Notable Members of Qajar Family
- Politics
- Mohammed Mosaddeq, Iranian Prime Minister, a qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma, Iranian prime minister
- Amir Abbas Hoveyda, Iranian economist and politician, prime minister of Iran from 1965 to 1977, a qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Ali Amini, Iranian Prime Minister
- Prince Iraj Eskandari, Iranian communist politician
- Princess Maryam Farman Farmaian (b.1914-d.2008) Iranian communist politician, founder of the women's section of the Tudeh Party of Iran
- Ardeshir Zahedi (b. 1928-) Iranian diplomat, qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Social work
- Princess Sattareh Farmanfarmaian, Iranian Social work pioneer
- Prince Sabbar Farmanfarmaian, health minister in Mosaddeq cabinet
- Business
- Princess Fakhr-od-dowleh
- Women rights
- Princess Mohtaram Eskandari, intellectual and pioneering figures in Iranian women's movement
- Literature
- Prince Iraj Mirza (b. 1874-d. 1926), Iranian poet and translator
- Princess Lobat Vala (b. 1930), Iranian poet and campaigner for the Women Liberation
- Nader Naderpour, Iranian poet, a qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Fereydoun Moshiri, Iranian poet, a qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian novelist, a qajar descendant on her maternal side
- Music
- Gholam-Hossein Banan, Iranian musician and singer, qajar descendant on his maternal side
- Popular culture
- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist, qajar descendant on her maternal side
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