Omid Djalili (born September 30, 1965) is a British stand-up comedian and actor.

Christiane Amanpour, CBE (born January 12, 1958) (in) is the chief international correspondent for CNN.

Kia Joorabchian is a British-Iranian businessman. He is the president of Media Sports Investments, which has a partnership with Brazilian football club Corinthians. His company was behind the controversial transfer of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham United in August 2006. He was previously in takeover talks with West Ham, which collapsed in early November 2006. Following this, he was alleged to be considering a bid for Wolverhampton Wanderers, …

Darius Danesh (born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a songwriter, platinum recording artist and acclaimed West End stage actor, well-known from the British TV hit shows "Popstars", and "Pop Idol", the latter being the model from which "American Idol" was born. His first, self-penned single, "Colourblind", entered the UK singles chart at number one, …

Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei (born c 1962) is a senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police. An Iranian-born Muslim with dual nationality, he came to prominence after an inquiry into alleged malpractice (of which he was cleared) and has frequently spoken out in the media on a variety of issues, mainly concerned with ethnicity and religion. Dizaei's father was a deputy commissioner of police in Tehran.

Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968 in London, England) is a British-born Iranian-American actress best known as being David James Elliott's co-star as fiancee and best friend Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the hit television show "JAG" from 1995 to 2005.

Gabrielle Anwar (born February 4, 1970) is an English actress, known for her roles in the 1990s films "The Three Musketeers" and "Body Snatchers". She also appeared as fashion-conscious graphic designer Sam Black in the second series of the hugely popular Children's ITV series "Press Gang".

Arash Ghorbani-Zarin (1986 - 2004) was an Iranian student at Oxford Brookes University who was murdered by the brothers of his girlfriend, Manna Begum in a case of honour killing. His body was discovered in a car in Rosehill, Oxford, on November 20, 2004. He had been stabbed 46 times. Miss Begum's father, Bangladeshi-born waiter Chomir Ali (44), had intended for his daughter to enter a forced marriage, which she had refused.

Leila (real name: Leila Arab) is an Iranian musician who moved to London after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has worked with prominent European musicians such as Björk, and has released music on both Richard D. James' Rephlex Records and XL Recordings. Her debut release "Don't Fall Asleep" was a hit. She is currently finishing her third studio album, "Blood, Looms and Blooms".

Yasmin Le Bon born on October 29, 1964, in Oxford, England, is an English supermodel. She was born to the Iranian Iraj A. A. Parvaneh, who currently lives in Meckenheim, Germany and an English mother. She has had a fashion modeling career of unusual longevity, still going strong at 42 years of age. In 1981, Yasmin was discovered by a local modeling agency while working a part-time sales job. One man who was particularly impressed with Yasmin was Simon Le Bon, …

Born in 1946, Shirin Guild is a contemporary Iranian-British fashion designer. Her label was established in London, in 1991. Shirin Guild was born in 1946 and grew up in Iran. Prior to the 1978 revolution she moved to Los Angeles and then to London where she lives today. Guild's career in fashion started when she began to design clothes for herself because she could not find items she liked in the shops.

Freema Agyeman (born 1979) is an English actress whose first notable appearance was in the ITV soap opera "Crossroads". She is best known for playing medical student Martha Jones, companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Prior to getting the role of Martha in "Doctor Who", she worked shifts at a Blockbuster Video outlet in North London, which enabled her to schedule auditions for other work.

Shaun Toub is a film and television actor. He was raised in Manchester, England. At the age of 14, he moved to Switzerland and after a two year stay, he crossed the Atlantic to Nashua, New Hampshire to finish his last year of high school. His high school yearbook notes: "The Funniest guy in school and the most likely to succeed in the entertainment world." After two years of college in Massachusetts, Shaun transferred to USC.

Nasser David Khalili is an Iranian-born Jewish property developer, a cousin of Israeli minister Shaul Mofaz, art collector and philanthropist, based in London. In the "Sunday Times Rich List 2007" ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 5th with an estimated fortune of £5,800 million. This included an estimated value of £4,500 million for his art collection.

Nazanin Boniadi (born in Tehran, Iran) is a Iranian actress. Nazanin was born in Tehran and her parents moved to London shortly after. She graduated top of her class from a prestigious private high school in London, England. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree, with Honors, in Biological Sciences from the University of California Irvine. She is the great great granddaughter of famed 19th Century Persian Philosopher and poet, Safi Ali Shah.

Homa Katouzian is an economist, historian, political scientist and literary critic, with a special interest in Iranian studies. Katouzian’s formal academic training was in economics and the social sciences but he concurrently continued his studies of Persian history and literature at a professional academic level. He began studying the life and works of the greatest modern Persian writer, Sadeq Hedayat, as well as that of Iran’s Prime Minister in the early 1950s, …

Professor Haleh Afshar OBE is a lecturer in Politics and Women's Studies at the University of York and Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé. Of Iranian origin, she worked as a journalist before and after her initial studies at York, where she was to return after receiving her PhD from Cambridge University. Prof. Afshar serves on several bodies, notably the British Council and the United Nations Association, …

Mehrdud Takalobigashi (born September 23, 1975 in Tehran, Iran), more commonly known as Mehrdud Takaloo or Takaloo, is an Iranian born British based boxer

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Mansour Matloubi is a Welsh professional poker player. Matloubi was quite active in tournament poker in the 1990s. His win at the 1990 Main Event made him the first non-American to win that particular tournament. Currently, Matloubi does not play many tournaments in the United States, as he prefers to play in Europe. However, in 2001 he did finish in the money in 8 North American events. As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,900,000.

