Hossein Omoumi (born 1944) is an Iranian-born master musician of the ney (reed flute) composer, scholar, and teacher of Persian traditional music. He is the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the department of music within the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Biography Omoumi started studying…
Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان, romanized: Ali Javān); December 26, 1926 – September 12, 2016) was an Iranian American physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr., and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. His…
Bijan Pakzad (/biˌʒæn ˈpɑːkzɑːd/; Persian: بیژن پاکزاد, pronounced [biːʒæn pɑːkzɑːd]), generally known mononymously as Bijan (4 April 1940 – 16 April 2011), was an Iranian designer of menswear and fragrances. Biography Bijan was born in Tehran, Iran in either 1940 or 1944 He was the son of a wealthy businessman. He attended Institut Le Rosey,and studied design in Switzerland and Italy.Bijan’s career began in Iran with the Pink Panther Boutique…
Behrouz Vossoughi,Born 11 March 1938) known professionally as (بهروز وثوقی), is an Iranian actor. He has also worked in television, radio and theatre. His work has earned him recognition at several international film festivals, including for Best Actor at the International Film Festival of India in 1974 and San Francisco International Film Festival in 2006. Personal…
