The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Turkey, Balkans, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India. This list is alphabetized by chronological order. Although some authors in this list do not have their ethnic origin in the Iranian people, nevertheless they have enriched Persian culture and civilization by their remarkable contributions to the rich Persian literature. The modern Persian speaker comprehends the literature of the earliest Persian poets including Rudaki(approximately 1150 years ago) all the way down to the works of modern Persian poets. Some names that lived during the turn of a century appear twice.

Before The Islamic Invasion
Morteza Motahhari lists the name of dozens of Iranians who contributed to Arabic, Persian, or Pahlavi literature during the Umayyid occupation period of Iran.[1] Although not particularly famous for Persian literature, nevertheless some of the more notable names are:

Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa (ابن مقفع)
Bukhari (بخاری)
Sibawayh (سیبویه)
Dinawari (دینوری)
Baladhuri (بلاذری)
Naubakht (نوبخت) From the Islamic Invasion to the 8th century

Rudaki (رودکی)
Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)
Ibn Khafif (ابن خفیف) 9th century

Ferdowsi (فردوسی), poet (925-1020)
Abusaeid Abolkheir (ابوسعید ابوالخیر)
Rudaki (رودکی)
Abu Mansur Daqiqi (ابومنصور دقیقی)
Mansur Al-Hallaj (منصور حلاج)
Abolfazl Beyhaghi (ابوالفضل بیهقی), historian
Unsuri (عنصری)
Rabi'a Balkhi (رابعه بلخی)
Asjadi (عسجدی)
Farrukhi Sistani (فرخی سیستانی)
Kisai Marvazi (کسائی مروزی)
Abu Shakur Balkhi (ابوشکور بلخی)
Ayyuqi (عیوقی) 10th century

Asad Gorgani
Asjadi
Ferdowsi, poet (925-1020)
Omar Khayyám, poet (1048-1131)
Hujviri d1073
Abusaeid Abolkheir
Sanai Ghaznavi
Abdul Qadir Jilani
Manuchihri
Sanaayi
Abolfazl Beyhaghi, historian
Naser Khosrow, traveller, writer and poet
Farrokhi Sistani (فرخی سيستانی), poet
Baba Tahir Oryan
Rabi'ah Quzdari
Abu-al-faraj Runi
The author of Qabus nama
Nizam al-Mulk, author of Siyasatnama
Mu'izzi
Azraqi
Masud Sa'd Salman
Uthman Mukhtari
Qatran Tabrizi
Mughatil ibn Bakri
Asadi Tusi
Nizami Arudhi Samarqandi
Imam Muhammad Ghazali 11th century

Adib Sabir ادیب صابر
Am'aq عمعق بخارائی
Anvari انوری ابیوردی
Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230) فریدالدین عطار نیشاپوری
Omar Khayyám, poet (1048-1131) عمر خیام
Nezami, poet (about 1140-about 1109) نظامی
Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?) سعدی
Sheikh Ruzbehanشیخ روزبهان
Abdul Qadir Jilaniعبدالقادر گیلانی
Khaqani Shirvani خاقانی شروانی
Sanaayiسنایی
Muhammad Aufi
Falaki Shirvani
Hassan Ghaznavi, poet
Sanai Ghaznavi, poet
Mu'izzi
Uthman Mukhtari
Mahsati, poetess مهستی گنجوی
Rashid al-Din Muhammad al-Umari Vatvat خولجه رشید الدین وطواط
Nizami Arudhi Samarqandiنظامی عروضی سمرقندی 12th century

Farid al-Din Attar, poet (about 1130-about 1230)
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, poet (1207-1273)
Saadi, poet (1184-1283/1291?)
Rashid al-Din, (1247-1318)
Amir Khosravi Dehlavi
Shams e Tabrizi
Sheikh Ruzbehan
Zahed Gilani
Khwaju Kermani
Mahmud Shabistari
Najmeddin Razi
Muhammad Aufi
Qazi Beiza'i
Auhadi of Maragheh
Auhaduddin Kermani
Ghiyathu'd-Din
Ibn-i-Yamin
Ata al-Mulk Juvayni 14th century

Jami, poet (1414-1492)
Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, poet (1441-1501)
Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546-1620) 15th century

Abdol-Qader Bidel Dehlavi (1642–1720)
Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546-1620)
Vahshi Bafghi 16th century

Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil (1642–1720)
Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi (1637 - 1702) 17th century

Hazin Lahiji (حزین لاهیجی)
Hatef Esfehani, poet (هاتف اصفهانی)
Ahmad Shah Abdali (c.1723-1773) 18th century

Jalaleddin Ali Mir Abolfazl Angha, Sufi master, poet, and author
Mohammad-Taghi Bahar, malek al sho'ra محمد تقی بهار(ملک الشعرا)
Ali Akbar Dehkhoda, linguist and journalist علی اکبر دهخدا
Mirzadeh Eshghi میرزاده عشقی
Reza Gholi Khan Hedayat, poet and historian رضا قلی خان هدایت
Iraj Mirza ایرج میرزا
Ebrahim Poordavood, ancient languages, Avesta ابراهیم پور داوود
Aref Qazvini عارف قزوینی
Hassan Roshdieh حسن رشدیه
Táhirih Qorrat Al-'Ayn, Bahá'í poet, philosopher and theologian
Farrokhi Yazdi فرخی یزدی 19th century

Prose

Mirza-Agha Asgari (Mani) (میرزاآقا عسگری - مانی)
Ahmadreza Ahmadi (احمدرضا احمدی)
Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (مهدی اخوان ثالث)
Ahmad Allahyari (احمد اللهياری)
Nader Angha (نادر عنقا)
Sadegh Angha (صادق عنقا)
Manouchehr Atashi (منوچهر آتشی)
Meher Baba (مهربابا)
Hushang Ebtehaj (H. A. Sayeh) (هوشنگ ابتهاج)
Mirzade Eshghi (میرزاده عشقی)
Forough Farrokhzad (فروغ فرخزاد)
Siavash Kasraie (سیاوش کسرایی)
Shams Langeroodi (شمس لنگرودی)
Hossein Monzavi (حسین منزوی)
Hamid Mosadegh(حمید مصدق)
Fereydoun Moshiri (فریدون مشیری)
Granaz Mousavi (گراناز موسوی)
Nader Naderpour (نادر نادرپور)
Naanaam (نانام)
Nosrat Rahmani (نصرت رحمانی)
Gholamreza Rouhani (غلامرضا روحانی)
Yadollah Royaee (یدالله رویایی)
Manouchehr Saadat Noury (منوچهر سعادت نوری)
Sohrab Sepehri (سهراب سپهری)
Mohammad-Reza Shafiei-Kadkani (محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی)
Ahmad Shamlou (احمد شاملو)
Bijan Taraghi (بیژن ترقی)
Heydar Yaghma (حیدر یغما)
Nima Yushij (نیما یوشیج)
Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub(عبدالحسین زرین کوب)