Rostam (name)

Rostam / Rustam / Rostom
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Other names
Variant form(s)	Rustem, Rüstem

Rostam (variants include Rustam or Rostom; (Persian: رستم) is a Persian name, referring to the Persian mythical hero Rostam who was immortalized by the poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh (Book of Kings). It has been commonly used as a male Persian given name, and may refer to the following people:

Given name[]

Politics and military[]

Rostam Farrokhzad (died 636), Persian Sasanian military commander
Rostom of Kartli (1565–1658), Iranian–Georgian king and military commander
Prince Rostom of Kartli (died 1722), Iranian–Georgian prince and military commander
Rostam Ghasemi (born 1964), Iranian military officer and politician
Rostam Bastuni (1923–1994), first Israeli-Arab politician
Rostam Aziz (born 1960), Tanzanian politician and businessman
Rustam Temirgaliev (born 1976), Crimean politician
Rostom of Imereti (1571–1605), Georgian king
Rostom Madatyan (1782–1829), Armenian-Russian general
Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948), Azerbaijani statesman
Rustam Mirza (1381–1424/25), Timurid prince and a grandson of Timur
Roustam Raza (c. 1780–1845), famous bodyguard of Napoleon Bonaparte
Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Safi) (c. 1588 – 1 March 1643), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
Rostam Khan (sepahsalar under Suleiman I) (fl. second half of the 17th century), Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
Rustam Minnikhanov (born 1957), Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
Rustam Asildarov (born 1981), leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
Rustam (Haqqani network), Afghan alleged Taliban militant

Sports[]

Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 1979), Uzbek chess master
Rustam Khudzhamov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
Rustam Khudiyev (born 1985), Kazakh swimmer
Rustam Rahimov (born 1979), German-Tajik boxer
Rustam Sharipov (born 1971), Ukrainian gymnast
Rustam Saidov (born 1978), Uzbek boxer

Music[]

Rostom Aramovic Alagian (1916–2009), Georgian musician
Rostom Bagdasarian (1919–1972), American artist and record producer
Rostam Batmanglij (born 1983), American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960), Iranian musician
Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960), Iranian musician
Röstäm Yaxin (1921–1993), Russian composer and pianist

Showbiz and other[]

Rustam Effendi (1903–1979), Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Rostam Gorgani (fl. 1550), Persian physician who lived in India
Rustam Ibragimbekov (born 1939), Azeri screenwriter and film director
Rostam K. Saeed (born 1964), Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
Rustam Sutan Palindih (1898–1971), Indonesian film director and writer
Roustam Tariko (born 1962), Russian entrepreneur