Famous People with Name Jafar

Jafar Shahidi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Jafar Shahidi: was a notable scholar of Persian language and literature and a renowned historian of Islam.Shahidi was born in Boroujerd. He studied both in University and Seminary and hold a PhD degree from Tehran University and Ijtihad from Seminaries in Qom and Najaf. He is most notable for his works on Dehkhoda encyclopedic dictionary and Mohammad Moin dictionary of Persian language.

Jafar Bolhari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Jafar Bolhari: an Iranian psychiatrist and researcher. He is a professor of psychiatry in Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and has been working as the director of Tehran Psychiatric Institute [1] since 1992. He has also been the director of Iranian Mental Health Research Network since its formation in 2006. His major areas of interest are community mental health services, spiritual and religious therapy, and drug abuse prevention programs. He has been one of the founders of the Program of Integration of Mental Health Care in Primary Health Care System in Iran. He is the author of several Persian-language books in for health care providers with different educational levels.

Jafar Djabouro Moumouni            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Jafar Djabouro Moumouni: is a Togolese footballer who currently plays for F.C. Aboomoslem in the Iran Pro League.

Jafar Irismetov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jafar Irismetov: is a Uzbekistan footballer currently playing for FK Samarqand-Dinamo. He has won 33 caps and scored 18 goals for the Uzbekistan national football team between 1997 and 2001.

Abolhassan Jafari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Abolhassan Jafari: an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

Hadi Jafari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Hadi Jafari: an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Sepahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League.[1]

Hamid Jafarkhani            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Hamid Jafarkhani: a Professor in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering. His research focuses on communications theory, particularly coding and wireless communications and networks.Prior to studying at the University of Tehran, he was ranked first in the nationwide entrance examination of Iranian universities in 1984. After receiving his B.S. degree in 1989, he studied at the University of Maryland College Park and obtained his M.S. degree in 1994 followed by his Ph.D. in 1997. After graduating, Jafarkhani joined AT&T Laboratories-Research in August 1997 before moving to Broadcom in July 2000 and to the University of California, Irvine in September 2001.

Galib Musayevich Jafarov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Galib Musayevich Jafarov: is a boxer from Kazakhstan best known to win the gold medal at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Featherweight (– 57kg) division.

Aziza Jafarzade            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Aziza Jafarzade: is an Azerbaijani female writer and professor of philology, Ph. D.