System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Gholam A. Peyman, inventor of LASIK Ali Asghar Khodadoust, Professor of Ophthalmology, originator of the Khodadoust line method M. Hashem Pesaran, Iranian Economist, Emeritus Professor of Economics at University of Cambridge Farshid Delshad, linguist and translator Reza Negarestani, philosopher and writer Poets and writers Saadi, poet of the medieval period Hafez, poet Shahriyar Mandanipour, writer Simin Daneshvar, novelist and author Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi, contemporary poet Fereidoon Tavallali, contemporary poet and intellectual Abdolali Dastgheib, literary critic writer Other artists Bahram Dabiri, painter and artist Shirazeh Houshiary, artist, born in Shiraz in 1955, lives in London Arsi Nami award-winning singer and songwriter Ebrahim Golestan, writer and filmmaker Gholamhossein Saber, artist Tooji, singer, model and television host; represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bahar Pars, actress. Others Mohammad Namazi, philanthropist & founder of the Namazi hospital in Shiraz. This later became the catalyst for the establishment of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 1955; one of the country's top medical schools Mohammad Bahmanbeigi, activist, founding father of instructions for tribes in Iran Omid Norouzi, Iranian wrestler, world and Olympic champion Abbas Dowran, acclaimed fighter jet pilot who died during the Iran–Iraq War Twin towns – sister cities Shiraz is twinned with: Chongqing, China Dushanbe, Tajikistan Nanjing, China Nicosia, Cyprus Pécs, Hungary Weimar, Germany Panoramic view See also 1853 Shiraz earthquake – killed at least 9,000 people Shiraz Arts Festival Shirazi salad – originated from and is named after Shiraz References Bibliography External links 360° VR panorama gallery of Shiraz Cities in Fars Province