Know Some World's Iranian well-known People!

Let’s start with Persian scientists:

1) Anousheh Ansari: The first female space explorer,and the first Iranian who stepped into the spatial station, founder ofProdea Systems Inc. and the fourth overall self-funded space tourist ofall the history.
2) Firouz Naderi: An Iranian scientist, Associate Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and 2005 recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
3) Omid Kordestani: A Persian IT expert and is the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google.
4) Pierre Omidyar: The Iranian president and creator of eBay, eBay is the world's first Online Shopping and Web Auction corporation and the first person who made the idea of Online Shopping and Auction Web was Persian. [See Also]


And continue with Persian artists:

1) Sami Yusuf: Persian Azeri singer and composer, the most famous Islamic music performer and rock-star.
2) Abbas Kiarostami: Internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, the holder of honorary doctorate from University of Toulouse, Konrad Wolf prize winner, the winner of Silver Lion from Venice film festival and Cannes film festival winner of Palme d’Or.
3) Mahmoud Farshchian: Internationally known Persian painter, miniaturist and calligraphist; having an experience of 50 years of artistic work, the winner of Diploma Maestro Di Pittura, II Seminario d’Arte Moderna prize.


Persian political personalities and leaders in the way:

Shirin Ebadi: Iranian peacemaking activist, the first female winner of any Nobel Prize, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2003.


Here is a short list of Persian writers and poets:

1) Prof. Abdulkarim Soroush: Leading Iranian philosopher, thinker and Mevlana scholar, winner of Erasmus Prize (2004) and professor of Harvard University.
2) Ali Paya: The Persian philosopher and writer, currently teaches analytic philosophy in the Westminster University.


And finally, take a look at Persian athletes:

1) Hossein Rezazadeh: Persian Weightlifter, several times Olympics Gold medal winner, the strongest man of the world.
2) Ali Daei: Persian footballer, former Iranian national team captain, FIFA top goal scorer of all times, most valuable Asian football player.