List of British Iranians

List of British Iranians

This is a list of notable British Iranians.

List

Academics

*Haleh Afshar, university professor.
*Abbas Edalat, university professor.
*Mohammed Ghanbari, university professor.
*Homa Katouzian, academic, economist, historian and literary critic.
*Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, academic, economist.
*Saeed Vaseghi, university professor.

Actors, actresses, comedians and comediennes

*Catherine Bell, actress.
*Nazanin Boniadi, actress.
*Maryam Davari, actress.
*Omid Djalili, comedian and actor.
*Inder Manocha, comedian.
*Shaparak ("Shappi") Knordandi, comedienne.
*Kayvan Novak, actor, star of "Fonejacker".
*Hayley Tamaddon, actress.
*Shaun Toub, actor.

Businessmen

*Lord David Alliance
*Jack Dellal
*Hossien Ghandahari, owns Royal Mansion (formerly Toprak Mansion).
*Darius Guppy
*Kia Joorabchian
*Nasser David Khalili, the fifth wealthiest person in the United Kingdom.
*Farhad Moshiri
*Ardeshir Naghshineh
*Mani Raziani, Iranian-Jewish diamond dealer.
*David Shamoun, hotelier.
*Robert and Vincent Tchengiz, brothers who own ?Rotch property group.

Media and entertainment

*Behrouz Afagh, journalist, BBC ?News Head of Eurasian ?Affairs.
*Christiane Amanpour, journalist.
*Shabnam Paryani TV Personality/ex-Big Brother UK Contestant.
*Darius Danesh, Singer-songwriter and actor.
*Shirin Guild, Fashion designer.
*Shusha Guppy, writer and singer.
*Hadi Khorsandi, poet and satirist.
*Yasmin Le Bon, model.
*Ramita Navai, journalist.
*Omid 16B, musician.
*Sami Yusuf, singer.

ports

*Mehrdad Takaloo, boxer.

Other

*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.

See also

*Iranian Britons
*List of Iranians
*List of Iranian Americans
*UK-Iran relations


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