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This is a list of notable
Armenians .
Americas
Caucasus
Europe
Middle East
Leo II , queen Keran,
Guerane , and their five children
Orontes I Sakavakyats , King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
Tigranes Orontid , King of Armenia from 560 to 535 BC
Artaxias I , King of Armenia from 190 to 159 BC, founder of
Artaxiad dynasty
Tigranes the Great , King of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, under his rule Armenia became one of the strongest empires of the world
Artavasdes II , King of Armenia from 55 to 34 BC
Erato , King of Armenia from 10 to 2 BC, last queen of Artaxiad dynasty
Tiridates I , King of Armenia from 52 to 58, from 62 to 66, officially from 66 to 88, founder of Arsacid dynasty in Armenia
Tiridates III , King of Armenia from 287 to 330, Under his rule Armenia became the first state to officially embrace Christianity
Pap of Armenia , King of Armenia from 370 to 374
Artaxias IV , King of Armenia from 422 to 428, last king of Arsacid dynasty
Ashot I King of
Bagratid Armenia from 885 to 890
Smbat I King of
Bagratid Armenia from 890 to 914
Ashot III , King of
Bagratid Armenia from 953 to 977
Smbat II of Armenia , King of Armenia from 977 to 989
Gagik I of Armenia , King of Armenia from 989 to 1020
Gagik II of Armenia , King of Armenia from 1042 to 1045, last king of
Bagratid Armenia
Roupen I , Lord of
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1080 or 1081 or 1082 to 1095, founder of
Rubenids
Leo II , King of
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1198 or 1199 to 1219
Isabella , Queen of
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1219 to 1252
Leo II, King of Armenia , King of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1269 or 1270 to 1289
Hethum II , King of Cilician Armenia from 1289 to 1293
Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868–1938), 1st Prime Minister of
First Republic of Armenia
Alexander Khatisian (1874–1945), 2nd Prime Minister of Armrnia
Hamo Ohanjanyan (1873–1947), 3rd Prime Minister of Armenia
Simon Vratsian (1882–1969), 4th Prime Minister of
First Republic of Armenia
Askanaz Mravyan (1885–1929), one of the early leaders of Soviet Armenia
Aghasi Khanjian (1901–1936), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1930 to 1936
Yakov Zarobyan (1908–1980), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1960 to 1966
Anton Kochinyan (1913–1990), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1966 until his retirement in 1974
Karen Demirchyan (1932–1999), the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988
Levon Ter-Petrosyan (b. 1945), First president of Armenia
Robert Kocharyan (b. 1954), 2nd President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan (b. 1954), 3rd President of Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan (b. 1975), 16th Prime Minister of Armenia
Leo V the Armenian , Byzantine emperor
Teodora wife of Theophilos , Byzantine empress regnant and Byzantine empress consort
Abgar V , one of the first christan kings
Princess Sandukht , regretted first Christian Armenian woman
Heraclius (575–641), emperor of Byzantine, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas
Varaz Grigor (585–654), King of Caucasian Albania
Isaac the Armenian (625–644), an exarch of Ravenna
Mizizios (622–669), usurping the Byzantine throne in Sicily
Philippicus (711–713), Byzantine emperor
Artabasdos (741–743), Byzantine general and Byzantine emperor
Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α') (811–886), (ruled 867–886), married the
Varangian
Eudokia Ingerina
Leo V the Armenian (775–820, ruled 813–820), married to
Theodosia
Constantine , Byzantine co-emperor (813–820)
Theodosia (Θεοδοσία) (775–826), empress consort of Leo V the Armenian
Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (ruled 842–856), wife of Theophilos
Grigor Hamam (d. 897), King of Hereti from 893 to 897
Sahak Sevada (d. 940), Prince of Gardman
Romanos I Lekapenos (Ρωμανός Β') (870–948, ruled 919–944), co-emperor, attempted to found his own dynasty; deposed by his sons and entered monastery
John I Tzimiskes (Ιωάννης Α') (925–976, ruled 969–976), general, brother-in-law of Romanos II, regent for Basil II and Constantine VIII
Aziz al-Dawla (d. 1022), Fatimid Governor of Aleppo
Thoros of Edessa (d. 1098), ruler of Edessa at the time of the
First Crusade
Mariam of Vaspurakan , first consort of the king George I of Georgia
Shajar al-Durr (1250)
[1] (
Mamluk Sultan )
Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Princess, was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to
Michael IX Palaiologos
Anastas Mikoyan , was the only Soviet figure who managed to remain at the highest levels of power from the days of
Lenin , and to his retirement under
Brezhnev
Damat Halil Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1626–1628)
Şivekar Sultan , Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1646–1648)
Manuc Bei , an merchant, diplomat, and inn-keeper
Marcara Avanchintz , trader from Isfahan, who went into the service of
Louis XIV
Israel Ori , diplomat that sought the liberation of Armenia from Persia and the Ottoman Empire
István Gorove , Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary (1867–1870)
Nubar Pasha , Prime Minister of Egypt (1878–1879, 1884–1888, 1894–1895)
Boghos Nubar , founder of the
Armenian General Benevolent Union
Mikhail Loris-Melikov , Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire (1880–1881)
Hagop Kazazian Pasha , high-ranking Ottoman official, Minister of Finance (1887–1891)
Dawid Abrahamowicz , Member of the Imperial Council of Austria (1875–1918)
Lev Karakhan , was a Russian revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. A member of the RSDLP (1904)
György Lukács , Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary (1905–1906)
Alexander Bekzadyan , Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman
László Lukács , Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1912–1913)
Ohannes Kouyoumdjian , Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate (1912–1915)
Stepan Shahumyan , Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
Aleksandr Myasnikyan , Head of the Communist Party of Belarus (1918–1919)
Armen Garo , Ambassador of Armenia to the United States (1918–1920)
Avetis Aharonian , politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary, also part of the Armenian national movement, Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia (1919–1920)
Diana Abgar , One of the first women to have ever been appointed in any diplomatic post in the twentieth century. Council of Armenia in Japan (1920)
Yakov Davydov , Soviet diplomat first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department (1921-1922)
Kamo , an Old Bolshevik revolutionary and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
Levon Mirzoyan , first Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1926–1929)
Hovhannes Masehyan , was the Persian Ambassador to the Great Britain (1927–1929), and 1st Ambassador of Persia to Japan (1930–1931)
