Rostam (name)
Rostam or Rustam or Rostom is a name referring to the Persian mythical hero Rostam who was immortalized by the poet Ferdowsi in the Shahnameh. It has been commonly used as a male Persian given name, and may refer to the following people:
Given name
- Rostam Farrokhzād, An ancient Persian nobleman and army chief
- Rostom of Abkhazia, ruler of the Principality of Abkhazia
- Rustam Asildarov, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
- Rostam Aziz, Tanzanian politician and businessman
- Rostom Bagdasarian, American artist and record producer
- Rostam Bastuni, first Israeli-Arab politician
- Rostam Batmanglij, American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Rustam Akhmedov, Uzbek military officer
- Rustam Effendi, Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
- Rustam Emomali, Tajik official, son of Emomali Rahmon
- Rostam Ghasemi, Iranian military officer and politician
- Rostam Gorgani, Persian physician who lived in India
- Rustam Ibragimbekov, Azeri screenwriter and film director
- Rostom of Imereti, Georgian king
- Rostom of Kartli, Iranian–Georgian king and military commander
- Prince Rostom of Kartli, Iranian–Georgian prince and military commander
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Uzbek chess master
- Rostom, nom de guerre of Stepan Zorian, Armenian revolutionary
- Rustam Khan Khoyski, Azerbaijani statesman
- Rustam Khudzhamov, Ukrainian footballer
- Rustam Khudiyev, Kazakh swimmer
- Rostom Madatyan, Armenian-Russian general
- Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
- Rostam Mirlashari, Iranian musician
- Rustam Mirza, a grandson of Timur
- Rustam Rahimov, German-Tajik boxer
- Roustam Raza, famous bodyguard of Napoleon Bonaparte
- Rostam Khan , Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
- Rostam Khan, Iranian-Georgian military commander and official
- Rostam K. Saeed, Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
- Rustam Saidov, Uzbek boxer
- Rustam Sharipov, Ukrainian gymnast
- Rustam Sutan Palindih, Indonesian film director and writer
- Roustam Tariko, Russian entrepreneur
- Rustam Temirgaliev, Crimean politician
- Röstäm Yaxin, Russian composer and pianist
- Rustam, Afghan alleged Taliban militant
- Rustam Shah Mohmand, Pakistani political scientist and served as ambassador to Afghanistan
- Rustam Ali Faraizi, Bangladeshi politician
- Rustam Ali Mollah, Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter
- Muhammad Rustam Ali, Bangladeshi chemist and academic
- Rustam Azimov, Uzbek politician