Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BC): commonly known as Cyrus the Great, and also called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia.
Darius the Great (c. 550–486 BCE): was the fourth Persian king of the Achaemenid Empire.
Farhang Mehr (1923·2018): former Deputy Prime Minister of Iran
Ardeshir Godrej (1868–1936): Indian inventor; co-founder (with his brother Piroj) of the Godrej industries which does not include Godrej & Boyce. His son now runs Godrej Properties, an aggregator model based real estate development firm.
Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy (1793-?) Lady: continued her husband Sir Jamsetji Jeejeebhoy philanthropic work; builder of Mahim Causeway, connects two islands of Bombay and Salsette (north Bombay)
Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926–2012): Pakistani newspaper columnist, social activist, and philanthropist
Homi Maneck Mehta, Sir (1871–1948): industrialist in textiles, insurance, banking, chemicals & sugar. Represented India at League of Nations, Chairman of Bombay War Gift Fund and President of Victory Thanksgiving Fund.
Sir Temulji Bhicaji Nariman (1848–1940): obstetrician. Co-founded one of Bombay's first Lying-in hospitals in 1887 and was knighted in 1914 for his work during the plague epidemic in India at the turn of the 19th century.
J.K. Mehta (1901-1980): Jamshed Kaikhusroo Mehta, known professionally as J.K. Mehta, was a well-regarded Indian economist of Parsi descent who published several theories of economics in books and papers, and served as Professor of Economics in Allahabad University during his storied career.
Ness B. Shroff: Ohio Eminent Scholar of Networking and Communications, and Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University
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Field MarshalSam Manekshaw (1914–2008): Former Indian Chief of Army Staff and the first Indian with the rank of Field Marshal
Aneela Mirza, or Anila Mirza (born 8 October 1974), Danish singer who has found success as a member of the pop group Toy-Box and as a solo artist under the name of Aneela
Ardeshir Cowasjee (1926–2012): investigative journalist and newspaper columnist
Ayesha Madon (born 10 February 1998): Australian actress and singer
Bapsi Sidhwa (1938-2024): author and screenwriter; vocal proponent of women's rights
Jim Sarbh (born 1987): actor on film, stage and television.
Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854-1933): Zoroastrian scholar, Ph.D from Heidelberg, Germany, recognition and awards, for scholarship, from Sweden, France, and Hungary.
Zoe Viccaji (born 1983): Pakistani singer and musician
Zubin Mehta (born 1936): musician; Musical Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, former director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and Bavarian State Opera.
Zubin Surkari (born 1980): Canadian international cricketer.
Frene Ginwala (1932-2023): member of the ANC and aided Nelson Mandela in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. Later served for 7 years as Speaker Of the House of Parliament in South Africa
Minocher Bhandara (1937–2008): Pakistani parliamentarian and owner of Muree Brewery.
Minoo Masani (1905–1998): author, parliamentarian and a member of the Constituent Assembly.
Piloo Mody (1926–1983): architect, parliamentarian, one of the founder-members of the Swatantra Party.
Rustam S. Sidhwa (1927–1997): judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936): socialist, workers' welfare activist, third Asian to be elected to the House of Commons (Communist, Labour).
Zerbanoo Gifford (born 1950): author and founder of the ASHA Centre made political history being elected as the first non-white woman for the Liberal Party in 1982.
Cornelia Sorabji (1866–1954): first female graduate of Bombay University, first female to read law at Oxford University and first woman to practice law in India and Britain
Dinshah Fardunji Mulla (1868-1934): Indian author of legal reference books, appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1930, assistant editor of Pollock’s Commentaries on Indian Contract Act
Mithan Jamshed Lam (1898-1981): First female Indian lawyer to practice law in the Bombay High Court, first female Sheriff of Bombay, and noted women's rights activist.
Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala (born 1965): judge of the Supreme Court of India since May 2022. He was part of the majority of the Constitution bench which upheld the 103rd Constitutional amendment of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) reservation, which is considered a major breakthrough.
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