Mehran Karimi Nasseri(1945-2022)
- Actor
In 1988 he landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport (Paris, France) after
being denied entry into England because his passport and United Nations
refugee card had been stolen. He was not allowed into France and he did
not want to return to Iran (his home country) from where he was fleeing
as a political refugee. He ended up living in Terminal One of the
airport for over 16 years. His dilemma was used as the basis for two
movies: Tombés du ciel (1993) and The Terminal (2004).
