Famous Persons from Zanjān, Zanjan, Iran
- Mehdi Karami - Born on October 15, 1998 - Weightlifter
- Afsaneh Chatrenoor - Born on April 14, 1998 - Association football player
- Alireza Nejati - Born on March 20, 1998 - Amateur wrestler
- Farzad Rostami - Born on May 31, 1997 - Athlete
- Amir Bayat - Born on April 25, 1997 - Pianist, and Composer
- Omid Ahmadi - Born on April 17, 1995 - Pianist, and Composer
- Shahriar Moghanlou - Born on December 21, 1994 - Association football player
- Mahsa Javar - Born on May 12, 1994 - Rower
- Hossein Nouri - Born on August 4, 1990 - Amateur wrestler
- Mohsen Mohammadseifi - Born on September 8, 1989 - Athlete
- Elnaz Rekabi - Born on July 20, 1989 - Rock climber - BBC 100 Women
- Meisam Nasiri - Born on June 1, 1989 - Amateur wrestler
- Seyedmojtaba Shojaei - Born on June 22, 1988 - Rower
- Reza Mohammadi - Born on February 11, 1986 - Association football player
- Farshid Rostami - Born on July 7, 1985 - Sportsperson, and Athlete
- Mehdi Sohrabi - Born on October 12, 1981 - Sport cyclist
- Saeed Matinpour - Born on September 22, 1976 - Activist, and Journalist
- Narges Mohammadi - Born on April 21, 1972 - Human rights activist, and Journalist - Weimar Human Rights Prize | UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | International Alexander Langer Award | BBC 100 Women | Olof Palme Prize | Per Anger Prize | Andrei Sakharov Prize | Nobel Peace Prize
- Hassan Majooni - Born on January 18, 1969 - Actor
- Fereydon Esfahanian - Born on October 23, 1958 - Association football referee
- Jamal Shoorje - Born on February 11, 1955 - Film director, Writer, and Screenwriter
- Fatemeh Rakeei - Born on October 23, 1954 - Linguist, Academic, Poet, and Politician
- Davoud Maleki - Born on December 26, 1952 - Weightlifter
- Q10411506 - Born on November 11, 1950 - Faculty member, and Accountant
- Hossein Monzavi - Born on September 23, 1946 - Poet (died: May 5, 2004)
- Turan Qaderi - Born on June 1, 1944 - Actor (died: May 5, 2004)
- Ali Akbar Saremi - Born on October 28, 1943 - Artist, and Architect (died: January 21, 2017)
- Ebadollah S. Mahmoodian - Born on May 18, 1943 - Mathematician (died: January 21, 2017)
- Məsud Pənahi - Born on January 10, 1943 - Film director, and Screenwriter (died: January 21, 2017)
- Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani - Born on March 30, 1937 - Akhoond, Theologian, and Politician (died: October 30, 2011)
- Yousef Sobouti - Born on August 23, 1932 - Physicist (died: October 30, 2011)
- Q5959066 - Born on March 22, 1931 - Designer, Journalist, Painter, and Writer (died: October 30, 2011)
- Jamileh Sheykhi - Born on May 19, 1930 - Actor (died: May 23, 2001)
- Ḣȯku̇mă Billuri - Born on March 3, 1926 - Literary scholar, and Poet - "21 Azer" medal | Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR | People’s Poet of Azerbaijan | Medal "Veteran of Labour" (died: November 22, 2000)
- Habibollah Manteghi - Born on October 23, 1923 - Government employee, and Poet (died: December 15, 1979)
- Mohammad Yeganeh - Born on May 5, 1923 - Economist, and Politician (died: December 18, 1995)
- Abbas Rzayev - Born on March 3, 1904 - Film actor, and Stage actor - Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (died: June 12, 1976)