Iran
Iran ranks 1,013th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Subotica, Suresnes, and Maidstone. Memorable people born in Iran include Xerxes I, Darius III, and Darius II. Memorable people who died in Iran include Achaemenes, Atossa, and Qazi Muhammad. Iran has been the birth place of many politicians and mathematicians and the death place of many politicians and military personnels. Iran is located in Iran.
Iran, also known as Persia and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Iraq to the west and Turkey to the northwest, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman & the Persian Gulf to the south. With almost 90 million people in an area of 1.648 million square kilometres, Iran ranks 17th in the world in both geographic size and population. The country is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. The nation's capital and most populous city is Tehran, with around 16 million people in its metropolitan area, other major urban centres include Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, and Shiraz. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 800 BC and 1990, Iran was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Xerxes I, Darius III, and Darius II. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Iran including Achaemenes, Atossa, and Qazi Muhammad.
People Born in Iran
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Xerxes I
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 1
Darius III
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 2
Darius II
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 3
Xerxes II of Persia
500 BC - 424 BC
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 4
Achaemenes
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 5
Bahram V
406 - 438
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 6
Sogdianus of Persia
500 BC - 423 BC
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 7
Arses of Persia
360 BC - 336 BC
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 8
Al-Khazini
1077 - 1155
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 9
Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
798 - 844
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 10
Amastrine
400 BC - 284 BC
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 11
Shapur IV
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Iran
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Go to all RankingsAchaemenes
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1
Atossa
550 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 2
Qazi Muhammad
1893 - 1947
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3
Ala ad-Din Tekish
1132 - 1200
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 4
Surena
84 BC - 52 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 5
Ahmad Qavam
1876 - 1955
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 6
Fatemeh Rahbar
1964 - 2020
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 7
Nasser Shabani
1957 - 2020
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 8
Most individuals born in present day Iran were politicians (11), mathematicians (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were politicians (6) and military personnels (2).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Iran, including Ramin Rezaeian. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Iran, including Xerxes I, Darius III, and Darius II.
