List of Famous people born in Fars Province, Iran

Valerie Jarrett

First Name Valerie
Last Name Jarrett
Born on November 14, 1956 (age 67)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official. She served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that, she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.

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Navid Afkari

First Name Navid
Born on November 30, 1992
Died on September 12, 2020 (aged 27)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Navid Afkari was an Iranian wrestler who was sentenced to death and executed in Iran, after the Islamic Republic claimed he had murdered a security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests. His execution caused a global outcry, as Afkari's conduct during the protests had been peaceful, the confession obtained from Afkari was under duress, and the reason for execution was because Afkari took part in the protests. Afkari's brothers Vahid and Habib were sentenced to 54 and 27 years, respectively, in prison in the same case. While Afkari initially accepted the murder charge, he would later state that it had been a forced confession, with him having been tortured into making a false confession. Despite the Islamic Republic's efforts to portray Afkari's execution as retribution for the deceased security guard, the murder charge was never proven. Afkari's death was followed by worldwide condemnation of the regime, ranging from individual to national statements, including statements released by the EU, the International Olympic Committee IOC, and individuals like UFC president Dana White and Reza Pahlavi, the last crown prince of Iran.

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Ibn al-Muqaffa'

First Name Ibn
Died on January 1, 0756
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh Rūzbih ibn Dādūya, born Rōzbih pūr-i Dādōē, more commonly known as Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, , was a Persian translator, author and thinker who wrote in the Arabic language.

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Ustad Isa

First Name Ustad
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Ustad Isa Shirazi was an architect of possible Persian paternal heritage whose ancestors settled in the Indian Subcontinent long ago, often described as the assistant architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

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Bahman Golbarnezhad

First Name Bahman
Born on June 12, 1968
Died on September 17, 2016 (aged 48)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Bahman Golbarnezhad was an Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C4 classification events and an earlier powerlifter. During his powerlifting career, he won twelve gold medals and one silver medal in international competitions. Golbarnezhad had represented Iran in two Summer Paralympic Games, first in 2012 in London and later in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. He was the only Iranian cyclist at the 2016 Paralympics. He was a veteran of the Iran–Iraq war.

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Salman the Persian

First Name Salman
Last Name Persian
Born on January 1, 0568
Died on January 1, 0657 (aged 89)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Salman the Persian or Salman al-Farsi, born Roozbeh, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first Persian who converted to Islam. During some of his later meetings with the other Sahabah, he was referred to by the kunya Abu Abdullah. He is credited with the suggestion of digging a trench around Medina, a Sasanian military technique, when it was attacked by Mecca in the Battle of the Trench. He was raised as a Zoroastrian, then attracted to Christianity, and then converted to Islam after meeting Prophet Muhammad in the city of Yathrib, which later became Medina. According to some traditions, he was appointed as the governor of Al-Mada'in in Iraq. According to popular tradition, Muhammad considered Salman as part of his household. He was a renowned follower of Ali ibn Abi Talib after the death of Muhammad.

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Firouz Naderi

First Name Firouz
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 24)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Firouz Michael Naderi is an Iranian American scientist who spent 36 years in various technical and executive positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he contributed to some of America's most iconic robotic space missions.

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Hadi Choopan

First Name Hadi
Last Name Choopan
Born on September 26, 1987 (age 36)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Hadi Choopan is an Iranian professional bodybuilder. He was a fixed member of the Iranian National Bodybuilding Team from 2011 to 2016. Choopan has competed several times at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) contests and won various titles.

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Masoud Shojaei

First Name Masoud
Last Name Shojaei
Born on June 9, 1984 (age 39)
Born in Iran, Fars Province
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Masoud Soleimani Shojaei is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Tractor. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger or forward.

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Shapur I

First Name Shapur
Born on November 30, 0149
Died on May 1, 0270 (aged 120)
Born in Iran, Fars Province

Shapur I, also known as Shapur the Great, was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of Arab city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to Islamic tradition, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah. Shapur also consolidated and expanded the empire of Ardashir I, waged war against the Roman Empire and seized its cities of Nisibis and Carrhae while he was advancing as far as Roman Syria. Although he was defeated at the Battle of Resaena in 243 by Roman emperor Gordian III, he was the following year able to win the Battle of Misiche and force the new Roman Emperor Philip the Arab to sign a favorable peace treaty that was regarded by the Romans as "a most shameful treaty".

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