Iranian Ancestry

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Iranian Ancestry

LISTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Andre Agassi Tennis 29-Apr-1970 Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles

Fouad Ajami Author 9-Sep-1945 Director of Middle East Studies, SAIS

Christiane Amanpour Journalist 12-Jan-1958 Host of ABC's This Week

Anousheh Ansari Business 12-Sep-1966 Telecom executive, space tourist

Mercedes Bass Socialite ? Wife of Sid Bass

John Batchelor Radio Personality 1948 The John Batchelor Show

Catherine Bell Actor 14-Aug-1968 Sarah MacKenzie on JAG

Nadia Bjorlin Actor 2-Aug-1980 Days of Our Lives

Borzou Daragahi Journalist c. 1966 Los Angeles Times reporter

Manucher Ghorbanifar Business 1945 Arms dealer, ex-CIA informant

Danny Huston Actor 14-May-1962 Silver City

Mandana Jones Actor 26-Feb-1967 Nikki Wade on Bad Girls

Salar Kamangar Business c. 1977 CEO of YouTube

Hassan Nemazee Business 27-Jan-1950 Nemazee Capital Corporation

Adrian Pasdar Actor 30-Apr-1965 Heroes

Nouriel Roubini Economist 29-Mar-1958 Dr. Doom, Roubini Global Economics

David Safavian Government c. 1967 Former OMB administrator

Maya Sansa Actor 25-Sep-1975 Good Morning, Night

Sarah Shahi Actor 10-Jan-1980 Cheerleader turned actress

Azita Youssefi Musician 1971 The Scissor Girls

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