People

People

• Zoroaster c. 6th century BC (traditional; dating debated)
• Cyrus the Great c. 600–530 BC
• Darius I c. 550–486 BC
• Xerxes I c. 518–465 BC
• Shapur I r. c. 240–c. 270
• Khosrow I r. 531–579
• Ferdowsi c. 940–c. 1020
• Omar Khayyam 1048–1131
• Hafez c. 1325–c. 1390
• Abbas I 1571–1629
• Nader Shah 1688–1747
• Mohammad Mosaddegh 1882–1967
• Reza Shah 1878–1944
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 1919–1980
• Ruhollah Khomeini 1902–1989
• Avicenna c. 980–1037
• Saadi c. 1210–1291/92
• Ismail I 1487–1524
• Amir Kabir c. 1807–1852