This is a list of notable individuals of Iranian ancestry who grew up and/or live in Germany.
Sports Patrik Baboumian Daniel Davari Ashkan Dejagah Sara Doorsoun Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Dennis Eckert Alireza Marzban Alexander Nouri Reza Parkas Shervin Radjabali-Fardi Babak Rafati Amir Shapourzadeh Fereydoun Zandi
Music Rapper Nimo
PA Sports
Rapper & Singer Shirin David
Rap-Journalists
Singer Mehrzad Marashi - DSDS Winner 2010
Shahin Najafi Navid Akhavan Maryam Akhondy Ateed Sima Bina
Composer Ramin Djawadi Sima Bina, notable Persian classical musician (singer), composer, researcher, painter Amir Abbas Zare, musician and composer
Academia/science Katajun Amirpur, scholar Nossrat Peseschkian Majid Samii Rahim Rahmanzadeh, orthopedist
Arts/entertainment Comedians Enissa Amani Sina Khani
TV presenter Melissa Khalaj Enissa Amani
Actors Daryush Shokof Enissa Amani Maryam Zaree Navid Akhavan Shaghayegh Dehghan Narges Rashidi Melika Foroutan Mohammad Khalkhalian Shermine Shahrivar Fereydoun Farrokhzad, actor, entertainer
Film directors Daryush Shokof Mohammad Farokhmanesh
Rest Akbar Behkalam, painter Niloofar Beyzaie, playwright, theatre director Yasmine Mahmoudieh, architect, interior designer, and CEO Naveed Nour, photographer Benny Rebel, photographer Hadi Teherani, architect and designer
Politics Sahra Wagenknecht, parliamentary chairperson of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (formerly German Left Party), Leader of the Opposition in Germany 2015-2017, chancellor candidate in 2017 and 2025 Yasmin Fahimi, politician and since January 2014 the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Omid Nouripour, Alliance 90/The Greens Bahman Nirumand Mina Ahadi Mitra Razavi Shervin Haghsheno Reza Asghari
Media/journalism Abbas Maroufi, publisher Navid Kermani, writer and scholar Golineh Atai - TV - TV - TV
Alternative journalism Ken Jebsen
Business/technology Hossein Sabet, entrepreneur, hotel owner worldwide. Sandra Navidi, strategic and macroeconomics advisor
Literature Shida Bazyar, writer Abbas Maroufi, novelist Sudabeh Mohafez, writer Alexios Schandermani, writer Mohammad Khalkhalian, Writer
Personalities Soraya Esfandiary, ex-wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen Consort of Iran Abdoldjavad Falaturi
See also Iranians in Germany List of Iranians Iranian diaspora
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