- male, 79 years old
- Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني, Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی;. Born approximately August...
- male, deceased (925)
- Al-Razi became famous in his native city as a physician. He became Director of the hospital of Rayy ("Cf." ibn Juljul, al-Qifti, ibn abi...
- male, deceased (1964)
- Fateh Ali Khan was born in 1901 at Lyallpur, Punjab. Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was the father of legendary Qawwali musician and singer Ustad Nusrat...
- male, 69 years old
- Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami...
- male, deceased (775)
- Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur was the second Abbasid Caliph. He was born at al-Humaymah, the home of the 'Abbasid family after their...
- male, 59 years old
- Shahram Nazeri is a contemporary Iranian Kurdish musician who sings classical Persian and Kurdish music. He is one of Iran's most respected...
- female, 41 years old
- Irshad Manji (born 1968) is a Canadian feminist Muslim, author, journalist, and activist. She is a well-known critic of radical Islam and orthodox...
- male
- Nabonidus was the last King of Babylon, who ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 556 BC to 539 BC. His reign was characterized by his lack of...
- male
- Omid Memarian is a progressive Iranian journalist and social activist. He was awarded the Golden pen at the National Press Festival in Iran at...
- male (Nobleboro, Maine, United States)
- Coleman Barks (b. 1937) is an American poet and world-renowned translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.
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