This is a list of notable British Iranians.
Academics
Haleh Afshar OBE university professor at the University of York 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 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 Anoush Ehteshami university professor at Durham University Eprime Eshag Keynesian socialist economist Rouben Galichian independent scholar Mohammed Ghanbari university professor at the University of Essex Marjan Jahangiri professor of cardiac surgery at St George’s Hospital, University of London. First woman appointed professor of cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom and in Europe. Homa Katouzian academic, economist, historian and literary critic Ali Mobasheri associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham Mohammad Hashem Pesaranacademic, economist, professor of economics at Cambridge University, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 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 Taha Yasseri
Actors and comedians
Freema Agyeman actress Zahra Ahmadi actress Nathalie Armin – actress Moe Bar-El – actor Catherine Bell actress Nazanin Boniadi actress; played Leyla Mir on General Hospital and CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on Homeland season 3 Bijan Daneshmand – Iranian actor based in London Omid Djalili comedian and actor 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 Shappi Khorsandi comedian Juliette Motamed – actress and musician Arian Nik – actor and writer Kayvan Novak actor; star of Fonejacker Roxanne Pallett actress Roxy Shahidi actress Darren Shahlavi British actor, martial arts stuntman Hayley Tamaddon actress
Art and architecture
Nasser Golzari principal at Golzari (NG) Architects Mouzhan Majidi chief executive officer of Foster and Partners Mohsen Mostafavi dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Farshid Moussavi architect and founder of Foreign Office Architects Afshin Naghouni artist Kour Pour painter, printmaker Alireza Sagharchi principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture Soheila Sokhanvari Iranian-born multidisciplinary visual artist and painter
Business
Kaveh Alamouti head of Global Macro Citadel LLC; chief executive officer of Citadel Asset Management Europe David Alliance, Baron Alliance, GBE chairman of N Brown Group Farad Azima industrialist, inventor and philanthropist Camila Batmanghelidjhfounder of failed charity Kids Company Darius Guppy convicted fraudster, writer Bobby Hashemi co-founder of Coffee Republic Sahar Hashemi co-founder of Coffee Republic Kia Joorabchian football businessman Nasser David Khalili, KSS art dealer and the fifth-wealthiest person in the United Kingdom Mahmoud Khayami, KSS industrialist; founder of Iran Khodro James Aratoon Malcolm – Iranian-Armenian financier, arms dealer and journalist Paris Moayedi former chief executive officer of Jarvis plc Farhad Moshiri energy investor; part owner of Everton F.C. Ali Parsa former chief executive officer of private healthcare partnership Circle Eddy Shah owner of the Messenger Group Yasmina Siadatan winner of fifth series of The Apprentice Amir Taaki computer programmer and bitcoin developer Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz brothers who own the Rotch property group Sir Hossein Yassaie Phd Chief Executive Office of semiconductor company Imagination Technologies Dan Vahdat co-founder and CTO of Medopad
Entertainment
Soraya Mafiopera singer Cameron Alborzianformer model Cyrus Bayandor bass guitarist (Florence + the Machine) Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) actor and singer-songwriter Emun Elliott actor Hichkas rapper, singer-songwriter Shirin Guild fashion designer Shusha Guppy writer and singer Shaheen Jafargholi singer; Britain's Got Talent series 3 contestant Yasmin Le Bon model Patrick Monahan stand-up comedian Kayvan Novak actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010) Omid 16B disc jockey Roxanne Tataei soul singer-songwriter Eddy Temple-MorrisXFM disc jockey Kavus Torabi musician Yasmin musician, full name Yasmin Shahmir Sami Yusuf musician Zarif musician
Media
Hossein Amini screenwriter and film director Behrouz Afagh head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region Christiane Amanpour, CBE journalist 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 Kaveh Golestan photojournalist Baqer Moin BBC News journalist Maryam Moshiri BBC News presenter Ramita Navai journalist Nima Nourizadeh film director Sadeq Saba journalist, head of BBC Persian service Sahar Zand television and radio presenter, broadcast journalist and documentary maker
Politics Maryam Eslamdoust, General Secretary of the TSSA Seema Kennedy former Conservative MP Ali Milani Labour Party politician Maryam Namazie human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster
Sports
Adam Gemili sprinter and footballer Aadel Kardooni former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player 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 Laurence Shahlaei strongman Kamal Shalorus professional UFC fighter Ryan Tafazolli footballer Mehrdad Takaloo boxer Dennis Walker footballer of Afro-Iranian descent, first black player to play for Manchester United
Other
Yasha Asley youngest person in the world to have achieved grade A at Mathematics A-level Ali Dizaei senior police officer Shirazeh Houshiary Turner Prize-nominated installation artist and sculptor Mansour Matloubi poker player Behnaz Mozakka terrorism victim Ben Roberts poker player
See also
Iranians in the United Kingdom List of Iranians List of Iranian Americans
References