| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Rustem, Rüstem |
Rostam or Rustam or Rostom (Persian: رستم) is a 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
- Rostam Farrokhzād, An ancient Persian nobleman and army chief
- Rostom of Abkhazia, ruler of the Principality of Abkhazia
- Rustam Asildarov (born 1981), leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Caucasus Province
- Rostam Aziz (born 1960), Tanzanian politician and businessman
- Rostom Bagdasarian (1919–1972), American artist and record producer
- Rostam Bastuni (1923–1994), first Israeli-Arab politician
- Rostam Batmanglij (born 1983), American music producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Rustam Effendi (1903–1979), Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
- Rustam Emomali (1987–), Tajik official, son of Emomali Rahmon
- Rostam Ghasemi (born 1964), Iranian military officer and politician
- Rostam Gorgani (fl. 1550), Persian physician who lived in India
- Rustam Ibragimbekov (1939–2022), Azeri screenwriter and film director
- Rostom of Imereti (1571–1605), Georgian king
- Rostom of Kartli (1565–1658), Iranian–Georgian king and military commander
- Prince Rostom of Kartli (died 1722), Iranian–Georgian prince and military commander
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov (born 1979), Uzbek chess master
- Rostom, nom de guerre of Stepan Zorian (1867–1919), Armenian revolutionary
- Rustam Khan Khoyski (1888–1948), Azerbaijani statesman
- Rustam Khudzhamov (born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
- Rustam Khudiyev (born 1985), Kazakh swimmer
- Rostom Madatyan (1782–1829), Armenian-Russian general
- Rustam Minnikhanov (born 1957), Russian politician, current President of Tatarstan
- Rostam Mirlashari (born 1960), Iranian musician
- Rustam Mirza (1381–1424/25), a grandson of Timur
- Rustam Rahimov (born 1979), German-Tajik boxer
- 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
- Rostam K. Saeed (born 1964), Kurdish mathematician and professor from Iraq
- Rustam Saidov (born 1978), Uzbek boxer
- Rustam Sharipov (born 1971), Ukrainian gymnast
- Rustam Sutan Palindih (1898–1971), Indonesian film director and writer
- Roustam Tariko (born 1962), Russian entrepreneur
- Rustam Temirgaliev (born 1976), Crimean politician
- Röstäm Yaxin (1921–1993), Russian composer and pianist
- Rustam (Haqqani network), Afghan alleged Taliban militant
See also
- Rüstem, Turkish form of the name
- Rustem, Another spelling
- Rostami, Disambiguation page
- DRDO Rustom
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