This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Shi'a Muslims clerics. Ayatollah redirects here. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

Ayatollah Mohsen Araki Ayatollah Mohsen Araki (Persian: محسن اراکی; Arabic: محسن الأراكي) the Iranian scholar, cleric, University lecturer, and politician. ... Mohammad Beheshti Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (محمد حسینی بهشتی in Persian), (October 24, 1928 - June 28, 1981) was an Iranian cleric, the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic party, and the head of the Islamic Republics judicial system. ... Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (Arabic: سيد محمد باقر الحكيم ) (1939 - August 29, 2003) was the foremost Shia Muslim leader in Iraq until his assassination in a bombing in Najaf. ... Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (آیت‌الله سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric. ... Ahmad Jannati (born in Esfahan in 1926) (Persian: ‎ ​) is an Iranian ayatollah and political figure. ... Ayatollah Kazem Shariatmadari (1904 - 1985) was among the most senior leading Shia clerics in Iran and Iraq. ... Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein AlAnsari (born 1952) is a well known scholar of Shia Islam from Iraq. ... Jamal ad-Din Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn Ali ibn Muthahhar al-Hilli (December 15, 1250 - December 18, 1325) was a Shiite theologian. ... Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (Arabic: سيد محمد باقر الحكيم ) (1939 - August 29, 2003) was the foremost Shia Muslim leader in Iraq until his assassination in a bombing in Najaf. ... Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (آیت‌الله سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric. ... Ahmad Jannati (born in Esfahan in 1926) (Persian: ‎ ​) is an Iranian ayatollah and political figure. ... Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی), born Hashemi Bahramani (هاشمی بهرمانی) on August 25, 1934, is an influential Iranian politician, and is currently serving as the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran. ... Ayatollah Seyyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi Kashani (آیت‌الله سید ابوالقاسم مصطفوی کاشانی in Persian) (1884 - March 1961) was born in Tehran, Iran. ... Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali (صادق خلخالی in Persian) (1927? - November 26, 2003) was a hardline Shia cleric of the early years of the Islamic Republic of Iran. ... Mohammad Baqer Majlesi, (علامه مجلسی) (1616 - 1689) known as Allameh Majlesi, was a famous Iranian Shia cleric of the Safavid era. ... Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi (Persian: محمد تقی مصباح یزدی) (born 1934) is an Iranian Shia cleric and politician. ... Ayatollah Ali Meshkini is an Iranian cleric and politician. ... Seyyed Hassan Modarres (Persian: سید حسن مدرس)‎ (1870? - December 1, 1937), was an Persian/Iranian cleric and politician. ... Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (محمّد صادق الصدر ) (1943? - February 19, 1999) was a prominent, moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric. ... Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari (مرتضی مطهری; February 3, 1920 – May 1, 1979) was an Iranian scholar, cleric, professor, and politician. ... Allameh Tabatabaei, one of contemporarys greatest Islamic Philosophers, chatting with Ayatollah al-Shirazi. ... Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani was a senior Shia cleric of Iran. ... Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi (In Persian: آیت‌الله محمد یزدی) was head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999 when he succeeded by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. ... Ayatollah Mohamed Hossein Kazemini Borujerdi is an Iranian proponent of the separation of religion and politics. ...

See also

• List of Grand Ayatollahs

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.