Navid was born in Teheran, Iran. Due to the Iran-Iraq war the four-year old Navid had to escape with his family from his native country. They lived for some time in the USA but since 1985 Navid has been in Germany at home. Navid has grown up trilingual for the legendary Persian singer Googoosh. In March 2014 Navid changed his stage name from Navid Akhavan to Navid Navid.
