Famous People with Name Ansari

Noushafarin (Noushin) Ansari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Noushafarin (Noushin) Ansari: a renowned Iranian librarian, educator and manager, born in Simla, India, in 1939.Her parents were diplomats; therefore she was exposed to many languages and cultures in Asia and Europe. In 1958-1960 she studied librarianship in Geneva, a discipline she continued at McGill University and at the University of Toronto. She worked as a librarian at the Delhi Public Library, and Tehran University Central library, and was Library Director at the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Tehran University.

Amir Ansari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Amir Ansari: is co-founder of venture capital firm Prodea Systems, Inc. Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multi-million dollar contribution to the X PRIZE foundation on May 5, 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital spaceflight. The X PRIZE was officially renamed the Ansari X PRIZE in honour of their donation.Amir, along with his brother Hamid and sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, founded Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI) in 1993, and served as the company's CTO. TTI was acquired by Sonus Networks, Inc. in 2000.

Dariush Nasiri Ansari            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Dariush Nasiri Ansari: also spelled as Daryoush, born 1978 in Tehran moved to Europe in early age) is an Iranian lyricist, composer and guitarist. He lived in Sweden until 2006 when he probably moved to USA. Dariush Ansari has a unique style in creation of instrumental masterpieces.

Afzal Ansari            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Afzal Ansari: is an Indian politician belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party. He currently represents Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha.

Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari: is a prominent political leader and Shia clergy from Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir. He is a Kashmiri separatist, ex-chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, and founder of the Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) political party. He