The following list of notable Iranian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Iran, of Iranian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Iran.
Cinema artists
Actors and actresses
Jewell Farshad (born 1996)
Yara Shahidi (born 2000)
Directors and filmmakers
Film score composers Hossein Alizadeh (born 1951) Fariborz Lachini (born 1949) Mehdi Rajabian (born 1989) Ahmad Pejman (born 1935) Peyman Yazdanian (born 1968)
Designers Architects
Hooshang Seyhoun Hossein Amanat Bahram Shirdel Hadi Mirmiran Siavash Teimouri
Calligraphers
Fashion designers
Graphic designers
Illustrators Nahid Hagigat (born 1943), illustrator, and painter Mojtaba Heidarpanah (born 1990) is an Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, painter, character designer and animator Rashin Kheiriyeh (born 1979), illustrator, children's book author, digital artist, and animator
Musicians and singers
Classical See List of Iranian composers
Iranian classical/traditional
Western classical
Electronic
Pop
Lyricists
Rock/metal
Performing artists
Comedians
Dancers Farzaneh Kaboli Jamileh (born 1946) Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam (born 1967)
Theatre directors
Theatre stage actors
Visual artists Photography
Cartoonists
Multimedia and mixed media
Painters
Sculpture and installation
See also Hurufiyya movement - label given to calligraphy-based visual artists List of Iranian Americans List of Iranian painters List of Iranian women artists List of Iranian writers Iranian modern and contemporary art
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