Varlam Avanesov , was an Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist politician
Suren Shadunts ,
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (1934–1937)
Ivan Tevosian , Soviet politician of Armenian descent. Hero of Socialist Labor (1943)
Ferenc Szálasi , fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)
[2]
Stepan Akopov , member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Minister of Mechanical Engineering of the USSR (1953–1954)
Anastas Mikoyan , first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1955–1964)
Bob Avakian , Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (1975)
George Deukmejian , Governor of California (1983–1991)
Edward Djerejian , United States Ambassador to Israel (1993–1994)
Édouard Balladur , Prime Minister of France (1993–1995)
Boris Şyhmyradow , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan (1995–2000)
Émile Lahoud , President of Lebanon (1998–2007)
Karim Pakradouni , Minister of State for Administrative Development of Lebanon (2004–2005)
Zurab Zhvania , Prime Minister of Georgia (2004–2005)
[3]
Abel Aganbegyan , Soviet and Russian economist, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey Lavrov , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2004–)
Varujan Vosganian , Minister of Economy and Finance of Romania (2007–2008, 2012–2013)
Patrick Devedjian , French Minister for the Implementation of the Recovery Plan (2008–2010)
Liliam Kechichián , Uruguay Minister of Tourism (2012–)
Joe Hockey , Treasurer of Australia (2013–2015)
Arsen Avakov , Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2021)
Gladys Berejiklian , 45th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (2017–)
Nebuchadnezzar IV (d. 521 BC), seized power in Babylon, becoming the city's king and leading a revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Archelaus of Cilicia (d. 38), Cappadocian prince and a Roman client king
Vardan Mamikonian died in 451 while leading the Armenians at the
Battle of Avarayr , which ultimately secured their right to practice Christianity
Vahan Mamikonian , was a
marzban (governor) of Persian Armenia
Cylaces ,
hayr-mardpet
Artavasdes I Mamikonian ,
Sparapet , oldest ancestor of the Mamikonian family
Mushegh I Mamikonian (d. 377 or 378),
Sparapet
Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368),
Sparapet
Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451),
Sparapet
Arshavir II Kamsarakan (d. 460), prince from the Kamsarakan family
Vahan I Mamikonian (d. 510), Marzban of Persian Armenia
Adolius (d. 543), Byzantine silentiarius and military officer
John the Armenian (d. 533), Byzantine official and military leader
Narses (478–573), one of
Byzantine Emperor
Justinian I 's generals in the
Roman reconquest
Vahan (d. 636), Byzantine military leader
Saborios , Byzantine general who rose in revolt against Emperor Constans II
Rhahzadh (d. 627), Sasanian general under Shah
Khosrow II
Mushegh III Mamikonian (d. 636),
Sparapet that fought against the Arabs during the
Muslim conquest of Persia
Theodore Rshtuni (d. 655/656), was an Armenian nakharar (magnate), famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia
Jalinus , dynast, one of the leading figures in Sasanian Iran
Mjej II Gnuni ,
Sparapet of Armenia and Syria
Ashot Msaker (d. 775), prince from the Bagratid family
Tatzates (d. 785), prominent Byzantine general, governor of Arminiya
Manuel the Armenian (d. 838/860), prominent Byzantine general, reached the highest military ranks
Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani (d. 863), famed Muslim military commander
Melias (d. 934), prince who entered
Byzantine service and became a distinguished general
John Kourkouas (d. 946), one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire
Theophilos Kourkouas (d. 960s), was a distinguished Byzantine general
John Kourkouas (d. 971), was a senior Byzantine military commander
Bardas Skleros (d. 979), Byzantine general who led a wide-scale Asian rebellion against Emperor Basil II
Gregory Taronites (d. 991/995), prince of Taron, who went over to Byzantine service
Ashot Taronites (d. 995 or 997), Byzantine nobleman, captured by the
Bulgarians
John Kourkouas (d. 1010), the Byzantine catepan of Italy
Vahram Pahlavouni (d. 1046), was a military commander and official in Bagratuni Armenia
Gregory Pakourianos (d. 1086), Byzantine general
Philaretos Brachamios (d. 1087), general, usurper of the Byzantine Empire
Badr al-Jamali (d. 1094),
Vizier and prominent statesman for the
Fatimid Caliphate
Kogh Vasil (d. 1112), ruler of
Raban and
Kaisun at the time of the
First Crusade
Thoros of Marash (d. 1116), lord of Marash and likely the father of
Arda of Armenia
Zakare II Zakarian (d. 1212), prince and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the office of
amirspasalar
Ivane I Zakarian (d. 1227), prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the offices of
Msakhurtukhutsesi
Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush (d. 1212), Circassian Mamluk in the service of the
Ayyubid dynasty
Grigor Khaghbakian (d. 1223), Prince of the Armenian Khaghbakian family in the province of Zakarid Armenia, Kingdom of Georgia
Vache I Vachutian (d. 1230), prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Shahnshah Zakarian (d. 1261), prince Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Zakare III Zakarian (d.1262),
Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Avag Zakarian (d. 1268), noble of the Zakarid line, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, as atabeg and amirspasalar
Sempad the Constable (d. 1276), was a noble Cilician Armenia, and was an older brother of King Hetoum I
Sadun Artsruni (d. 1282), Prince of Haghbat and Mankaberd, he was a court official and became
Atabeg and
Amirspasalar of the
Kingdom of Eastern Georgia
Prosh Khaghbakian (d. 1283), prince who was a vassal of the Zakarid princes of Armenia
Ivane II Zakarian (d. 1288), member of the Armenian Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Khutlubuga (d. 1293), prince of the House of the Artsrunids, and a court official of the
Kingdom of Eastern Georgia
Amir Hasan II (d. 1351), ruler of the Armenian Proshyan dynasty
Roustam Raza ,
mamluk served
Napoleon for fifteen years, travelling with the First Consul and subsequent Emperor on all of his campaigns
Mikhail Loris-Melikov , General of the Cavalry,
Minister of the Interior of Russian Empire (1880–1881)
Vasili Bebutov (1791–1856), an Imperial Russian general
Ivan Abamelik (1768–1828), Major general of lejb-guards of artillery
David Semyonovich Abamelik (1774–1833), participated to the wars against Napoleon
Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), general
Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), fleet commander and explorer
Lazar Serebryakov (1795–1862), admiral
Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), Lieutenant General
Boris Shelkovnikov (1837–1878), General of imperial Russian army
Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Lieutenant General
Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1825–1888), General of the Cavalry, Russian Minister of Interior
Ivan Delyanov (1818–1897), Major-General of the Russian Imperial Army
Tovmas Nazarbekian (1855–1931), Russian and later Armenian general
Daniel Bek-Pirumyan (1861–1921)
Movses Silikyan (1862–1937)
Christophor Araratov (1876–1937)
Armenian national liberation movement, First Republic of Armenia
Andranik Ozanyan , military commander. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, he was one of the main Armenian leaders of military efforts for the independence of
Armenia
Hayk Bzhishkyan (1887–1937), Comcor (Commander of the Corps)
Sergei Khudyakov (1902–1950), Marshal of Aviation
Ivan Isakov (1894–1967), Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977), Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces
Ivan Bagramyan (1897–1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union
Sergey Aganov (1917–1996), Marshal of Engineer Troops
Hmayak Babayan (1901–1945), an Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), Hero of Soviet Union, twice
Ivan Agayants (1911–1968), leading Soviet NKVD/KGB intelligence officer
Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence officer
Gaik Ovakimian (1898–1967), was a leading Soviet
NKVD spy in the United States
Mihail Cerchez , Romanian general
Gabriel Coury , recipient of the Victoria Cross
Alexander Khan Setkhanian , Iranian general, the Chief of Staff of the Cossack Brigade
Dénes Lukács , Hungarian army and artillery commander
János Czetz , prominent Hungarian freedom fighter
Iacob Zadik , Romanian artillery and infantry commander
Sarkis Torossian , decorated Ottoman captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign
Jacobo Harrotian , general who participated in the
Mexican Revolution
Meguertitch Khan Davidkhanian , Iranian general, politician, statesman
Jack Agazarian , agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive
Missak Manouchian , was an Armenian poet and communist activist. Hero of France
Hrant Maloyan , General officer of the Syrian army
Aram Karamanoukian , Lieutenant General of the Syrian Army
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan , the Armenian military leader at the capture of
Shushi in May 1992
Simon Achikgyozyan (born 1939), considered a hero in Armenia
Samvel Babayan (born 1965), became a hero among Armenians for the military victories achieved under his command
Gurgen Dalibaltayan (born 1926), colonel-general, National Hero of Armenia
Garo Kahkejian (born 1962), first Armenian from the diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Artsakh conflict
Tatul Krpeyan (born 1965), leader of paramilitary units in Getashen and Martunashen villages in Shahumyan District of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946), 7th Defence Minister
Kristapor Ivanyan (born 1920), fought in both World War II and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Monte Melkonian (born 1957), Armenian-American revolutionary, National Hero of Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan (born 1962), Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia
Vazgen Sargsyan (born 1959), military commander and politician, and was the first Defence Minister of Armenia
Sedrak Saroyan (born 1967), general and politician who served in the Parliament of Armenia
Vardan Stepanyan (born 1966), he is considered a hero in Armenia
Norat Ter-Grigoryants (born 1936), lieutenant-general who played a leading role in developing the Armed Forces of Armenia
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (born 1939), also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos
Gregory the Illuminator lost icon from
Hagia Sophia
Nerses V Ashtaraketsi portriet
Mkrtich Khrimian (Khrimyan hayrik)
Gregory the Illuminator (c. 257 – c. 328), founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and in some other churches
Hripsime (d. 290), she and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as some of the first Christian martyrs of Armenia
Saint Parthenius (d. 3rd century), venerated in both the Catholic and Orthodox churches
Minias , venerated as the first Christian martyr of
Florence
Chrysolius (d. probably 300), the patron saint of Komen/Comines, today in Belgium and France
Emilianus of Trevi (d. 304), bishop of Trevi, martyred under Diocletian
Saint Blaise (d. 316), venerated as a Christian saint and martyr, he is counted as one of the
Fourteen Holy Helpers
Khosrovidukht (d. 4th century), princess of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia
Sargis the General (d. 362 or 363), revered as a martyr and
military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Nerses I (d. 373), Catholicos of all Armenians who lived in the fourth century
Saint Servatius (d. 384), is patron saint of the city of Maastricht and the towns of Schijndel and Grimbergen
Isaac of Armenia (c. 350 – c. 428), Catholicos of all Armenians, supported
Mesrop Mashtots in the creation of the Armenian alphabet
Euthymius the Great (377–473), venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches
Saint Shushanik (440–475), canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church and is venerated by the Armenian Apostolic Church
John the Silent (454–558), Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years
Nerses III the Builder , was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Lazarus Zographos (810–865), first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer
Photios I of Constantinople (810–893), orthodox patriarch, a central figure in
Christianization of Kievan Rus
David of Bulgaria (d. 976), was a Bulgarian noble
Gregory of Narek (c. 950 – 1003 or 1011), saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches and was declared a
Doctor of the Church
Simeon of Mantua (d. 1016), Benedictine monk, canonized as a saint
Nerses IV the Gracious (1102–1173), Catholicos of Armenia, called "the
Fénelon of Armenia" for his efforts to draw the Armenian church out of isolation
Nerses of Lambron (1153–1198), was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Stepanos Orbelian (1250 or 1260–1303), historian and the metropolitan bishop of the province of Syunik
Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749), monk, scholar and theologian who founded the
Mekhitarist Order
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (1679–1749), founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch
Hovsep Arghutian (1743–1801), archbishop who served as the religious leader of Armenians in the Russian Empire
Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz (1770–1855), Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Przemyśl
Nerses V (1770–1857), the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809–1884), prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church, who was the Patriarch of Cilicia
Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907), leader, educator, and publisher who served as Catholicos of All Armenians
