List of University of Tehran people

Here is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Tehran and Tehran University of Medical Sciences, commonly including alumni, chancellors, current and former faculty members, students, and others.

Academics

*Seyed Hassan Alavi, professor of Ophthalmology
*Hossein Bashiriyeh, political scientist
*Shirin Ebadi, current professor
*Yahya Dowlati, professor of Dermatology
*Hossein Gol-e-Golab, professor
*Mahmoud Hessaby, professor of physics
*Professor Parviz Jabehdar Maralani, Professor of Electrical Engineering
*Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Iranologist.
*Caro Lucas, Intelligent Control professor
*Abbas Milani, former professor, currently a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University
*Professor Reza Naghshineh, Veterinary Pathology and late Member of Iranian Academy of Science
*Professor Sayyed Hosein Nasr, philosopher, Dean of Faculty, and Academic Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1968 to 1972
*Professor Mansour Nik-Khah Bahrami, Professor of mechanical engineering
*Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher
*Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, professor of art

Administrative

College founders

*Mohammad Ali Foroughi, founder.
*Mostafa Habibi, founder of Department of pathology
*Mahmoud Hessaby, founder.
*Ali Asghar Hekmat, founder.

Presidents

*1. Dr. A. Hekmat
*2. Dr. E. Meraat
*3. Dr. I. Sadigh-Alam
*4. Dr. M. Tadayyon
*5. Dr. M. Adl
*6. Dr. A. Siasi
*7. Dr. Manuchehr Eqbal
*8. Dr. A. Farhad-Motamed
*9. Dr. J. Saleh
*10. Dr. Fazlollah Reza
*11. Dr. A. Aalikhani
*12. Dr. Houchang Nahavandi
*13. Dr. A. Hooshang-Sharifi
*14. Dr. Gh. Motamedi
*15. Dr. A. Sheibani
*16. Dr. M. Maleki
*17. Dr. H. Aarefi
*18. Dr. A. Mehdizadeh-Shahri
*19. Dr. A. Gorji
*20. Dr. A. Sheibani
*21. Dr. B. Yazdi-Samadi
*22. Dr. M. Farhadi
*23. E. Evini
*24. Dr. H. Forootan
*25. Dr. M. Rahimian
*26. Dr. G. Afrooz
*27. Dr. Mohammad Reza Aref
*28. Dr. M. Khalili Araghi
*29. Dr. R. Faraji-Dana
*30. Ayatollah Amid Zanjani
*31. Farhad Rahbar

Alumni

Nobel laureates

*Shirin Ebadi, alumnus and lecturer.

Scientists and Technology figures

*Lotfi A. Zadeh, alumnus, inventor of fuzzy logic
*Moslem Bahadori, prominent physician and university lecturer
*Hossein Bashiriyeh, alumnus, political scientist
*Davar M. Boghaei, alumnus and university lecturer
*Ahmad Reza Dehpour, alumnus, professor, Iran's top researcher in biomedical sciences
*Nader Engheta, alumnus, inventor of Plasmonic cover
*Abolhasan Farhoudi, physician specializing in immunology and pediatrics
*Hassan Farsam, alumnus and university lecturer
*Morteza Gharib, alumnus, currently Hans Wolfgang Liepmann Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics at the Caltech, Pasadena, California
*Shohreh Gharib, alumnus, Former Research Scientist at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
*Behzad Ghorbani, alumnus, prominent biologist
*Hossein Gol-e-Golab, alumnus, professor
*Mehdi Golshani, alumnus and university lecturer
*Hamid Jafarkhani, alumnus and University lecturer
*Ahmad Jafari, alumnus, assistant professor, Mining Engineering
*Ali Javan, inventor of gas laser, alumnus
*Kamaloddin Jenab, physics pioneering faculty
*Caro Lucas, alumnus, Intelligent Control professor
*Arash Kheradvar, alumnus, currently Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Internal Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
*Zainalabedin Navabi, Digital Electronics professor
*Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, Founder of Sharif University of Technology, and president of Alborz High School and other universities such as Sharif Tech and Tehran polytechnic. Also served as faculty of mechanical engineering at University of Tehran.
*Toffy Musivand, inventor of artificial cardiac pump, alumnus
*Professor Mansour Nik-Khah Bahrami, alumnus and Pioneer in mechanical engineering; former Dean of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
*Samuel Rahbar, who discovered HbA1C, alumnus
*Pooya Sarabandi, alumnus, Ph.D. from Stanford University, California
*Yousef Sobouti, founder of IASBS, alumnus
*Saeed Sohrabpour, alumnus, President of the Sharif University of Technology
*Shahab Yassemi, inventor of CFL , currently researching on SFR and RBBTG at ECE CAD laboratory , University of Tehran , Iran

