The following notable people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Tehran, Iran. Tehran natives are also referred to as Tehranis.

• Bahá'u'lláh (1817–1892), founder of the Bahá'í faith
• Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912), Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism
• `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844–1921), former head of the Bahá'í faith
• Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat (1856–1911), politician and first chairman of the Iranian parliament
• Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan (1858–1907), Prime Minister of Iran
• Mehdi Qoli Hedayat (1863–1955), Prime Minister of Iran
• Vossug ed Dowleh (1868–1951), Prime Minister of Qajar era Iran
• Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (c. 1871–1932), politician; Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927
• Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879–1956), linguist
• Hossein Ala' (1881–1964), Prime Minister of Iran in 1951 and from 1955 to 1957
• Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Twelver Shia Muslim cleric and Chairman of the Parliament of Iran
• Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967), politician
• Ali Mansur (1886–1974), Prime Minister of Iran
• Harold Nicolson (1886–1968), English diplomat, author, diarist and politician
• Solayman Haïm (1887–1970), lexicographer, translator, playwright and essayist
• Mirza Javad Khan Ameri (1891–1980), Iranian politician
• Saeed Nafisi (1895–1966), scholar, fiction writer and poet
• Ahmad Matin-Daftari (1896–1971), Prime Minister of Iran
• Gholamreza Rouhani (1897–1985), humorous poet
• Nasrollah Entezam (1900–1980), diplomat
• Mohammad Hejazi (1900–1974), novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, translator

• Haj Ali Razmara (1901–1951), military leader and prime minister of Iran
• Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951), writer, translator and intellectual
• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997), writer, novelist, and political intellectual
• Ali Amini (1905–1992), politician and writer, Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962
• Rahi Mo'ayyeri (1909–1968), poet and musician
• Davud Monshizadeh (1915–1989), founder of Sumka (the "Iranian National Socialist Workers Party")
• Shams Pahlavi (1917–1996), the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), economist and politician
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), king of Iran (Shah of Iran) from 1941 until his overthrow by the Islamic Revolution (1979)
• Nasser Moghadam (1921–1979), the fourth and last chief of SAVAK
• Heydar Ghiai (born 1922), architect
• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969), writer, thinker and social and political critic
• Hassan Ali Mansur (1923–1965), politician, Prime Minister from 1963 to 1965
• Abdollah Mojtabavi (1925–2012), freestyle wrestling athlete
• Sadegh Nezam-mafi (1925–2009), physician and medical pioneer
• Ali Javan (born 1926), Iranian-American physicist and inventor at MIT
• Simin Behbahani (1927–2014), poet, lyricist and activist
• Ray Aghayan (1928–2011), costume designer
• Masoud Boroumand (1928–2011), footballer
• Ardeshir Zahedi (born 1928), diplomat
• Lotfi Mansouri (1929–2013), opera director and manager
• Ali Mirzaei (born 1929), weightlifter
• Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (born 1929), freestyle wrestler
• Ezzatollah Sahabi (1930–2011), scholar, humanitarian, democracy activist, politician and former Parliament member
• Gholamreza Takhti (1930–1968), Olympic gold medalist wrestler

