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Tehran ranks 62nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zagreb, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Memorable people born in Tehran include Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Bahá'u'lláh. Memorable people who died in Tehran include Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Ismail Haniyeh. Tehran has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tehran is located in Iran.

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. In addition to serving as the capital of Tehran province, the city is the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9.4 million in the city as of 2018, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Andisheh, Eslamshahr, Pakdasht, Qods, and Shahriar. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, Tehran was the birth place of 166 globally memorable people, including Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Bahá'u'lláh. Additionaly, 60 globally memorable people have passed away in Tehran including Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Ismail Haniyeh.

People Born in Tehran

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Tehran were politicians (29), soccer players (28), actors (23), writers (14), and singers (12),  while most who died were politicians (24), writers (9), religious figures (5), social activists (3), and soccer players (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tehran, including Andranik Eskandarian, Ali Parvin, and Amir Ghalenoei. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tehran, including Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Mohammad Mosaddegh.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Tehran since 1700.