List of German people of Iranian descent
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This is a list of notable individuals of Iranian ancestry who grew up and/or live in Germany.
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Sports[edit]
- 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[edit]
Rapper
Rapper & Singer
Rap-Journalists
Singer
- Mehrzad Marashi - DSDS Winner 2010
- Susan Ebrahimi
- 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[edit]
- Katajun Amirpur, scholar
- Nossrat Peseschkian
- Majid Samii
- Rahim Rahmanzadeh, orthopedist
Arts/entertainment[edit]
Comedians
TV presenter
Actors
- Daryush Shokof
- Enissa Amani
- Maryam Zaree
- Navid Akhavan
- Shaghayegh Dehghan
- Narges Rashidi
- Melika Foroutan
- Mohammad Khalkhalian
- Shermine Shahrivar
- Taies Farzan
- Fereydoun Farrokhzad, actor, entertainer
'Film directors
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[edit]
- Sahra Wagenknecht, parliamentary chairperson of the German Left Party since 2010, Leader of the Opposition in Germany 2015-2017, chancellor candidate in 2017 German federal election
- 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
Media/journalism[edit]
- Abbas Maroufi, publisher
- Navid Kermani, writer and scholar
- Golineh Atai - TV
- Isabel Schayani - TV
- Natalie Amiri - TV
Alternative journalism
Business/technology[edit]
- Hossein Sabet, entrepreneur, hotel owner worldwide.
- Sandra Navidi, strategic and macroeconomics advisor
Literature[edit]
- Abbas Maroufi, novelist
- Sudabeh Mohafez, writer
- Alexios Schandermani, writer
Personalities[edit]
- Soraya Esfandiary, ex-wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen Consort of Iran
- Abdoldjavad Falaturi
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "REBELL-COMEDY: SCHÖN AUF KRIEGSPFAD". kulturwest.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2019-06-14.