• Mohammad Ali Fardin (1931–2000), wrestler and actor
• Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981), physicist, politician and commander
• Nasser Givehchi (born 1932), wrestler
• Hossein Nasr (born 1933), University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University and Islamic philosopher
• Forough Farrokhzad (1935–1967), poet and film director
• Iraj Ghaderi (1935–2012), film director and actor
• Bahman Nirumand (born 1936), Iranian and German journalist and author
• Kamran Diba (born 1937), architect
• Majid Samii (born 1937), neurosurgeon and medical scientist
• Hossein Zenderoudi (born 1937), painter and sculptor
• Parviz Jalayer (born 1939), weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist
• Dariush Mehrjui (born 1939), director, screenwriter, producer, film editor
• Younan Nowzaradan (born 1944), surgeon and TV personality
• Kamran Shirdel (born 1939), documentarist
• Bijan (1940–2011), designer of menswear and fragrances
• Abbas Kiarostami (born 1940), film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer
• Shahnaz Pahlavi (born 1940), Princess of Iran
• Barbet Schroeder (born 1941), film director and producer
• Khosrow Vaziri (born 1942), professional wrestler and actor
• Ali Hatami (1944–1996), film director, screenwriter, art director and costume designer
• Kamal Kharazi (born 1944), politician and diplomat
• Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944–1998), film director and screenwriter
• Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (born 1945), philosopher and politician
• Mohammad Nassiri (born 1945), weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist
• Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), thinker and reformer
• Ali Parvin (born 1946), football player and coach
• Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946), novelist
• Mohammad Reza Adelkhani (born 1947), footballer
• Mansour Barzegar (born 1947), wrestler
• Shaul Mofaz (born 1948), Israeli politician
• Firouzeh Vokhshouri (born 1948), Princess Firouzeh Asem of Jordan
• Ebi (born 1949), singer
• Nasser Hejazi (1949–2011), football player and coach
• Googoosh (born 1950), Iranian singer and actress of Iranian Azerbaijani origin
• Hassan Mehmani (born 1950), Iranian actor and director

• Andranik Eskandarian (born 1951), Iranian-American footballer
• Mansoor Hekmat (1951–2002), Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement
• Shohreh Aghdashloo (born 1952), Iranian-American actress
• Seyed Mostafa Azmayesh (born 1952), France based Iranian religious scholar
• Parviz Davoodi (born 1952), hardline conservative politician
• Valentine Moghadam (born 1952), feminist scholar, sociologist, activist and author
• Maryam Rajavi (born 1953), politician
• Daryush Shokof (born 1954),
• Mary Apick (born 1954), Iranian-Armenian stage, television and film actress
• Hadi Teherani (born 1954), German-Iranian architect and designer
• Darius Khondji (born 1955), Iranian-French cinematographer
• Azar Nafisi (born 1955), writer and professor of English literature
• Feizollah Nasseri (born 1955), weightlifter
• Goli Ameri (born 1956), Iranian-American diplomat and businesswoman
• Ramin Jahanbegloo (born 1956), philosopher and academic
• Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (born 1956), politician and army general
• Mohsen Makhmalbaf (born 1957), film director, writer, film editor and producer
• Abbas Maroufi (born 1957), novelist and journalist
• Andranik Madadian (born 1958), Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter and actor
• Bita Farrahi (born 1958), actress
• Farzad Bonyadi (born c. 1959), professional poker player
• Majid Majidi (born 1959), film director, film producer and screenwriter
• Ahmad Bourghani (1960–2008), politician, journalist, writer and political analyst
• Masoumeh Ebtekar (born 1960), Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs
• Vali Nasr (born 1960), American academic and author
• Reza Pahlavi (born 1960), crown prince of Persia
• Cumrun Vafa (born 1960), Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University

• Parastou Forouhar (born 1962), installation artist
• Rita (born 1962), Israeli pop singer and actress
• Hassan Bastani (born 1962), Iranian playwright
• Camila Batmanghelidjh (born c. 1963), Iranian-born author and charity executive in the United Kingdom
• Amir Ghalenoei (born 1963), football coach and player
• Farahnaz Pahlavi (born 1963), the eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Shaun Toub (born 1963), film and television actor
• Philippe Blasband (born 1964), filmmaker; writer in French language from Belgium
• Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965), actress, author, director and activist of Assyrian ethnicity
• Marina Nemat (born 1965), author
• Afshin Ellian (born 1966), Iranian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet and critic of political Islam
• Reza Mirkarimi (born 1966), film writer and director
• Maryam Namazie (born 1966), secularist and human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966–2011), member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of Iran (Persia)
• Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), Iranian-German actress
• Mani Haghighi (born 1969), filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
• Abbas Jadidi (born 1969), wrestler
• Azam Ali (born 1970), Iranian American singer and musician
• Amir Ansari (born 1970), Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Prodea Systems
• Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), contemporary painter, translator and artist
• Leila Pahlavi (1970–2001), youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran
• Sharam (born 1970), Iranian-American progressive house DJ and producer

