Famous People with Name Bijan

Bijan Zolfagharnasab            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bijan Zolfagharnasab: an retired Iranian football player and currently a football manager.Now he is coach of Damash Gilan Football club of Rasht. He received his Ph.D from the University of Brussels in the field of Physical Education in the early 80s.

Bijan Jazani            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bijan Jazani: is a major figure amongst modern Iranian Socialist intellectuals.This period had a major impact in the future political life of Jazani. He lived in a household whose members had a professional role in the Tudeh party. During this time his mother expanded her activities in the women's Tudeh party and Jazani alongside his uncle, who was 2 years older than him, joined the Tudeh Youth Organization in the year 1948, at the age of 10.

Bijan Kamkar            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bijan Kamkar: is an Iranian Kurdish musician.He is a member of Kamkarha and is the lead singer for the group. He also plays tar, robab, tombak and daf—the Kurdish drum which he has introduced to the classical Iranian repertoire. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran.

Bijan Mortazavi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bijan Mortazavi: is a popular Iranian violinist, singer and songwriter. Although his albums are banned in Iran his instrumental pieces aired many times in Iran TV.After release of the album "Bijan Mortazavi 3" most of Iranian considered Bijan as a talented violinist and singer. His next album "Fire on Ice (instrumental) which was a combination of Persian violin style and New Age instrumental music brought him fame but he never composed a separate instrumental album again, so the success didn`t repeat.

Bijan Emkanian            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bijan Emkanian: an Iranian actor.

Laleh Bijani            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian Law

Laleh Bijani: They were born in Shiraz, a city in southwest Iran, to Dadollah Bijani and Maryam Safari, members of a farming family from Lohrasb. The Bijani sisters were lost in a hospital in 1979 after the doctors responsible for them fled back to the United States during the Islamic revolution. The Bijanis' parents did not find the sisters again until several years later in Karaj, where Dr. Alireza Safaian adopted them. Even though Dadollah Bijani won the custody against Safaian, the sisters chose to spend their childhood with Safaian.They faced some difficulties because of their conjoined nature. Since they had to study together, they needed to choose a common career path. Ladan wanted to be a lawyer, while Laleh wished to become a journalist; in the end, they settled on Ladan's choice.