Matthew II Izmirlian (1845–1910), Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Ignatius Maloyan (1969–1915), Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin
Malachia Ormanian (1841–1918) was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
George V of Armenia (1847–1930), the Catholicos of All Armenians, supported the various military campaigns
Louis Cheikho (1859–1927), Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian
Yeghishe Tourian (1860–1930), Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, appointed honorary Knight Commander of the
Order of the British Empire
Karekin I (1867–1952), scholar of Armenian art and Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Khoren I of Armenia (1873–1938), served as Catholicos of All Armenians, murdered by the
NKVD , the Soviet secret police
George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (1895–1971), Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church, was the first serious non-Italian papal candidate in centuries
Vazgen I (1908–1994), Catholicos of All Armenians for a total of 39 years, 1st
National Hero of Armenia
Karekin I (1932–1999), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Karekin II (b. 1951), Catholicos of All Armenians, unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the
World Council of Churches
Demos Shakarian , founder of the
Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International
Yaqub Abcarius , bishop
Mher Mkrtchyan , stage and film actor. Mkrtchyan is widely considered one of the greatest actors of the Soviet period among Armenians and the USSR as a whole
Khoren Abrahamyan , actor and director, People’s Artist of the USSR
Grégoire Aslan , Swiss-Armenian actor and musician
Kay Armen , worked on stage and in radio, television, and film
Ed Alberian (1920–1997), children's television actor and entertainer
Mkrtich Arzumanyan , actor, humorist, showman, screenwriter, and producer
Charla Baklayan Faddoul , Amazing Race season 5 contestant
Richard Bakalyan , actor who started his career playing juvenile delinquents in his first several films
Pierre Chammassian , comedian
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan , was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor
Leslie Erganian , artist and television personality
Hasmik , was a Soviet actress
Azniv Hrachia , actor and director
Khloé Kardashian (born 1984), television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, designer, model and social media influencer
Bob Kevoian (born 1950), co-host of the
Bob & Tom Show
Karp Khachvankyan , actor and director, People's Artist of Armenia
Murad Kostanyan , actor, People's Artist of Armenia
David Malyan , Soviet film and stage actor
Hayk Marutyan , actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer
Amasi Martirosyan , film director, screenwriter and actor
Garik Martirosyan (born 1974), TV host and comedian
Patrick Masbourian (born 1970), Canadian television personality
Frunzik Mkrtchyan , Armenian film actor, People's Artist of the USSR
Kev Orkian (born 1974), actor, musician and comedian
Michael Omartian (born 1945), music producer of Donna Summer
Richard Ouzounian (born 1950), Armenian by adoption; playwright, director, critic, artistic director
Davit Gharibyan , media personality, actor, director, producer, tv host, model and social media influencer
Michael A. Goorjian , actor, filmmaker, and writer, won an
Emmy Award
Alice Panikian , 2006 Miss Universe Canada
Vahram Papazian , was a Soviet actor, mostly known for his Shakespearean roles
Yevgeny Petrosyan , comedian
Andy Serkis , English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his
motion capture roles
Vivien Leigh , won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, famous for her Scarlett O'Hara in
Gone with the Wind
Jano Toussounian , Australian/Armenian actor
Akim Tamiroff , One of the premier character actors of
Classical Hollywood cinema
Vagharsh Vagharshian , Soviet actor, director, playwright and public figure
Yevgeny Vakhtangov , Russian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre
Yuri Yerznkyan , film director and actor
Steven Zaillian , screenwriter, producer
Hovhannes Abelian , actor, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR
Petros Adamian , poet, writer, artist and public figure who worked in the Ottoman and Russian empires
Güllü Agop , Ottoman theatre director as well as an occasional actor
Vardan Ajemian , theatrical director and actor, Hero of Socialist Labour
Olga Gulazyan , Soviet actress of film and theater
Azniv Hrachia , Ottoman actress and director
Verkine Karakashian , Ottoman actress and soprano
Yeranuhi Karakashian , actress in Ottoman empire
Aghavni Papazian , first professional female actors in the Ottoman Empire and thereby the Middle East
Arousyak Papazian , first professional female actor in the Ottoman Empire
Yenovk Shahen , actor and director who lived in the Ottoman Empire
Siranush , one of the few whose work is tied to an entire era of theatrical history
Joseph Hekekyan , archaeologist and civil engineer, who lived most of his life in Egypt
Ashkharbek Kalantar , archaeologist and historian who played an important role in the founding of archaeology in Armenia
Martiros Kavoukjian , architect, researcher, Armenologist and historian-archaeologist
Hagop Kevorkian , archeologist, connoisseur of art, and collector
Ruben Orbeli , Soviet archeologist, historian and jurist, who was renowned as the founder of Soviet underwater archeology
Yervand Lalayan , ethnographer, archaeologist, folklorist, and also the founder and the first director of the History Museum of Armenia
Todos (6th—7th centuries), ancient architect, who built a series of Churches in Armenia and Georgia, completed
Anteni Soni
Odo of Metz (742–814), architect who lived during Charlemagne's reign in the
Carolingian Empire
Trdat (940s–1020), was the chief architect of the
Bagratid kings of Armenia , and most notable for his design of the cathedral at Ani and his reconstruction of the dome of
Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Momik (d. 1333), architect, sculptor and a master artist of Armenian illuminated manuscripts
Balyan family , family in the
Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans
Toros Toramanian (1864–1934), He is considered the father of Armenian architectural historiography
Léon Gurekian (1871–1950), made contributions in Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire and Italy
Gabriel Ter-Mikelov (1874–1949), one of the main architects of the
Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral
Nikolai Bayev (1875–1952), mainly worked in Baku in the 1910s and in Soviet Armenia
Alexander Rotinoff (1875–1934), architect and engineer of late 19th and early 20th century throughout the Caucasus
Mihran Azaryan (1876–1952), an Ottoman and Turkish architect
Vartan Sarkisov (1875–1955), was a Soviet architect, designed the Oil Producers Sanatorium building in Mardakan
Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936), Russian-born neoclassical architect, well known for his work in the city of Yerevan
