Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

male, 62 years old
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, "Midnight's Children" (1981),...
Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci

female, deceased (2006)
Oriana Fallaci (June 29 1929 - September 15 2006) was an Italian journalist, author, and political interviewer. A former partisan during World War...
Mehdi Bazargan

Mehdi Bazargan

male, deceased (1995)
Mehdi Bazargan (September, 1907? - January 20, 1995) (also spelled Mahdi Bazargan) was head of Iran's interim government, virtually Iran's first...
Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace

male, 91 years old
Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Wallace has been a correspondent for CBS's "60 Minutes" since its...
Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi

female, 40 years old
Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی is a contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator and children's book author.
Ahmad Kasravi

Ahmad Kasravi

male, deceased (1946)
Ahmad Kasravi (29 September, 1890 - March 11, 1946), was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, reformer, and philosopher. Born in Hokmabad...
Rudi Carrell

Rudi Carrell

male, deceased (2006)
Rudi Carrell (December 19, 1934 in Alkmaar, Netherlands — July 7, 2006 in Bremen, Germany), born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar, was a Dutch en...
Marina Nemat

Marina Nemat

female, 44 years old
Marina Nemat (b. 1965 in Tehran) is an Iranian author. Her father was a dance teacher, her mother a hairdresser in Teheran. As a devout Catholic...
Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti

Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti

male, deceased (1981)
Ayatollah Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, (October 24, 1928 - June 28, 1981) was an Iranian cleric, the secretary-general of the Islamic...
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

male, deceased (1982)
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936 - September 15, 1982) was Iranian Foreign Minister (November 30, 1979-August, 1980) during Iran hostage crisis. He was a...