• Arash Hejazi (born 1971), novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English and Portuguese into Persian
• Niki Karimi (born 1971), actress, director and screenwriter
• Mansour (born 1971), Iranian Azerbaijani artist
• Alireza Mansourian (born 1971), football coach and player
• Leila Hatami (born 1972), actress
• Tami Stronach (born 1972), Israeli American dancer and choreographer
• Shadmehr Aghili (born 1973), pop singer, musician, composer, producer and songwriter
• Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), rapper, singer, musician in band Zebrahead
• Cassandra Clare (born 1973), American author of young adult fiction
• Kirill Pirogov (born 1973), Russian film and theatre actor and composer
• DJ Aligator (born 1975), Iranian-Danish producer and DJ
• Omid Nouripour (born 1975), Iranian-German politician
• Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-American actress
• Vahid Hashemian (born 1976), footballer and coach
• Roxana Manouchehri (born 1976), visual artist
• Mahnaz Afshar (born 1977), actress
• Arash (born 1977), Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer
• Mehdi Mahdavikia (born 1977), football player
• Marsha Mehran (1977–2014), novelist
• Maryam Mirzakhani (born 1977), mathematician
• Laleh Seddigh (born 1977), female race car driver
• Ameneh Bahrami (born 1978), woman blinded in an acid attack
• Antonio Esfandiari (born 1978), professional poker player
• Ramin Karimloo (born 1978), Iranian-Canadian actor and singer
• Navíd Akhavan (born 1980), Iranian-German actor
• Nazanin Boniadi (born 1980), Iranian-born British American actress
• Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), filmmaker and script writer
• Narges Rashidi (born 1980), American-German actress
• Sami Yusuf (born 1980), British singer-songwriter, composer and producer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent

• Masoud Kazemi (born 1981), journalist and human rights activist
• Nasim Pedrad (born 1981), Iranian-American actress and comedian
• Amir Hossein Sadeghi (born 1981), football player
• Sirvan Khosravi (born 1982), pop singer and composer
• Amir Shapourzadeh (born 1982), Iranian-German footballer
• Vahid Talebloo (born 1982), football goalkeeper
• Andranik Teymourian (born 1983), footballer
• Elshan Moradi (born 1985), chess grandmaster
• Gegard Mousasi (born 1985), Dutch mixed martial artist
• Behrang Safari (born 1985), Iranian-Swedish footballer
• Fatemeh Behboudi (born 1985), photojournalist
• Ashkan Dejagah (born 1986), professional footballer
• Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (born 1986), taekwondo practitioner
• Omid Abolhassani (born 1988), football player banned for four years
• Alireza Haghighi (born 1988), goalkeeper
• Marjan Kalhor (born 1988), alpine skier
• Hana Makhmalbaf (born 1988), filmmaker
• Mohammad Parvin (born 1988), football player
• Atousa Pourkashiyan (born 1988), chess player
• Mohammad Kiadarbandsari (born 1989), alpine skier
• Milad Mohammadi (born 1993), footballer
• Dalita Avanesian (born 1999), Armenian singer, participant in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011

• Maryam Eslamdoust, politician and trade union official
• Omid Habibinia, journalist and organization founder
• Hashem Yekezareh, engineer and industrial executive

• Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896), King of Persia from 1848 to 1896
• Shirin Ebadi (born 1947), lawyer
• Majid Entezami (born 1948), musician and composer
• Kayhan Kalhor (born 1963), Kamancheh player, composer and master of classical Kurdish and Iranian traditional music
• Hadi Saei (born 1976), taekwondo athlete