Mihran Mesrobian (1889–1975), architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries
Miron Merzhanov (1895–1975), Soviet architect, notable for being the de facto personal architect of Joseph Stalin
Karo Halabyan (1897–1959), Soviet architect, led the development of the recovery plan of Stalingrad
George Mardikian (1903–1977), restaurateur, chef, author and philanthropist
Rafayel Israyelian (1908–1973), Soviet architect, most prominent structures, including the
Sardarapat Memorial and Yerevan Wine Factory
Varazdat Harutyunyan (1909–2008), academic, architect and writer
Komitas Vardapet , founder of the Armenian national school of music, one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology
Aram Khachaturian , Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers
Rouben Mamoulian , an American film and theater director. Mamoulian's film
Becky Sharp was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the
National Film Registry
Hamo Beknazarian , was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter
Frunze Dovlatyan , an film director, screenwriter and actor
Atom Egoyan , Canadian filmmaker
Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party
Vilen Kolouta , cinematographer
Noura Kevorkian , filmmaker, writer, director, producer
Sergey Parajanov , he is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the best filmmakers in cinema history
Henri Verneuil , was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France
Mikhail Vartanov , filmmaker
Rouben Mamoulian , was an American film and theater director
Tigran Khzmalyan (aka Xmalian), filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
Henrik Malyan , film writer and director
Karen Shakhnazarov (born 1952), filmmaker, producer and head of the Mosfilm studios
Kevork Ajemian (1932–1998), prominent Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, one of the founders of the
ASALA military organization
Nubar Alexanian (born 1950), photojournalist, documentary photographer, and film director
Ben Bagdikian (1920–2016), former editor-in-chief of
The Washington Post
John Roy Carlson (1909–1991), best-selling author of Under Cover
Hrant Dink (1954–2007), executive editor of Turkish-Armenian newspaper
Agos
George Donikian , news anchor in Australia
John Garabedian , radio host
Bedros Hadjian , writer, journalist and educator
David Ignatius (born 1950), associate editor of the Washington Post
Armen Keteyian (born 1953), reporter
Tim Kurkjian (born 1956), analyst at
ESPN
Hrand Nazariantz (1880–1962), lived in Italy, Nobel Prize candidate
Lara Setrakian , journalist and political analyst for
Bloomberg Television and
ABC News
Janet Shamlian ,
NBC News correspondent
Margarita Simonyan , editor-in-chief of
RT (Russia Today)
Roger Tatarian (1917–1995), senior VP of
United Press International
Philip Terzian (born 1950), editor at the
Weekly Standard
Matt Vasgersian (born 1967), sportscaster
Ivan Aivazovsky , considered one of the greatest masters of marine art
Martiros Saryan , Armenian painter, founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting
Ivan Aivazovsky , Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art
Simon Agopian , prominent Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter
Stepan Aghajanian , painter; known primarily for portraits and landscapes
Yuhanna al-Armani , artist in Ottoman Egypt, he is most notable for his religious works
Minas Avetisyan , an painter, one of best-known armenian painters of Soviet Union
Teodor Axentowicz , rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
Gevorg Bashinjaghian , painter who had significant influence on Armenian landscape painting
David Çıraciyan , prominent Ottoman painter
Mıgırdiç Civanyan , Ottoman Armenian painter
Sarkis Diranian , Ottoman orientalist painter
Arshile Gorky , has been hailed as one of the most powerful American painters of the 20th century
Hakob Hovnatanyan , founder of the modern Armenian painting school
Eduard Isabekyan , founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia
Jean Jansem , was a French-Armenian painter
Hakob Kojoyan , was an artist assisted Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian in creating the coat of arms for the First Republic of Armenia
Levon Lachikyan , art critic and graphic artist
Manas family , family that provided Imperial Portraitists to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Vahram Manavyan , Ottoman and Egyptian painter
Dmitry Nalbandyan , Soviet painter and animator
Yenovk Nazarian , portrait and landscape painter
Stepanos Nersissian , painter, primarily known for his portraits of historical figures
Hovsep Pushman , known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits of women
Jan Rustem , painter, worked in the territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Martiros Saryan , painter and founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting
Vardges Sureniants , considered the founder of Armenian historical painting
Antoni Stefanowicz , Polish painter and art teacher, specializing in portraits
Kajetan Stefanowicz , Polish Art-Nouveau painter and illustrator
Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter , painter to king
John III Sobieski and a Polish–Lithuanian noble
Yeghishe Tadevosyan , painter, was known for his landscape and portrait paintings
Panos Terlemezian , landscape and portrait painter
Garabet Yazmaciyan , prominent Ottoman painter
Hovhannes Zardaryan , Soviet painter
Arno Babajanyan , Soviet composer and pianist. He was made a
People's Artist of the USSR in 1971. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Soviet era
Hovhannes Tumanyan , national poet of Armenia
Narine Abgaryan (born 1971)
Khachatur Abovian (1805–1842)
Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian and philologist
Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet
Ghazaros Aghayan (1840–1911)
Michael Arlen (1895–1956), novelist
Artine Artinian (1907–2005), literature scholar
Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), writer, poet, historian, painter
Louise Aslanian (1906–1945), writer, poet,
French Resistance fighter, Communist
Atrpet (1860–1937)
Axel Bakunts (1889–1937)
Peter Balakian (born 1951), memoirist and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Ara Baliozian (1936–2019)
David Barsamian , writer, radio host
A. I. Bezzerides (1908–2007), screenwriter and novelist
Chris Bohjalian
Gary Braver
Michael Casey (born 1947), poet
James Der Derian , international relations researcher and author
Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018), poet
Gabriel El-Registan (1899–1945), poet, co-author of the
anthem of the USSR
Gevorg Emin (1918–1998), poet, essayist, and translator
Gregory of Narek (Krikor Naregatsi) (951–1003), religious poet
Arto Der Haroutunian (1940–1987)
Artem Harutyunyan (born 1945), writer, translator, critic
Zbigniew Herbert (1924–1998), Polish poet
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin , novelist and writer on the
