Are there famous Iranian men?
not super-famous, though he deserves it: Ray Aghayan, Iranian (of Armenian descent) Oscar-nominated costume designer extraordinaire, for the likes of Dr. Dolittle, Whoopi Goldberg and Cher. His mom was couturière to the Shah; at fourteen he designed the mourning clothes for Queen Fawsia.
Wow! No one’s mentioned Cat Stevens yet! That’s because he’s not iranian. From his Wikipedia entry: “Steven Georgiou was the third child of a Greek-Cypriot father (Stavros Georgiou) and a Swedish mother (Ingrid Wickman). The family lived above the restaurant that his parents operated on Shaftesbury Avenue…