List of British Iranians

This is a list of notable British Iranians .

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academics

• Haleh Afshar OBE  – university professor at the University of York ^[1]
• Kameel Ahmady  – independent multi-award-winning social anthropologist who researches and publishes on female genital mutilation, child marriage and other aspects of children's and women's rights in the Middle East
• Ali M. Ansari  – university professor at the University of St Andrews ^[2]
• Reza Banakar  – professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London
• Ana Diamond  – scholar at Balliol College, Oxford
• Abbas Edalat  – university professor at Imperial College London ^[3]
• Anoush Ehteshami  – university professor at Durham University ^[4]
• Eprime Eshag  – Keynesian socialist economist
• Rouben Galichian  – independent scholar ^[5]
• Mohammed Ghanbari  – university professor at the University of Essex ^[6]
• Homa Katouzian  – academic, economist, historian and literary critic ^[7]
• Ali Mobasheri  – associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham ^[8]
• Mohammad Hashem Pesaran  –academic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ^[9]
• Reza Shah-Kazemi  – Islamic researcher at the Institute of Ismaili Studies with the Department of Academic Research and Publications
• Saeed Vaseghi  – university professor at Brunel University ^[10]
• Taha Yasseri  – university professor at University of Oxford ^[11]

Actors and comedians

• Freema Agyeman  – actress ^[12]
• Zahra Ahmadi  – actress^{[ citation needed ]}
• Moe Bar-El – actor
• Catherine Bell  – actress ^[13]
• Nazanin Boniadi  – actress; played Leyla Mir on General Hospital ^[14] and CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on Homeland season 3
• Bijan Daneshmand – Iranian actor based in London
• Omid Djalili  – comedian and actor ^[15]
• Leila Farzad – actress
• Arty Froushan – actor
• Davood Ghadami  – British Iranian actor, known for EastEnders character Kush Kazemi
• Shaheen Jafargholi  – Welsh Iranian singer and actor; appeared on Britain's Got Talent
• Mandana Jones  – actress
• Hadi Khorsandi  – comedian ^[16]
• Shappi Khorsandi  – comedian ^[16]
• Juliette Motamed – actress and musician
• Arian Nik – actor and writer
• Kayvan Novak  – actor; star of Fonejacker ^[17]
• Roxanne Pallet  – actress^{[ citation needed ]}
• Roxy Shahidi  – actress ^[18]
• Darren Shahlavi  – British actor, martial arts stuntman
• Hayley Tamaddon  – actress ^[19]

Art and architecture

• Nasser Golzari  – principal at Golzari (NG) Architects ^[20]
• Mouzhan Majidi  – chief executive officer of Foster and Partners ^[21]
• Mohsen Mostafavi  – dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design ^[22]
• Farshid Moussavi  – architect and founder of Foreign Office Architects ^[23]
• Afshin Naghouni  – artist
• Kour Pour  – painter, printmaker
• Houmayoun Mahmoudi  – artist, International cartoonist ^[24]
• Alireza Sagharchi  – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture ^[25]
• Soheila Sokhanvari  – Iranian-born multidisciplinary visual artist and painter ^[26]

Business

• Kaveh Alamouti  – head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe ^[27]
• David Alliance, Baron Alliance, GBE  – chairman of N Brown Group ^[28]
• Farad Azima  – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist ^[29]
• Camila Batmanghelidjh  –founder of failed charity Kids Company ^[30]
• Darius Guppy  – convicted fraudster, writer ^[31]
• Bobby Hashemi  – co-founder of Coffee Republic ^[32]
• Sahar Hashemi  – co-founder of Coffee Republic ^[32]
• Kia Joorabchian  – football businessman ^[33]
• Nasser David Khalili, KSS  – art dealer and the fifth-wealthiest person in the United Kingdom ^[34]
• Mahmoud Khayami, KSS  – industrialist; founder of Iran Khodro ^[35]
• James Aratoon Malcolm – Iranian-Armenian financier, arms dealer and journalist
• Paris Moayedi  – former chief executive officer of Jarvis plc ^[36]
• Farhad Moshiri  – energy investor; part owner of Everton F.C. ^[37]
• Ali Parsa  – former chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle ^[38]
• Eddy Shah  – owner of the Messenger Group ^[39]
• Yasmina Siadatan  – winner of fifth series of The Apprentice ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Amir Taaki  – computer programmer and bitcoin developer
• Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz  – brothers who own the Rotch property group ^[40]
• Sir Hossein Yassaie Phd  – Chief Executive Office of semiconductor company Imagination Technologies ^[41]
• Dan Vahdat  – co-founder and CTO of Medopad ^[42]