Armenian genocide
Garabet Ibrăileanu (1871–1936), writer, literary critic, professor
Avetik Isahakyan (1885–1957), poet
Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski (born 1956), Polish Armenian-Catholic priest and author
Silva Kaputikyan (1919–2006), poet
Martiros Kavoukjian (1908–1988), Armenologist
Nancy Kricorian , writer, activist
Jan Lechoń (1899–1956), (Leszek Józef Serafinowicz), Polish poet
Gurgen Mahari (1903–1969), writer and poet
M. M. Mangasarian (1859–1943)
Zara Mgoyan (born 1983), writer, singer
Bethany Mooradian (born 1975), writer
Moses of Chorene (410–490), father of Armenian historiography
Alexander Movsesyan , playwright and novelist
Claude Mutafian (born 1942), historian and mathematician
Santiago Nazarian (born 1977), novelist
Hrand Nazariantz (1886–1962), poet and journalist
Sev Ohanian (born 1987), screenwriter
Joseph Orbeli (1887–1961), Orientalist
George Ouzounian (known as "Maddox") (born 1978), author, satirist and webmaster
Ruben Papian (born 1962), esotericist, para-scientist specializing in subjects such as metaphysics and parapsychology
Vartan Pasha , Ottoman Armenian statesman, writer and journalist
Marine Petrossian (born 1960), Armenian poet, essayist and columnist
Raffi (Hagop Hagopian) (1835–1888), novelist and poet
Rousas Rushdoony (1916–2001), Calvinistic philosopher and Christian Reconstructionist
Aram Saroyan (born 1943), poet, novelist
William Saroyan (1908–1981), short story writer, novelist, playwright, essayist and memoirist
Sayat-Nova (1712–1795), philosopher and poet
Paruyr Sevak (1924–1971), poet
Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982)
Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908)
Levon Shant (1869–1951), playwright, novelist
Hovhannes Shiraz (1915–1984), poet
Siamanto (1878–1915), poet and martyr
Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849,) Polish poet
George Stambolian (1937–1991), key figure in the early gay literary movement in New York
Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629), Polish Renaissance poet
Serj Tankian (born 1967), singer, songwriter
Vahan Tekeyan (1878–1948)
Tovmas Terzian (1840–1909), poet, playwright, and professor
Henri Troyat (born Levon Aslan Torossian) (1911–2007)
Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869–1923)
Varand (born 1954), poet, writer, translator, painter, professor
Alexander Varbedian (born 1943), Armenologist and ethnologist
Francis Veber (born 1937), screenwriter
Thomas Woods (born 1972), author and scholar
Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943), author and human rights activist
Perch Zeytuntsyan (born 1938–2017), novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and Minister of Culture of Armenia 1990–1991
Yousuf Karsh , an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the
20th century
Kegham Djeghalian , an Armenian-Palestinian photographer, known for his photographs documenting daily life and political events over four decades
Abdullah Frères , photographers of international fame during the late Ottoman Empire
Anita Conti , French photographer, and the first French female oceanographer
Jean Pascal Sébah , was a Syriac photographer
Samvel Sevada , an Armenian artist, photographer and poet
Yousuf Karsh , Canadian photograph, famous for his
The Roaring Lion portriet
Van Leo , Egyptian photographer who became known for his numerous self-portraits and portraits of celebrities of his time
Movses Khorenatsi , called the "father of Armenian history", and is sometimes referred to as the "Armenian
Herodotus "
Mkhitar Sebastatsi mosaic
Mesrop Mashtots (362 – 440), Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches
Elishe (410 – 475), historian, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War
Faustus of Byzantium (5th century), historian of the 5th century. Faustus' History of the Armenians
Ghazar Parpetsi (5th-6th centuries), Armenian chronicler and historian
Hovnan Mayravanetsi , was an Armenian theologian and philosopher
David the Invincible , was a neoplatonist philosopher of the 6th century
Koriun , earliest Armenian-language author, his Life of Mashtots contains many details about the evangelization of Armenia and the invention of the Armenian alphabet by
Mesrop Mashtots
Movses Khorenatsi , was a prominent historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians
Sebeos (7th century), bishop and historian
Movses Kagankatvatsi (7th century), historian, author of the book History of the World from Aghvan
Anania Shirakatsi , polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields
Leo the Mathematician , Byzantine philosopher and logician associated with the Macedonian Renaissance
Anania Narekatsi , chronicler, theologian, philosopher, commentator, leader of Narekavank and founder of the school
Tovma Artsruni (9th-10th centurys), historian, authored the History of the House of Artsrunik
Zenob Glak (10th century), historian who became the first abbot of the Glak monastery
Stepanos Asoghik (10–11th centuries), was an historian
Hovhannes Imastaser (1045–1129), medieval multi-disciplinary scholar known for his works on philosophy, theology, mathematics, cosmology, and literature
Stepanos Asoghik (11th century), was an historian
Samuel Anetsi (12th century), known for his writing of history and chronicles a book where he is the first author to use the Armenian Chronology
Mkhitar Heratsi (12th-century), considered the father of Armenian medicine
Matthew of Edessa (12th century), historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa
Vardan Areveltsi (13th century), historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
Hayton of Corycus (14th century), medieval nobleman, monk and historiographer
Gregory of Tatev , was an philosopher, theologian and a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Thomas of Metsoph (1378–1446), cleric and chronicler who left an account of Timur’s invasions of the Caucasus
Amirdovlat of Amasia (1420–1496), physician and writer, wrote several works on medicine and science
Giorgio Baglivi (1668–1701), Croatian-Italian physician and scientist
Esayi Hasan-Jalalyan (1677–1728), historian and catholicos of Aghvank
Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749), monk, scholar and theologian who founded the
Mekhitarist Order
Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823), was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk, historian, grammarian and theologian
Grzegorz Piramowicz (1753–1801), Catholic priest, educator and philosopher
Ioan Mire Melik (1840–1889), Romanian mathematician, educator and political figure
Viktor Ambartsumyan , Soviet Armenian
astrophysicist , he was the president of the
IAU (1961-1963)
Abraham Alikhanov ,
experimental physicist , was one of the Soviet Union's leading physicists
Kirill Shchelkin , Soviet physicist of former Soviet program of nuclear weapons,
Hero of Socialist Labor three times
Manuk Abeghyan , an philologist, literary scholar, folklorist, lexicographer and linguist
