Following is a list of notable people from Gorgan, the capital of Golestan province in northern Iran.
Notables from Gorgan
Contemporary prominent figures Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician. Maryam Zandi, Photographer.
Historical figures Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist. Mir Damad Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician Gorgani, Rustam, physician Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, encyclopedic writer and theologian Fazlallah Astarabadi, 14th century Islamic mystic and founder of the Hurufi movement Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran
Famous guests
Califs
Abbasid Calif Harun Al-Rashid Imam Reza
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