Talk:List of British Iranians
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to the UK Census 32,158 people born in Iran were resident in Britain in 1991, increasing to 42,377 in the 2001 Census.
Concentrations of people born in Iran. Click to highlight key cities
Article already gives figures for Farsi-speaking Iranians in Britain (immigrant + born in Britain) - needs a citation.
User:Brenont 19:02, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Please list full Iranians
Unsourced entries
[edit]I have removed all unsourced entries from the list. In case anyone wants to reinstate them, supported by a reliable source, I have listed those entries that were removed below, as they appeared before I removed them. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:09, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
- Note that Wikipedia BLP policy explicitly requires that entries on lists, categories etc be sourced. Please do not add any unsourced entries to the list. See also Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive103#British_ethnicity_lists AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Academics
[edit]- Haleh Afshar, university professor at the University of York.
- Professor Hamid Aghvami, FREng, FIEEE, FIET, Kings College
- Ali Ansari, university professor at the University of St Andrews.
- Ali Diba, editor of Wards Anaesthetic Equipment
- Abbas Edalat, university professor at Imperial College London.
- Professor Anoushiravan Ehteshami, university professor at Durham University.
- Mohammed Ghanbari, university professor at the University of Essex.
- Homa Katouzian, academic, economist, historian and literary critic.
- Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, academic, economist, university professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge.
- Siavash Haroun Mahdavi, Academic and Inventor.
- Saeed Vaseghi, university professor at Brunel University.
- Naz Ghanea, university professor at Oxford University. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.159.2.148 (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
Actors, actresses, comedians and comediennes
[edit]- Omid Djalili, comedian and actor.
- Inder Manocha, comedian.
- Kayvan Novak, actor, star of Fonejacker
- Zahra Ahmadi, actress
- Catherine Bell, actress
- Nazanin Boniadi, actress
- Maryam Davari, actress
- Hadi Khorsandi, comedian,
- Shaparak ("Shappi") Khorsandi, comedienne
- Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, actress
- Hayley Tamaddon, actress.
- Roxanne Pallet, actress.
- Shaun Toub, actor.
- Nasser Memarzia, actor.
- Soudabeh Farrokhnia, acrtress, theatre director
- Sousan Farrokhnia , acrtress, theatre director
- Parvaneh Soltani, acrtress, ,writer,theatre director
- Soheila Ghodstinat , actress,writer, poet
Artists
[edit]- Maryam Hashemi ,painter
- Soheila Sokhanvari, painter (egg tempera), sculptor — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Swanton (talk • contribs) 12:44, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
Filmmakers
[edit]- Gokou Parhizgar , documantry fimmakeri
- Hossein Amini, film maker and scenarist — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masihsal (talk • contribs) 19:39, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Business
[edit]- Habib Namini Owner and chairmen of Juice republic
- Eskander Maleki Owner of Tullow Oil
- Ali Sarikhani Founder Chiltern Group Services
- Vahid Alaghband Owner of Balli Holdings
- Dr Kaveh Alamouti Owner of Optimum Asset Management
- Lord David Alliance
- Jack Dellal Owner of Allied Commercial Holdings
- Bobby Hashemi Co-Founder of Coffee Republic
- Sahar Hashemi Co-Founder of Coffee Republic
- Babak Emamian, Founder of British-Iranian Business Association, BIBA [1]
- Hossein Ghandahari, owns Royal Mansion (formerly Toprak Mansion).
- Darius Guppy
- Kia Joorabchian
- Simon Karimzadeh Owner Eskar International
- Nasser David Khalili, the fifth wealthiest person in the United Kingdom.
- Mahmoud Khayami
- Hashem Khosrovani Chairman of Chempetrol Group
- Farhad Moshiri
- Ardeshir Naghshineh Owner of Targetfollow Group
- Yousef Tishbi Owner of Realty Estates (Manchester)
- Yasmina Siadatan, Winner of The Apprentice (UK series five)
- Majid Nagra, contestant of The Apprentice (UK Series five)
- David Shamoun, Hotelier.
- Behnam Jack Taheri, businessman
- Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, brothers who own the Rotch property group.
- David Babai Chairman of Gullivers Travel Associates
- Firoz Tejani Foreign exchange tycoons
- Pallonji Mistry Construction tycoon and second richest person in Ireland
- payam nornia Bussinessman
Media
[edit]- Behrouz Afagh, journalist, BBC News Head of Eurasian affairs.
- Christiane Amanpour, journalist.
- Ali Arouzi, journalist/ bureau chief, NBC News
- Baqer Moin
- Ramita Navai, journalist.
- Sadeq Saba, journalist, BBC Iranian affairs analyst
- Tina Gharavi, filmaker and screenwriter
- Shahab "Shibby" Robati, Apprentice participant
- Abbas Najafi Zarafshan, Founder and Editor of Persian Weekly Newspaper
Entertainment
[edit]- Omid 16B, musician.
- Blade, rapper.
- Yasmin Le Bon, model.
- Darius Danesh, Singer-songwriter and actor.
- Shirin Guild, Fashion designer.
- Shusha Guppy, writer and singer.
- Shaheen Jafargholi, singer Britain's Got Talent 2009 contestant
- Hadi Khorsandi, poet and satirist.
- Siavash Sabbaghpour, contestant currently on Big Brother 2009.
- Sami Yusuf, musician.
- Zarif, musician.
Sports
[edit]- Shana Haji, footballer
- Aadel Kardooni, former professional rugby union player.
- Kamal Shalorus, MMA fighter (WEC)
- Mehrdad Takaloo, boxer.
- Omid Khademzadeh, Kyokushin Karate-ka [2]
Other
[edit]- Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the charity Kids Company.
- Ali Dizaei, senior police officer.
- Nasser David Khalili, art collector, philanthropist.
- Mansour Matloubi, poker player.
- Behnaz Mozakka, terrorism victim.
- Ben Roberts, poker player.
- William Burscough, Reggina CEO.
- Reza Washahi, human rights activist.
- Siavash Sabbaghpour Big Brother UK contestant
- Mikey Dalton Big Brother UK contestant
Reliable list of notable British Iranians
[edit]http://www.anjoman.co.uk/speakers.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by HeavyQuark (talk • contribs) 13:02, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
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