List of Iranian scientists

Classical (pre-modern) Era

The following is a non-comprehensive list of Iranian scientists and engineers that lived from antiquity up until the begining of the modern age.

Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abdol-Hamid, founder of Arabic prose along with the fellow Persian Ibn Muqaffa.
• Abdolrahman, Sheikh Muhammad, physician.
• Abhari, mathematician.
• Abu Nasr e Mansur, mathematician.
• Abu Wafa Buzjani, mathematician.
• Ahmad ibn Farrokh, physician.
• Ahmad Ibn Imad ul-din, physician and chemist.
• Ala'eddin, constructed the Counterweight Trebuchet for Kubilai. He was thus honoured in the official history of China's Yuan dynasty. (p119)
• Alavi Shirazi, royal physician to India.
• Alhazen, or Ebne Heisam in Persian.
• Amuli, Muhammad ibn Mahmud, physician.
• Aqa-Kermani, physician.
• Aqsara'i, physician.
• Arzani, Muqim, physician.
• Astarabadi, physician.
• Avicenna (Ibn Sina), physician, philosopher
• Azophi, a.k.a. Abdorrahman Sufi, astronomer from Ray that invented the meridian ring.

B

• Bahai, Sheikh
• Bal'ami, Samanid era scholar.
• Balkhi, a.k.a. Albumasar. Mathematician.
• Balkhi, Ibn Sahl, geographer, mathematician.
• Balkhi, Ibn, author of the 12th century book Fars Nama (فارس نامه)
• Bani Musa, Hasan, Astronomer.
• Bani Musa, Ahmad, Astronomer.
• Bani Musa, Mohammad, Astronomer.
• Barmak, Khaled, a former Bhuddist from Khorasan in the court of al-Mansur. Initiated the Greek translation movement of the Abbasid House of Wisdom.
• Bukhtishu, Persian Christian physicians of Academy of Gundishapur.
• Bukhtishu, Abdollah ibn, physician.
• Bukhtishu, Gabriel ibn, physician.
• Bukhtishu, Yuhanna, physician.
• Burzoe, a.k.a. Borzouyeh-i Tabib. Famous physician of Academy of Gundishapur.
• Biruni, astronomer, mathematician.

E

• Esfarayeni, physician.

F

• Farabi, (Al-Farabi, Pharabius), chemist
• Farghani, a.k.a. Alfraganus. Astronomer.
• Farsi, mathematician.
• Fazari, Ibrahim
• Fazari, Mohammad

G

• Geber; Jaber ibn Hayan, chemist.
• Gardizi, Abu Saeed, geographer and historian.
• Ghazzali, philosopher.
• Gilani, Hakim, royal physician.
• Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma�il ibn, royal physician.
• Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician.
• Gorgani, Rustam, physician.
• Gorgani e Masihi, see Masihi Gorgani, Avicenn'a master.

H

• Hajji Zayn al-Attar, physician.
• Hakim Ghulam Imam, physician.
• Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi, physician.
• Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, physician.
• Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher.
• Hamadani, Rashid al-Din, the famous historian.
• Hamadani, Ali, physician.
• Harawi, Abolfadl. Astronomer of Buyid dynasty.
• Harawi, Muwaffak: See Al-Muwaffak. Pharmacologist.
• Harawi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, physician.
• Hasani, Qavameddin, physician.

I

• Ibn Abi Sadiq, "The Second Hippocrates", Avicenna's disciple.
• Ibn Haytham, famous physicist.
• Ibn Khaseb, physician.
• Ilaqi, Yusef, Avicenna's pupil.
• Ilyas, Yusef ibn, physician.
• Isfahani Abol-fath, mathematician.
• Isfahani, Jalaleddin, physician.
• Isfahani, Husayn, physician.
• Istakhri, prominent geographer of 10th century. Gives the earliest known account of windmills.

J

• Jaghmini, physician.
• Jaldaki, physician.
• Jarrah was a learned Persian vizier from Khorasan, of the Abbasid dynasty.
• Juvayni, the famous historian.

K

• Karaji, mathematician.
• Kashani (Kashi), mathematician.
• Kazerouni, Masoud, physician.
• Kermani, Iwad, physician.
• Khazeni, Abu Jafar, mathematician.
• Khazeni, Abolfath, physicist.
• Khayam, Omar, poet, mathematician, and astronomist
• Khorasani, Sultan Ali, physician.
• Khujandi, mathematician and astronomer.
• Khwarizmi (aka Al-Khwarazmi) creator of algorithm and algebra, mathematician and astronomer.
• Kushyar ibn Labban, mathematician, Nasavi's master.
• Kuhi, Rostam, mathematician.

