – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist^[31]
• Kaveh Alamouti  – head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe^[32]
• David Alliance, Baron Alliance, GBE – chairman of N Brown Group^[33]
• Camila Batmanghelidjh  – founder of the charity Kids Company^[34]
• Bobby Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic^[35]
• Sahar Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic^[35]
• Darius Guppy – convicted fraudster; writer^[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]
• Eddy Shah – owner of the Messenger Group^[42]
• Yasmina Siadatan – winner of fifth series of The Apprentice^[43]
• Amir Taaki – video game and computer software developer
• Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – brothers who own the Rotch property

group^[44]

• Ali Parsa  – Former Chief Executive Officer of private healthcare partnership Circle.^[45]
• Dan Vahdat  – Co-founder and CTO of Medopad.^[46]
• Sir Hossein Yassaie Phd  – Chief Executive Office of semiconductor company Imagination Technologies^[47]

Entertainment

• Omid 16B – disc jockey^[48]
• Cameron Alborzian – former model^[49]
• Blade – rapper^[50]
• Yasmin Le Bon – model^[51]
• Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) – actor and singer-songwriter^[52]
• Emun Elliott – actor
• Shirin Guild – fashion designer^[53]
• Shusha Guppy – writer and singer^[54]
• Shaheen Jafargholi – singer; Britain's Got Talent (series 3) contestant^[55]
• Patrick Monahan – stand-up comedian
• Kayvan Novak – actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010)
• Yasmin Shahmir – musician^[56]
•  – soul singer-songwriter^[57]
• Eddy Temple-Morris – XFM disc jockey^[58]
• Sami Yusuf – musician^[59]
• Zarif – musician^[60]

Media

• Behrouz Afagh – head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region^[61]
• Benjamin Zand – BBC News reporter^[62]
• Christiane Amanpour, CBE – journalist^[63]
• Tina Gharavi – filmmaker and screenwriter^[64]
• Kaveh Golestan – photojournalist^[65]
• Baqer Moin – BBC News journalist^[66]
• Maryam Moshiri – BBC News presenter^[67]
• Ramita Navai – journalist^[68]
• Nima Nourizadeh – film director
• Sadeq Saba – journalist, head of BBC Persian service^[69]

• Nazenin Ansari  – journalist, former correspondent for Voice of America's Persian News Netowrk.
• Nazaneen Ghaffar – Weather Presenter at Sky News
• Saeed Kamali Dehghan – staff journalist at The Guardian

Politics

• Maryam Namazie – human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster^[70]
• Hassan Mirza (1899-1943), Former Crown Prince of the Qajar Dynasty

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
• Kamran Panjavi – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics^[72]
• Laurence Shahlaei – strongman.
• Kamal Shalorus – professional UFC fighter^[73]
• Ryan Tafazolli – footballer.
• Mehrdad Takaloo – boxer^[74]
• Frank Nezhadpournia - Karate Master - Author - Chief Instructor.

Other

• Yasha Asley – youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level^[75]
• Ali Dizaei – senior police officer^[76]
• Shirazeh Houshiary – Turner Prize-nominated installation artist and sculptor^[77]
• Mansour Matloubi – poker player^[78]
• Behnaz Mozakka – terrorism victim^[79]
• Ben Roberts – poker player^[80]

See also

• British Iranians
• List of Iranians
• List of Iranian Americans

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