Evgeny Abramyan , physicist, founder of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology
Daron Acemoglu , among the 20 most cited economists in the world, winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal
Hovannes Adamian , engineer, inventor of
color television
Nicholas Adontz , historian, specialising in Byzantine and Armenian studies, and a philologist
Sergei Adian , mathematician, head of the department of
Mathematical Logic of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
George Adomian , mathematician, developer of
Adomian decomposition method
Tateos Agekian , astrophysicist, one of the pioneers of Stellar Dynamics
Hagop S. Akiskal , psychiatrist best known for his pioneering research on temperament and bipolar disorder (manic depression)
Armen Alchian , economist, one of the major economists of the 20th century
Ghevont Alishan , Armenian Catholic priest, historian, educator and poet
Artem Alikhanian , nuclear physicist, one of the founders and first director of the
Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI)
Sos Alikhanian , geneticist, one of the founders of
molecular genetics in the USSR, founder of the
State Research Institute of Genetics (GosNIIgenetika)
Sarkis Acopian , designer of the first ever solar radio
Abram Alikhanov , nuclear physicist, one of the founders of nuclear physics in USSR, founder of the first
nuclear reactor of USSR, founder of the
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP)
Gabriel Aivazovsky , an Armenian Catholic archbishop, scholar, educator and historian
Włodzimierz Antoniewicz , rector of the
University of Warsaw , and a member of the
PAN
Viktor Ambartsumian , astrophysicist, one of the founders of
theoretical astrophysics
Emil Artin , mathematician, one of the founders of
modern algebra
Michael Artin , mathematician, contributed to algebraic geometry
Gurgen Askaryan , physicist, inventor of light self focusing
Lev Atamanov , animation director, one of the founders of Soviet animation art
Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan , botanist and mycologist
Boris Babayan , computer scientist, father of
supercomputing in the former Soviet Union and Russia, founder of
Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST)
Oscar H. Banker , inventor of
automatic transmission for automobiles
Levon Chailakhyan , physiologist and cloning pioneer
Mikhail Chailakhyan , founder of hormonal theory of plant development
Artur Chilingarov , polar explorer
Giacomo Luigi Ciamician , founder of photochemistry
Richard Donchian , father of Trend Following Trading, one of the most outstanding figures of all time in the field of commodity money management
Vram Dovlatyan , Soviet organic chemist
Grigor Gurzadyan , founder of space astronomy
Spiru Haret , astronomer; made a fundamental contribution to
the n-body problem , initially aimed at modelling the planetary motions in our solar system
Paris Herouni , projected and built the world's first radio-optical telescope
Bagrat Ioannisiani , constructor of new astronomical instruments, chief designer of
BTA-6 , the largest telescope in the world
Andronik Iosifyan , aerospace engineer, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the
R-7 Semyorka and the
Soyuz spacecraft
Mishik Kazaryan , physicist specialising in laser physics and optics
Alexander Kemurdzhian , aerospace engineer, designer of the first
space exploration rovers for moon and mars
Edward Keonjian , pioneer of microelectronics, designer of the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter
Leonid Khachiyan , mathematician, computer scientist, proved the existence of an efficient way to solve linear programming problems
Tigran Khudaverdyan , computer scientist, deputy CEO of
Yandex
Semyon Davidovich Kirlian , inventor of
Kirlian Photography , discovered that living matter emits energy fields
Ivan Knunyants , chemist, significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry; one of the major developers of Soviet
chemical weapons program
Samvel Kocharyants , nuclear scientist, developer of the first Soviet
nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles
Anna Kazanjian Longobardo , author of contributions to the aerospace engineering field, the first woman to receive the Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering achievement
Ignacy Łukasiewicz , pharmacist, one of the world's pioneers of the oil industry, built the world's first modern
oil refinery
Benjamin Markarian , astrophysicist, known for the
Markarian galaxies
Stepan Malkhasyants , academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer
Cyrus Melikian , coffee industry pioneer, inventor of
coffee vending machines
Sergey Mergelyan , mathematician, the author of major contributions in Approximation Theory; head of the department of
Complex Analysis of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
Artem Mikoyan , aerospace engineer, designer of
MiG
jet aircraft , including the first supersonic Soviet jet fighter
Aram Nalbandyan , Soviet physicist, prominent in the field of physical chemistry
Robert Nalbandyan , chemist, co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin, pioneer in the field of free radicals
Yuri Oganessian , nuclear physicist in the
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the
periodic table ; element
Oganesson
Stepanos Nazarian (1812-1879), publisher, enlightener, historian of literature and orientalist
Leo (1860-1932), an Armenian historian, writer, critic, and professor at Yerevan State University
Joseph Orbeli , orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of
Transcaucasia , and first president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Yuri Osipyan , physicist, author of fundamental contribution to the physics of movements in solid bodies and inventor of photoplastic effect
James P. Bagian , physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut
Ashot Petrosian , mathematician, computer scientist, contributed to the development of several generations of advanced digital computer systems in former USSR, including the
Nairi (computer) and
ES EVM
Mikhail Pogosyan , aerospace engineer, general director of
Sukhoi and
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)
Anna Schchian , botanist
Georgy Shakhnazarov , one of the founders of political science in USSR
Luther George Simjian , inventor of
ATM and flight simulator
George Ter-Stepanian , one of the founders of the landslide studies in Soviet Union
Norair Sisakian , biochemist, one of the founders of
space biology
Kirill Shchelkin , physicist, in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons who made theoretical and experimental contribution in combustion and gas dynamics.
Armen Takhtajan , botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography
Karen Ter-Martirosian , theoretical physicist, author of fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory; founder of the
Elementary Particle Physics chair of the MIPT
Margarita Ervandovna Ter-Minassian , entomologist, mostly known for her work on the
weevil subfamily
Lixinae .