Entertainment

• Soraya Mafi  –opera singer ^[43]
• Cameron Alborzian  –former model ^[44]
• Cyrus Bayandor – bass guitarist (Florence + the Machine)
• Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) – actor and singer-songwriter ^[45]
• Emun Elliott  – actor
• Hichkas  – rapper, singer-songwriter
• Shirin Guild  – fashion designer ^[46]
• Shusha Guppy  – writer and singer ^[47]
• Shaheen Jafargholi  – singer; Britain's Got Talent series 3 contestant ^[48]
• Yasmin Le Bon  – model ^[49]
• Patrick Monahan  – stand-up comedian
• Kayvan Novak  – actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Omid 16B  – disc jockey ^[50]
• Roxanne Tataei  – soul singer-songwriter ^[51]
• Eddy Temple-Morris  – XFM disc jockey ^[52]
• Kavus Torabi  – musician ^[53]
• Yasmin  – musician, full name Yasmin Shahmir ^[54]
• Sami Yusuf  – musician ^[55]
• Zarif  – musician ^[56]

Media

• Hossein Amini  – screenwriter and film director
• Behrouz Afagh  – head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region ^[57]
• Christiane Amanpour, CBE  – journalist ^[58]
• Nazenin Ansari  – journalist, former correspondent for Voice of America's Persian News Network
• Saeed Kamali Dehghan  – staff journalist at The Guardian
• Fardad Farahzad  – Journalist and TV host Iran International, former BBC Persian
• Nazaneen Ghaffar  – weather presenter at Sky News
• Tina Gharavi  – filmmaker and screenwriter ^[59]
• Kaveh Golestan  – photojournalist ^[60]
• Baqer Moin  – BBC News journalist ^[61]
• Maryam Moshiri  – BBC News presenter ^[62]
• Ramita Navai  – journalist ^[63]
• Nima Nourizadeh  – film director^{[ citation needed ]}
• Sadeq Saba  – journalist, head of BBC Persian service ^[64]
• Sahar Zand  – television and radio presenter, broadcast journalist and documentary maker

Politics

• Seema Kennedy  – former Conservative MP
• Ali Milani  – Labour Party politician
• Maryam Namazie  – human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster ^[65]

Sports

• Adam Gemili  – sprinter and footballer
• Aadel Kardooni  – former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player ^[66]
• Nad Narimani  – mixed martial artist in the UFC
• Josh Navidi  – Cardiff Blues and Welsh international rugby player
• Kamran Panjavi  – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics ^[67]
• Laurence Shahlaei  – strongman
• Kamal Shalorus  – professional UFC fighter ^[68]
• Ryan Tafazolli  – footballer
• Mehrdad Takaloo  – boxer ^[69]
• Dennis Walker  – footballer of Afro-Iranian descent, first black player to play for Manchester United ^[70]

Other

• Yasha Asley  – youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level ^[71]
• Ali Dizaei  – senior police officer ^[72]
• Shirazeh Houshiary  – Turner Prize-nominated installation artist and sculptor ^[73]
• Mansour Matloubi  – poker player ^[74]
• Behnaz Mozakka  – terrorism victim ^[75]
• Ben Roberts  – poker player ^[76]

See also

• Iran portal
• Lists portal
• United Kingdom portal

• Iranians in the United Kingdom
• List of Iranians
• List of Iranian Americans

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