Son of Mirza Agha Khan, Seyyed Mohammad Vali-ollah Qarani was born in Tehran, 1913. He was educated in Dar-olfonun and Nezam and continued his education in the cadet school, and after two years, he was...

Son of Abdol-Samad Alaghehband, Mohammad Ali Rajai was born in a religious family in Qazvin, 1923. He lost his father when he was four years. Due to financial problems of the family, he went to work after six years...

Habib-ollah Asgharoladi Mossalman was born in a religious family of Damavand in Tehran, 1932. Due to hard times of earthquake and the Second World War he could not continue his education, and alternatively lived in Damavand...

Son of Mohammad Nassir Tabassi one of the leaders of constitutional revolution, Ayatollah Abdollah Mazandarani was born in 1840 in Babol. Following his primary education he left for Iraq and attended the classes...

Son of a priest, Eprim Eshaq was born in an Assyrian family in Urumia, 6th Nov. 1918. Due to internal unrest and lack of security, his family migrated to Russia after his birth, but they returned to Iran...

A reputable and capable man of Nasseri period, HassanAli Khan AmirNezam Garussi of Kabudvand a Kurdish tribe of Garuss was born about 1821 in Bijar. His mother was of Armenian descent...

The fourth ruler of Qajar kings, and son of Mohammad Shah and Mahd-olia, Nasseraddin Shah was born in July 17th 1831. In his early youth, he was trained by Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir. While only...

Son of Seyyed Fazllolah, a great politician and Islamic jurist, and a great theorist, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti was born in a religious family in lanjan district of Isfahan. His elementary...

A clergy, political activist and an interpreter of Koran, and son of Ayatollah Seyyed AboulHassan Talqani, Seyyed Mahmud was born in Gelird village of Talqan, 1911. He received his early education in there,...

Son of Mirza Abdollah, author and editor of marde emruz, Mohammad Masud was born in Qom, 1901. He was one of the boldest journalists of Iran contemporary history. Following his elementary...

Hossein Fatemi was born in Naeen, 1917. He was educated in Naeen and Isfahan. In 1936, when his brother Nassr-ollah Seifpur founded Bakhtar daily, he cooperated with him. He learned the ropes of...

Dariush Homayun, son of Nur-ollah was born in Tehran, 1928. He was educated in Firuz Bahram and Ibn Sina elementary, and Alborz and Darayi high Schools. Then he entered the service of ministry of Finance and followed his education...

Son of Mohsen Mirza Kafil_od_dowleh, he was born in Tehran, 1863. His grandfather, Mohammad Taher Mirza was one of Abbas Mirza's grandsons, who had translated Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers into Persian. After his...

Son of Hajj Mirza Fath Ali, he was born in Tabriz, 1280. Following his elementary and secondary education, he came to Tehran, and continued his education at the technical school of Germans. He went to Germany with some...

Son of Zia Lashkar, Khosrow Ruzbeh was born in Malayer, 1924. His elementary education was in American school of Malayer. He continued his high school in Hamedan. He was graduated in artillery branch from military college...

One of early founders of Iran's Tudeh Party, son of Mohammad Vakil-ot-tojjar Yazdi, he was born in Guilan, 1907. His early education was at Ahmadi School in Rasht. He got his diploma from Darol-Fonun...

Ahmad Qavam entitled Qavam-us-Saltaneh (1874-1955), son of Mirza Ibrahim Motamed-us-Saltaneh, and brother of Vossouq-ud-dowleh is one of the leading politicians of Iran's contemporary history. He was educated...

Mirza Mohammad Khan Qaffarri known as Kamalolmolk, one of the most famous painters of Iran, and son of Mirza Reza Khan Qaffari was born in 1841 in Kashan. His father and his uncle Mirza Aboul Hassan Qaffari...

Mohammad Mossaddeq, son of Mirza Hedayattollah Vazir Daftar, was born in 1882 in Tehran. He is related by his mother, Najm-os-saltaneh to Fath Ali Shah. Following his common education of the time, he entered...

The most prominent merchant in 19th century Iran, and the first industrial investor, Haj Mohammad Hassan Esfahani, known as Company and entitled Amin Dar-oz-zarb, abbreviated Amin-oz-zarb was born about...

Mirza Reza Khan Arfa-od-dowleh was born in 1854 in Tabriz. Educated in Tabriz and was preparing himself to go to Najaf and continue his theological trainings. But the great flood of Tabriz ruined his father's...

Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, the Soviet political leader was born in 1879 in Guri of Georgia. His father was a shoemaker. He attended theological seminary near Tiflis. In 1898, he joined Social Democratic...

Major general Hassan Pakravan, son of Fath-ul-lah Pakravan was born in 1911 in Tehran. Educated in Tehran and went to Paris to get military training where he graduated from the military schools of Poitiers...

Seyyed Mohammad Mohit Tabatabaee was born in June 16 1902 in Zavvareh. He began his education in Haj Hassan's old style school from 1908 to 1915. He continued his education in Lotf Ali Khan...

Mohammad Taghi Bahar, a leading poet and a practical newspaper writer was born in Mashhad, 1882. He was the son of Mirza Mohammad Kazem named Sabouri, the poet of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza...

Hossein Makki, son of Bagher Meibodi was born in 1911 in Meibod near to Yazd. He educated in Meibod and Yazd. Then he came to Tehran and continued his education in Persian literature, Arabic grammar, logic...

He was born about 1906 in an aristocratic family. He is a son of Nosrat-tod-dowleh Firuz, the eldest son of Farman Farma, a devotee to the British interests in Iran. His mother was a daughter of Mirza Hedayat-tol-lah...

Abdolkarim Ayadi, son of Mohammad Taghi was born in Tehran, 1907. His father was one of the main leaders of Iranian Bahais and a close friend of Abbass Afandi. Ayadi studied veterinary medicine in France,...

Master Hossein Behzad, son of Fazl-ol-lah Esfahani was born in 1894. His father was a skillful pencasemaker and watercolor painter. His father put him at Molla Ali's pencasemaking workshop. After a while, both his...

Habib-ol-lah Soltanabadi Iraqi known as Sheikh Habib-ol-lah Zolfonun and son of Mohammad Jafar Araki, astronomer and calendarist, well versed and exceptional in literature, mathematics and Qoran commentary,...