The Most Famous

CELEBRITIES from Iran

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This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 265 Celebrities, 2 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 22nd most number of Celebrities behind Georgia, and Czechia.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Iranian Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942 - 2022)

With an HPI of 62.78, Mehran Karimi Nasseri is the most famous Iranian Celebrity.  His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.

Mehran Karimi Nasseri (Persian: مهران کریمی ناصری, pronounced [mehˈrɒn kæriˈmi nɒseˈri]; 1945 – 12 November 2022), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, was an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized. His autobiography was published as a book, The Terminal Man, in 2004. Nasseri's story inspired the 1993 film Lost in Transit and the 2004 film The Terminal. He returned to living at the airport in September 2022, and died there of a heart attack in November 2022.

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2. Shermine Shahrivar (b. 1982)

With an HPI of 38.17, Shermine Shahrivar is the 2nd most famous Iranian Celebrity.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Shermine Shahrivar (Persian: شرمینه شهریور; born 17 September 1982) is an Iranian-German model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Europe 2005.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Iranian celebrities born between 1942 and 1982. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iranian celebrities include Shermine Shahrivar. The most famous deceased Iranian celebrities include Mehran Karimi Nasseri.

Living Iranian Celebrities

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Deceased Iranian Celebrities

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