Famous people who grew up or lived in Iran
3 notable people grew up or lived in Iran. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Cyrus the Great
📍 Pasargadae, Fars Province, Iran
I built Pasargadae as the first capital of the Achaemenid Empire, on the plain where I defeated the Median king Astyages and began my conquest of the ancient world. It was airy and open, a…
Ruhollah Khomeini1902–1989
📍 Khomein, Markazi Province, Iran
I was born Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini on the 22nd of September 1902 in Khomein, a small city in central Iran. I became a Shia cleric, a theologian, and eventually the most politically…
Táhirih1817–1852
📍 Qazvin, Qazvin Province, Iran
I was born Fatemeh Zarrin Taj Baraghani around 1817 in Qazvin, Iran, into a family of prominent Shia Muslim clerics. I became a poet and theologian of remarkable ability and one of the…