List of British Iranians

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Contents 1 Academics 2 Actors and comedians 3 Architects 4 Business 5 Entertainment 6 Media 7 Politics 8 Sports 9 Other 10 See also 11 References

Academics

• Haleh Afshar OBE – university professor at the University of York
• Hamid Aghvami, FREng, FIEEE, FIET – King's College London
• Ali Ansari – university professor at the University of St Andrews
• Abbas Edalat – university professor at Imperial College London
• Anoush Ehteshami – university professor at Durham University
• Mohammed Ghanbari – university professor at the University of Essex
• Nazila Ghanea – lecturer in international human-rights law at the University of Oxford
• Homa Katouzian – academic, economist, historian and literary critic
• Mohammad Hashem Pesaran – academic, economist, university professor of economics at the University of Cambridge
• Reza Banakar: professor of socio-legal studies at the University of Westminster, London.
• Siavash Haroun Mahdavi – academic and inventor
• Ebrahim Naderali – university professor at Liverpool Hope University
• Saeed Vaseghi – university professor at Brunel University
• Mina Gorji – professor of English, poet and critic at the University of Cambridge
• Ali Mobasheri – associate professor and reader at the University of Nottingham

• Afshin Shahi – lecturer in International Relations at University of Exeter

Actors and comedians

• Freema Agyeman – actress
• Omid Djalili – comedian and actor
• Kayvan Novak – actor; star of Fonejacker
• Zahra Ahmadi – actress
• Catherine Bell – actress
• Nazanin Boniadi – actress; played Leyla Mir in General Hospital
• Maryam Davari – actress
• Hadi Khorsandi – comedian
• Shappi Khorsandi – comedienne
• Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi – actress
• Hayley Tamaddon – actress
• Roxanne Pallet – actress
• Nasrin Moore – pornographic actress

Architects

• 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
• Alireza Sagharchi – principal at Stanhope Gate Architecture

Business

• Farad Azima – industrialist, inventor and philanthropist
• 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
• Camila Batmanghelidjh  – founder of the charity Kids Company
• Bobby Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic
• Sahar Hashemi – co-founder of Coffee Republic
• Darius Guppy – convicted fraudster; writer
• 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
• Paris Moayedi – former chief executive officer of Jarvis plc
• Farhad Moshiri – energy investor; part owner of Arsenal F.C.
• Eddy Shah – owner of the Messenger Group
• Yasmina Siadatan – winner of fifth series of The Apprentice
• Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – brothers who own the Rotch property

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Entertainment

• Omid 16B – disc jockey
• Cameron Alborzian – former model
• Blade – rapper
• Yasmin Le Bon – model
• Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh) – actor and singer-songwriter
• Shirin Guild – fashion designer
• Shusha Guppy – writer and singer
• Shaheen Jafargholi – singer; Britain's Got Talent 2009 contestant
• Yasmine Naghdi – ballerina, The Royal Ballet
• Darius Syrossian – house-music disc jockey
• Roxanne Tataei – soul singer-songwriter
• Eddy Temple-Morris – XFM disc jockey
• Sami Yusuf – musician
• Yasmin Shahmir – musician
• Zarif, musician
• Kayvan Novak – actor; appeared as Waj in the film Four Lions (2010)

Media

• Behrouz Afagh – head of BBC World Service's Asia Pacific Region
• Christiane Amanpour, CBE – journalist
• Ali Arouzi – correspondent/bureau chief, NBC News
• Tina Gharavi – filmmaker and screenwriter
• Kaveh Golestan – photojournalist
• Baqer Moin – BBC News journalist
• Maryam Moshiri – BBC News presenter
• Nazanine Moshiri – Al Jazeera presenter and reporter
• Ramita Navai – journalist
• Nima Nourizadeh – film director
• Sadeq Saba – journalist, head of BBC Persian service

Politics

• Maryam Namazie – human-rights activist, commentator and broadcaster

Sports

• Adam Gemili - sprinter and footballer.
• Aadel Kardooni – former Leicester Tigers and England A rugby player
• Kamran Panjavi – weightlifter at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Kamal Shalorus – professional UFC fighter
• Mehrdad Takaloo – boxer

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

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