List of Iranian scientists
The following is a non-comprehensive list of Iranian scientists and engineers that lived up until the modern age.
Pre-modern era Abdol-Hamid, founder of Arabic prose along with the fellow Persian Ibn Muqaffa. Abhari, mathematician. Abu Nasr e Mansur, mathematician. Abu Wafa Buzjani, mathematician. Adhad o Dowleh, of the Buwayhid dynasty, responsible for the construction of Band-i Amir, a Dam in Shiraz in 960AD. Ala'eddin, constructed the Counterweight Trebuchet for Kubilai. He was thus honoured in the official history of China's Yuan dynasty. (p119) al-fadl ibn Naubakht Alhazen, or Ebne Heisam in Persian. Avicenna (Ibn Sina), physician, philosopher Azophi, a.k.a. Abdorrahman Sufi, astronomer from Ray that invented the meridian ring. Bahai, Sheikh Bal'ami, Samanid era scholar. Balkhi, a.k.a. Albumasar. Mathematician. Bani Musa, Hasan, Astronomer. Bani Musa, Ahmad, Astronomer. Bani Musa, Mohammad, Astronomer. Barmak, Khaled, a former Bhuddist from Khorasan in the court of al-Mansur. Initiated the Greek translation movement of the Abbasid House of Wisdom. Bukhtishu, famous Persian Christian physician of Academy of Gundishapur. Burzoe, a.k.a. Borzouyeh-i Tabib. Famous physician of Academy of Gundishapur. Biruni, astronomer, mathematician Farabi, (Al-Farabi, Pharabius), chemist Farghani, a.k.a. Alfraganus. Astronomer. Farsi, mathematician. Fazari, Ibrahim Fazari, Mohammad Ghazzali, philosopher. Jarrah was a learned Persian vizier from Khorasan, of the Abbasid dynasty. Ghiyaseddin Jamsheed Kashani, mathematician Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher. Harawi, Abolfadl. Astronomer of Buyid dynasty. Hayyan, Jaber ebne, a.k.a. Geber. Chemist. Ibn Shater, astronomer who made modifications to Ptolemy's model to account for discrepancies in observations. Isfahani Abol-fath, mathematician. Istakhri, prominent geographer of 10th century. Gives the earliest known account of windmills. Karaji, mathematician. Khazeni, Abu Jafar, mathematician. Khazeni, Abolfath, physicist. Khujandi, mathematician and astronomer. Khwarizmi (aka Al-Khwarazmi) creator of algorithm and algebra, mathematician and astronomer Kushyar ibn Labban, mathematician.[1] Kuhi, Rostam, mathematician. Lev Landau, born in Baku, part of Iran until 1828. [1] Mahani, mathematician. [1] Majusi, Ibn Abbas, physician. Marwazi, astronomer and mathematician from Merv, who lived in Baghdad. He first introduced the idea of "Tangents" in Trigonometry. Masawaiyh or Masuya. Famous Christian Persian physician of Academy of Gundishapur. Mashallah, a former Jew from Khorasan, who designed the city of Baghdad based on Firouzabad. Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master. Miskawayh, philosopher. Mozaffar ibn Ismail of Herat. Predecessor, physicist, and original author of Khazeni's Balance of Wisdom. Mullasadra, philosopher. Muqaffa, Ibn, founder of Arabic prose along with the fellow Persian AbdolHamid. Muqaddasī, prominent geographer. Muwaffaq, Abu mansur, pharmacologist. Nahavandi, Benjamin, Jewish scholar. Nahavandi, Ahmad, prominent Astronomer of the 800s. Nasavi, mathematician. [1] Natili Tabari, physician. Naubakht, Zoroastrian designer of the city of Baghdad. Nayrizi, mathematician. [1] Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, and astronomist Qazi Zadeh, prominent mathematician Qazwini, mathematician Rhazes (Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi), chemist and physicist Saghani Ostorlabi, astronomer. Sahl, Fadl ibn, learned Persian Vizier of Khorasan, who served under Al-Ma'mun. Sahl, Shapur ibn, Famous physician of Academy of Gundishapur. Wrote one of the first medical books on antidotes called Aqrabadhin. Samarqandi, Ashraf, mathematician, astronomer.[1] Sarakhsi, Ahmad tayyeb, Famous physician of Academy of Gundishapur d900. Shirazi, Qutbeddin, astronomer. Sijzi, mathematician. Sufi, Abdol-rahman: see Azophi. Sorevardi, Shahabeddin. d1234. Philosopher. Tabari, prominent historian. Tabari, Abul Hasan, physician. Tabari, Ibn Sahl, Jewish convert physician. Master of Rhazes. Tahir, Abdollah ibn. A medieval governor of Khorasan. Wrote Kitab al-Quniy, discussing irrigation techniques. Tāriq, Yaqub ibn Tusi, Nasireddin, mathematician, philosopher. Tusi, Sharafeddin, mathematician. Ulugh Beg, Turkish-Persian astronomer. Urdi, Mo'ayyeduddin, astronomer who made modifications to Ptolemy's model to account for discrepancies in observations. Yazdad, Ibn was a learned Persian vizier from Merv, Khorasan, of the Abbasid dynasty. Yumn, Nazif ibn Zaiyat, Ibn was a learned Persian vizier from Gilan, of the Abbasid dynasty. Zamakhshari
Contemporary See special page on contemporary Iranian scientists and engineers.
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