List of people from Gorgan

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Following is a list of notable people from

Golestan Province in northern Iran
.

Notables from Gorgan

Contemporary prominent figures

  • Mohammad Reza Lotfi
    , Musician.
  • Maryam Zandi
    , Photographer.

Historical figures

  • Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani
    , Grammarian and literary theorist.
  • Mir Damad
  • Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn
    , royal physician
  • Gorgani, Abu Saeed
    , astronomer and mathematician
  • Gorgani, Rustam
    , physician
  • Masihi Gorgani
    , Avicenna's master
  • Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani
    , encyclopedic writer and theologian
  • Hurufi
    movement
  • Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi
    , a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran

Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979 onwards

  • Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws
  • Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time

Famous guests

Califs

  • Abbasid Calif
    Harun Al-Rashid
  • Imam Reza