Tabatabaei (Arabic: طباطبائي, Ṭabāṭabāʾī; Persian: طباطبایی, Ṭabâṭabâyī) (also spelled Tabatabai, Tabatabaee, Tabatabaie, Tabatabaeyan) is a surname of Iranian/Persian origin. It is one of many families from the descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, grandson of Prophet Muhammad and the second imam of Shia Muslims, primarily predominant in Iran, but also in Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait.
People
(by order of year of birth)
- Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai (1842–1920), Iranian leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
- Ali Haider Tabatabai (1854-1933), Indian poet and translator
- Ali Tabatabaei (1869-1947), Iranian ayatollah commonly known as al-Qadi Tabatabai, who was famous for his high level of Irfan
- Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875-1961), Iranian grand ayatollah
- Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888–1969), Iranian politician
- Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), Iraqi Marja
- Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1903-1981), Iranian philosopher, commonly known as Allameh Tabatabai
- Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (1912-2007), Iranian cleric who has repeatedly criticized the velayat-e faqih
- Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (born 1923), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Ali Akbar Tabatabaei (1930–1980), Iranian exiled politician, murdered in America
- Jazeh Tabatabai (1931-2008), Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor
- Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. Served as member of the Parliament of Iran
- Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943-2015), Iranian politician, former Deputy Prime Minister
- Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945-2017), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Waleed Al-Tabtabaie (born 1964), Member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
- Omar Al-Tabtabaie (born 1980), Member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
- Javad Tabatabai (born 1964), Iranian philosopher
- Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), German-Iranian singer, songwriter and actress
- Hadi Tabatabaei (born 1973, Iranian footballer
- Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), American punk musician, member and lead singer of Zebrahead
- John Tabatabai, Welsh poker player
- Ali Tabatabaei (actor) (1983–2015), Iranian film and television
- Amin Tabatabaei (born 2001), Iranian chess grandmaster
- Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai (born 1991) Iranian who could recite the entire Koran at age seven
Institutions and buildings
- House of Tabatabaei in Kashan, Iran
- Allameh Tabatabai University, public university in Tehran, Iran
- Allameh Tabatabaei High School, high school in Tehran, Iran
See also
- Sayyid
- Tabataba (film), 1988 African film