Alenush Terian , first Iranian-Armenian female astrophysicist
Avie Tevanian , computer scientist and programmer, the architect of
Apple's Mac OS X
Nikolay Yenikolopov , chemist, one of the founders of Russian polymer science
Armen Alchian , credited with turning its economics department into one of the country’s best
Hovannes Adamian , is recognized as one of the founders of color television
Michael Artin , known for his contributions to algebraic geometry
Garabed T. K. Giragossian , remembered for developing a perpetual motion device shortly after the turn of the 20th century
Semyon Kirlian , teacher and journalist, discovered and developed
Kirlian photography
Artem Mikoyan , a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, designed
Mig
Nikita Lazarev , civil engineer, contractor, real estate developer and Neoclassical architect
Noubar Afeyan , biochemical engineer, co-founder of the biotechnology company
Moderna
George Aghajanian , physician, neuropharmacologist and pioneer in serotonin receptor research
Roger Altounyan , asthma researcher, pharmacologist who pioneered use of cromolyn sodium inhalation therapy for asthma
A. V. Apkarian , pioneer in magnetic resonance spectroscopy research of the brain
Viken Babikian , cardiovascular researcher
John Basmajian , leader in Rehabilitation Medicine, father of “EMG Biofeedback”, author of pioneering works in electromyography
Aram Chobanian , Dean,
Boston University School of Medicine, leader in cardiology research
Raymond Damadian , physician, inventor of
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), inducted into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham , surgeon, pioneer in minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery
Ivan Gevorkian , surgeon and scientist
Edgar Housepian , neurosurgeon and professor
Moses M. Housepian , physician and relief worker
Robert Istepanian , Professor of Data Communication, coined the phrase "
m-health "
Albert Kapikian , virologist and pioneer in vaccine development for rotavirus
Mihran Kassabian , physician, one of the early investigators into the medical uses of
X-rays
Varaztad Kazanjian , pioneer of
plastic surgery
J. W. Kebabian , neuroscientist and pioneer in dopamine receptor research
Hampar Kelikian , orthopedic-surgeon pioneer, a pioneer in the restoration of damaged limbs
Jack Kevorkian , pathologist,
euthanasia activist
Edward Khantzian , Harvard psychiatrist; developed self-medication hypothesis of substance abuse
Zaven Khatchaturian , neuroscientist,
Alzheimer's disease researcher
John Najarian , developed the practice of
organ transplantation
Leon Orbeli (1882–1958), physiologist, pioneer of
evolutionary physiology
Ardem Patapoutian , molecular biologist and neuroscientist, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2021
Hrayr Shahinian , pioneer in microsurgical techniques of the brain
Michel Ter-Pogossian , inventor of
positron emission tomography (PET)
Tigran Petrosyan , chess grandmaster and the ninth World Chess Champion
Levon Aronyan , the fourth highest-rated player in history
Levon Aronian , chess player
Varuzhan Akobian , American chess Grandmaster
Zaven Andriasian , chess Grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion
Giorgi Bagaturov , chess grandmaster, a three-time Georgian Chess Champion
Elina Danielian , chess grandmaster and six-time Armenian women's champion
Avetik Grigoryan , an chess Grandmaster
Hovik Hayrapetyan , became the Armenian Chess Solving Champion
Garry Kasparov , world chess champion
Smbat Lputian , an chess grandmaster
Sergei Movsesian , was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE
Tigran Petrosian , world chess champion
Henrikh Mkhitaryan , professional footballer
Alyosha Abrahamyan , played as a goalkeeper for FC Ararat Yerevan
Arkady Andreasyan , football player and manager
Armen Babalaryan , Armenian football midfielder
Roman Berezovsky , football coach and a former goalkeeper
André Calisir , professional footballer
Artak Dashyan , professional footballer
Youri Djorkaeff , football player
Gurgen Engibaryan , played as a midfielder
Artyom Falyan , football manager and a player
Vardan Ghazaryan , football coach
Eduard Grigoryan , professional football player
Varazdat Haroyan , footballer who plays as a central defende
Eduard Markarov , Soviet football player
Yura Movsisyan , football player
Henrikh Mkhitaryan , football player
Nikita Simonyan , football player
Alexander Mantashev , prominent Russian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist, become one of the world's wealthiest individuals
Simeon of Poland (1584–1639), Polish traveler
Ivan Lazarev (1735 – 1801), was a financier and millionaire
Set Khan Astvatsatourian (1780 – 1842), businessman, Iran's ambassador to Great Britain
Ivan Mirzoev (d. 1870), businessman, the first person to drill oil in Baku and is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Baku oil industry
Alexander Mantashev (1842 – 1911), Russian oil magnate
Mikael Aramyants (1843 – 1923), oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist
Paul Chater (1846 – 1926), businessman, Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
Semyon Abamelek-Lazarev (1857–1916), prince, Russian millionaire
Dikran Kelekian (1867 – 1951), notable collector and dealer of Islamic art
Calouste Gulbenkian (1869 – 1955), first person to exploit Iraqi oil
Alex Manoogian (1901 – 1996), founder of
Masco , National Hero of Armenia
Lev Atamanov (1901 – 1981), director of
Soyuzmultfilm , one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art
Artem Mikoyan (1905 – 1970), founder of
Mikoyan , MiG
Richard Donchian (1905 – 1993), pioneer Wall Street financier
Kirk Kerkorian (1917 – 2015), built the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas three times, National Hero of Armenia
Vartan Gregorian (1934 – 2021), president of Carnegie Corporation, awarded
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Nikita Simonyan (b. 1926), First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union
Eduardo Eurnekian (b. 1932), owner of airports in Argentina, and Yerevan Airport
Karen Shakhnazarov (b. 1952), became the director general of
Mosfilm
Alex Yemenidjian (b. 1955), former CEO and chairman of
MGM Studios
Alexis Ohanian (b. 1983), co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site
Reddit
Petra Arkanian , secondary character in
Orson Scott Card 's novel
Ender's Game and a primary character in subsequent sequels such as
Shadow of the Hegemon
Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani), character in the Brazilian telenovela
Rainha da Sucata played by actress
Aracy Balabanian , of Armenian descent herself
Dany Devedjian, character in the French criminal drama
Les Lyonnais
Margos Dezerian , hit man for the Mob on
The Shield
Vrej Esphanian, galley slave, Armenian trader in
Neal Stephenson 's
The Baroque Cycle
Rabo Karabekian , protagonist of
Kurt Vonnegut 's 1987 book
Bluebeard
Max Kerkerian, character in
Les rivières pourpres , detective inspector, starring
Vincent Cassel
Vin Makazian , detective in the TV series
The Sopranos , played by
John Heard
Melik Nachararyan, character in the novel
Ali and Nino
Camille Saroyan , character in the TV Series
Bones
Armin Tamzarian ,
Simpsons character better known as Principal
Seymour Skinner
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