Intellectuals, scholars, and philosophers

*Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, prominent intellectual, alumnus
*William Chittick, alumnus
*World famous philosopher Sayyed Hosein Nasr, was Dean of Faculty, and Academic Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1968 to 1972
*Elahi Qomshe'i, renowned philosopher and university lecturer
*Abdolkarim Soroush, philosopher and university lecturer
*Parviz Varjavand, alumnus and professor of Archeology
*Peter J. Chelkowski, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

Linguists and literary figures

*Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Poet, Journalist, Politician, Historian and Professor of Persian Literature
*Mohammad Ali Eslami Nodooshan, author, alumnus
*Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Iranologist
*Siavash Kasraie, poet, alumnus
*Mohammad Moin, famous linguist and university lecturer
*Shahrnush Parsipur, novelist, alumnus
*Ehsan Yarshater, Iranologist, alumnus
*Abdolhossein Zarinkoob, prominent Iranologist
*Pegah Ahmadi, poet and literary critic

Artists and musicians

*Hossein Alizadeh, musician and university lecturer
*Morteza Avini, prominent photographer, alumnus
*Mansooreh Hosseini, artist, alumnus
*Abbas Kiarostami, renown filmmaker, alumnus
*Behjat Sadr, artist, alumnus
*Ostad Ali Asghar Tajvidi, artist, alumnus
*Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, alumnus, professor of art
*Khosrow Shakibai, Actor
*Arash Abbasi, Composer, Pianist, alumnus

Politicians

*Jamshid Amuzegar, alumnus, Prime Minister
*Mohammad Reza Aref, alumnus, former vice president
*Mohammad Beheshti, Ayatollah
*Habibolah Bitaraf, alumnus, cabinet minister
*Mostafa Chamran, former Minister of Defense
*Rahman Dadman, alumnus, cabinet minister
*Manuchehr Eghbal, former chancellor, cabinet minister
*Fatemeh Haghighatjou, former MP
*Kamal Kharrazi, alumnus, cabinet minister
*Ahmad Khorram, alumnus, cabinet minister
*Elaheh Koulaei, current professor, former Member of Parliament
*Ali Larijani, Iran's current top nuclear negotiator and former president of IRIB.
*Hassan Ali Mansur, alumnus, Prime Minister
*Manuchehr Mottaki, current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.
*Mir-Hossein Mousavi, alumnus, Prime Minister
*Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, alumnus, cabinet minister
*Mohsen Nourbakhsh, alumnus, former Governor of the Central Bank, cabinet minister, former Member of Parliament
*Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, current professor, spokesman for president Khatami's administration.
*Ezzatollah Sahabi, alumnus, politician
*Mohammad Taddayon, served as Chancellor, cabinet minister
*Mostafa Tajzadeh, alumnus, former vice minister
*Ali Akbar Velayati , alumnus, cabinet minister
*Javad Zarif, Iran's former ambassador to the United Nations

Others

*Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou, alumnus, prominent architect, professor of architecture (Atelier Ghiaï) from 1953 to 1975
*Janet Kohan-Sedq, alumnus, athlete
*Samuel Rahbar, who discovered HbA1C
*Fazrollah Reza, alumnus
*Hooshang Seyhoon, alumnus, architect, Dean of College of Fine Arts for 6 years
*Ahmad Zeidabadi, alumnus, journalist

ee also

*Higher education in Iran
*Tehran University
*List of Iranian scholars