One of Khatami's academic mentors was Javad Tabatabaei, an Iranian political philosopher.

Reza Davari Ardakani (born 1933 in Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher and university professor lecturer.

Hossein Nasr (born 1933; class of 1950), Iranian philosopher.

Ahmad Ahmadi is an Iranian cleric, Islamic philosopher and politician.

Jamasp was an Iranian philosopher in the time of Zarathustra.

He played a part in making Mulla Sadra the 'master thinker' of the Iranian philosophers.

Rajab Ali Tabrizi (died in 1670) was an Iranian and Shiat philosopher and mystic of the 17th century.

Ali Akbar Rashad (born 1955), is an Iranian philosopher of religion and theologian.

Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher and writer.

Qazi Sa'id Qumi (1633-1692) was an Iranian Muslim philosopher.