This is a list of notable individuals of Iranian ancestry who grew up and/or live in Germany. Sports Patrik Baboumian Daniel Davari Ashkan Dejagah Sara Doorsoun Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Alireza Marzban Alexander Nouri Reza Parkas Shervin Radjabali-Fardi Babak Rafati Amir Shapourzadeh Fereydoun Zandi Music Rapper Nimo Rapper & Singer Shirin David Rap-Journalists Singer Mehrzad Marashi - DSDS Winner 2010 Shahin Najafi Navid Akhavan Maryam Akhondy Ateed Sima Bina Composer Ramin Djawadi Sima Bina, notable Persian classical musician (singer), composer, researcher, painter Amir Abbas Zare, musician and composer Academia/science Katajun Amirpur, scholar Nossrat Peseschkian Majid Samii Rahim Rahmanzadeh, orthopedist Arts/entertainment Comedians Enissa Amani TV presenter Melissa Khalaj Enissa Amani Actors Enissa Amani Navid Akhavan Shaghayegh Dehghan Narges Rashidi Melika Foroutan Mohammad Khalkhalian Shermine Shahrivar Taies Farzan Fereydoun Farrokhzad, actor, entertainer Film directors Mohammad Farokhmanesh Daryush Shokof, artist, film producer and director Rest Akbar Behkalam, Painter Niloofar Beyzaie, Playwright, Theatre director Yasmine Mahmoudieh, architect, interior designer, and CEO Naveed Nour, photographer Benny Rebel, photographer Hadi Teherani, architect and designer Politics Sahra Wagenknecht, parliamentary chairperson of the German Left Party since 2010, Leader of the Opposition in Germany 2015-2017, chancellor candidate in 2017 German federal election Yasmin Fahimi, politician and since January 2014 the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Omid Nouripour, Alliance 90/The Greens Bahman Nirumand Mina Ahadi Mitra Razavi Media/journalism Abbas Maroufi, publisher Navid Kermani, writer and scholar - TV - TV - TV Alternative journalism Ken Jebsen Business/technology Hossein Sabet, entrepreneur, hotel owner worldwide. Sandra Navidi, strategic and macroeconomics advisor Literature Abbas Maroufi, novelist Sudabeh Mohafez, writer Alexios Schandermani, writer Personalities Soraya Esfandiary, ex-wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Queen Consort of Iran Abdoldjavad Falaturi See also Iranians in Germany List of Iranians Iranian diaspora References Germany Iranians