M

• Mahani, mathematician.
• Majusi, Ibn Abbas, physician.
• Marvazi, astronomer and mathematician.
• Masawaiyh or Masuya.
• Mashallah, a former Jew from Khorasan, who designed the city of Baghdad based on Firouzabad.
• Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master.
• Mirza Ali Hakim, physician.
• Miskawayh, philosopher.
• Mostowfi Qazvini, geographer.
• Mozaffar ibn Ismail of Herat. Predecessor, physicist, and original author of Khazeni's Balance of Wisdom.
• Mullasadra, philosopher.
• Muqaffa, Ibn, founder of Arabic prose along with the fellow Persian AbdolHamid.
• Muwaffaq, Abu mansur, pharmacologist.

N

• Nagawri, physician.
• Nahavandi, Benjamin, Jewish scholar.
• Nahavandi, Ahmad, prominent Astronomer of the 800s.
• Nakhshabi, physician.
• Nasavi, mathematician.
• Natili Tabari, physician.
• Naubakht, Zoroastrian designer of the city of Baghdad.
• Naubakht, Fadhl ibn
• Nayrizi, mathematician.
• Neishaburi, physician.
• Nurbakhshi, physician.

O

• Ostanes, physician.

Q

• Qazi Zadeh, Turkish born prominent mathematician
• Qazwini, mathematician
• Qazwini, Zakariya, physician.

R

• Razi, Amin, Geographer.
• Razi, Fakhreddin, philosopher.
• Razi, Zakariya (Rhazes), chemist and physicist.

S

• Saghani Ostorlabi, astronomer.
• Sahl, Fadl ibn, learned Persian Vizier of Khorasan, who served under Al-Ma'mun.
• Sahl, Shapur ibn, physician.
• Samarqandi, Najibeddin, physician.
• Samarqandi, Ashraf, mathematician, astronomer.[1]
• Sarakhsi, Ahmad tayyeb, Famous physician of Academy of Gundishapur d900.
• Shahrazuri, philosopher and physician.
• Shirazi, Imad al-Din Mas'ud, physician.
• Shirazi, Muhammad Hadi Khorasani, physician.
• Shirazi, Qutbeddin, astronomer.
• Shirazi, Mahmud ibn Ilyas, physician.
• Shirazi, Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas, physician.
• Shirazi, Qurayshi, physician.
• Sijzi, mathematician.
• Sijzi, Mas'ud, physician.
• Soleiman ibn Hasan, physician.
• Sufi, Abdol-rahman: see Azophi.
• Sorevardi, Shahabeddin. d1234. Philosopher.

T

• Tabari, prominent historian.
• Tabari, Natili: See Al-Natili
• Tabari, Abul Hasan, physician.
• Tabari, Ibn Sahl, Jewish convert physician. Master of Rhazes.
• Tabrizi, Maqsud Ali, physician.
• Tahir, Abdollah ibn. A medieval governor of Khorasan. Wrote Kitab al-Quniy, discussing irrigation techniques.
• Tāriq, Yaqub ibn
• Tunakabuni, physician.
• Tughra'i, physician.
• Tusi, Nizam ol-Molk, the great vizier.
• Tusi, Nasireddin, mathematician, philosopher.
• Tusi, Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn Ahmad, author of the famous 12th century Ajayib al-Makhluqat (عجایب المخلوقات).
• Tusi, Sharafeddin, mathematician.

U

• Ulugh Beg, Turkish-Persian astronomer.
• Urdi, Mo'ayyeduddin, astronomer who made modifications to Ptolemy's model to account for discrepancies in observations.

V

• Vatvat, scholar and physician.

Y

• Yazdad, Ibn was a learned Persian vizier from Merv, Khorasan, of the Abbasid dynasty.
• Yumn, Nazif ibn

Z

• Zaiyat, Ibn was a learned Persian vizier from Gilan, of the Abbasid dynasty.
• Zamakhshari
• Zarrin dast, oculist.

Contemporary

See special page on contemporary Iranian scientists and engineers.

See also

• Nizamiyyah
• Academy of Gundishapur
• Modern Iranian scientists and engineers
• List of universities in Iran
• Darolfonoon
• Higher education in Iran

See also: List of Iranian scientists, Abbasid, Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Abdolrahman, Sheikh Muhammad, Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa, Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Nasr Mansur, Abu Said Gardizi