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Zadeh (also Zade) (Persian: زاده) is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.

Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:

• Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical engineer, and computer scientist

• Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh (1812–1878), Azerbaijani author, playwright, and philosopher
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947), Soviet and Azerbaijani composer and pianist
• Rafael Amen-Zadeh (born 1943), Soviet and Azerbaijani mathematician and physicist

• Hashem Beikzadeh (born 1984), Iranian footballer

• Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936-1982), Iranian politician

• Masoud Hashemzadeh (born 1981), Iranian wrestler
• T. J. Houshmandzadeh (born 1977), American NFL football player

• Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born 1963), American physician and medical researcher

• Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1932), Azerbaijani satirist and writer
• Aziza Mustafazadeh (born 1969), Soviet and Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer
• Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940–1979), Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer

• Hossein Rezazadeh (born 1978), Iranian politician, retired Olympic weightlifter, and world record holder

• Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (born 1942), Iranian and German philosopher of medicine
• Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Swedish music producer
• Aysel Teymurzadeh (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer

See also

• Zadeh, a common element (i.e., that sequence, though not necessarily with the initial letter in upper-case) in Iranian names and toponyms -- Hence, see All pages with titles containing Zadeh, although due to technical considerations it will omit most of the many instances where that letter is immediately preceded, not by either a hyphen or white-space, but by a letter of the alphabet.
• Zada (suffix)

• Surnames
• Persian-language surnames
• Iranian-language surnames
• Azerbaijani-language surnames
• Patronymics