Bobby Hashemi is the British-Iranian founder of Coffee Republic who he founded with his sister Sahar Hashemi.

Shana Haji (born June 15, 1988 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England) is a British-Iranian football player who currently plays for Hibernian F.C. in the Scottish Premier League. He usually plays the winger position.

Bijan Daneshmand is a writer, director, actor based in England. He has been trained at the London Centre of Theatre Studies. His film acting credits include: 2002- IBROTHA- short film, Jake Barnes 2002- SANHEDRIN- short film, Simon Brasse 2003- DOUBLE THERAPY- short film, Jake Barnes 2004- 20 Fingers - feature film, Mania Akbari 2005- Munich (film)- feature film, Steven Spielberg 2005- Appeared in various Television and Radio in England, …

Professor Mohammad Hashem Pesaran (born March 30, 1946 in Shiraz, Iran) is a British-Iranian economist. He received his BSc in Economics at the University of Salford (England) and his PhD in Economics at Cambridge University. Currently, Dr Pesaran is Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

FOUNDER OF COFFEE REPUBLIC, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN BRITAIN 2003. Sahar Hashemi is a speaker ambassador for the Prince's Trust and lectures at the London Business School Entrepreneurship summer school. After having created a succesful business out of pure will-power, Sahar now inspires international business audiences with her unique story.

Sharu Naraji (born February 7, 1984 in Bolton, England) is a British-Iranian football player He usually plays in the right wing position. He was born to an Iranian father and English mother.

"Gentleman" Benjamin (Ben) Roberts (born Mehdi Javdani on 3 November, 1956 in Iran) is a British professional poker player based in London.

Darius Guppy was convicted of defrauding Lloyd's of London insurance market of £1.8 million during the early 1990s, together with firearms offences relating to a robbery of gemstones in New York City, as well as VAT offences in connection with a gold smuggling operation between the UK and India.

Mimi Khalvati is a British poet. She was born in Tehran, Iran. She grew up on the Isle of Wight and was educated in Switzerland at the University of Neuchâtel, and in London at the Drama Centre and the School of African and Oriental Studies. She has worked as an actor and director in both the UK and Iran. She is the founder of The Poetry School, running poetry workshops and courses in London, …

Mehrdad Takalobigashi (born September 23, 1975 in Tehran, Iran), more commonly known as Mehrdad Takaloo or Takaloo, is an Iranian born boxer. Takaloo is a showboat type of boxer who had good head and body movement but usually ends up looking bruised, battered but unbowed. His gutsy style has made him a fairly popular fighter in England. One time World Title Contender and current WBU Welterweight champion, …

Shaparak Khorsandi ("Nick name: Shappi") is a U.K. based Iranian comedian. She was born in Tehran, but early in her life her family was forced to flee Iran when Hezbollah demanded her father (Hadi Khorsandi) be executed after he criticized the Ayatollah in a satirical poem. Khorsandi performs stand-up comedy, having been a noted performer at Joe Wilson's Comedy Madhouse in 1997. She has appeared on many BBC Radio 4 programmes, including "Quote... Unquote", …

Maryam Davari, is an Iranian actress, as well as a member of the Naqshineh Theatre group. She attended the ARTTS International training centre in the UK in 2004. She is also known to be very khash.

Behnaz Mozakka (also known as Behnaz Nazhand) was the Iranian biomedical officer at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Mozakka was killed in the Underground suicide bombing at Russell Square in London on 7 July, 2005.

Mani Raziani is a British diamond merchant, the founder of MR Gems Company and the DeMani brand, principal figure of M R, and a member of the Antwerp Diamond High Council. The son of an Iranian Jewish couple, he made his fortune in diamonds. In London, MR Gems trades mainly in polished diamonds, and owns 25% of DeMani brand, the UK’s leading jewelery design house. Raziani is also a director and the largest share holder of DeMani brand.

Tamara Stronach (born July 31, 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is a dancer and choreographer who has also worked as an actress. Stronach was born in Tehran, Iran to Scottish and Israeli parents. Her father, David Stronach, is a renowned archeologist of ruins of Ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) and a professor at UC Berkeley. Her family fled during the Iranian Revolution. Stronach made her acting debut as "The Childlike Empress" in "The Neverending Story" (1984), …

Maryam Hashemi is Persian-British painter.She was born on 15 August 1977 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, and was brought up in Tehran, Iran. Her style of painting is Magic Realism with use of religious and occult symbols and themes.

Korosh Nejad is an Iranian professional poker player based in London, England. Nejad has played for over 40 years, but first came to the public attention with three impressive performances in the Stakis Festival in London during May 1999 where he had a 2nd place finish in a £100 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, a 1st place finish in a £100 Seven Card Stud tournament and a 4th place finish in a £250 No Limit Hold Em tournament. During the festival he made over £7,000.