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Following is a list of notable people from Gorgan, the capital of Golestan Province in northern Iran.

Notables from Gorgan

Contemporary prominent figures

• Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician.
• Maryam Zandi, Photographer.

Historical figures

• Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist.
• Mir Damad
• Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician
• Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician
• Gorgani, Rustam, physician
• Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master
• Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, encyclopedic writer and theologian
• Fazlallah Astarabadi, 14th century Islamic mystic and founder of the Hurufi movement
• Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran

Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979 onwards

• Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws
• Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time

Famous guests

Califs

• Abbasid Calif Harun Al-Rashid
• Imam Reza