Babak NikTalab is an Iranian poet and writer. He won the Golden Cypress for the 5th edition of the Fajr International Poetry Festival and was one of the winners of the first Abbas Yamini Sharif Award. In some Arabic publications, he has been mentioned as the father of Iranian adolescent poetry. He is also mentioned as one of the most influential cultural figures in the contemporary Middle East in Indiana University's Visual Culture Research in the Modern Middle East.

Ahmad NikTalab (Persian: احمد نیک‌طلب, Persian pronunciation: [æh.mæd ni:k.'tæ.læb];, also known as Yavar Hamedani, was an Iranian poet, author, and linguist.