List of people from Abadan

The following is a list of notable people from and/or related to Abadan, Iran.

• Jill Allibone (1932–1998), English architectural historian (born in Abadan, grew up in Iran)^[1]
• Yadolah Dodge (b. 1944), University Professor in Statistics and Probability
• Ghazal Omid, author and legal scholar
• Hamid Rashidi (b. 1961), lawyer
• Alam Saleh Middle East academic

• Abie Nathan (1927–2008), Israeli humanitarian and peace activist^[2]

• Firoozeh Dumas (b. 1965), author
• Bizhan Emkanian (b. 1953), actor
• Hamid Farrokhnezhad (b. 1969), actor
• Farzin (1952–1999), pop singer
• Farhad Hasanzadeh (b. 1962), children's writer
• Noreen Motamed (b. 1967), artist
• Amir Naderi (b. 1946), film director
• Khosrow Parvizi (1933–2012), film director
• Zoya Pirzad (b. 1952), author
• Siamak Shayeghi (b. 1954), film director and producer
• Aramazd Stepanian (b. 1951), actor, producer, director and playwright
• Nasser Taghvai (b. 1941), film director and screenwriter
• Ahmad Irandoost (b. 1974), actor, singer and former bodyguard

• Cyma Zarghami (b. 1962/62), television executive

• Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi (b. 1955), politician

• Ali Abdollahzadeh (b. 1993), football defender
• Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (b. 1966), retired footballer
• Patrik Baboumian (b. 1979), strongman
• Abdolreza Barzegari (b. 1958), retired footballer
• Karim Bavi (b. 1964), retired footballer
• Mohsen Bayatinia (b. 1980), former footballer and coach
• Ali Firouzi (b. 1955), football coach
• Bahman Golbarnezhad (1968–2016), Paralympic cyclist
• Mehdi Hasheminasab (b. 1973), retired footballer
• Ahmad Khaziravi (b. 1989), footballer
• Mojahed Khaziravi (b. 1980), footballer
• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (1950–2014), footballer
• Parviz Mazloumi (b. 1954), retired footballer
• Hossein Nassim (b. 1952), swimmer
• Hassan Nazari (b. 1956), football coach
• Fakher Tahami (b. 1996), football forward
• Hossein Vafaei (b. 1994), professional Snooker player