Merhan Karimi Nasseri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mehran Karimi Nasseri (مهران کریمی ناصری [meɦˈrɔːn kʲæriːˈmiː nɔːseˈriː]; (born 1942 in Masjed Soleiman, Iran), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran [sic], is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 8 August 1988 until August of 2006 when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment.