Lists of Armenians explained

This is a list of notable Armenians.

Historical

By country

Americas

Caucasus

Europe

Middle East

Leaders and Politicians

Armenia

Zarmayr Haykazuni, legendary King of Armenia from 1192 BC to 1180 BC
Orontes I Sakavakyats, legendary King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
Tigranes Orontid, legendary King of Armenia from 560 to 535 BC
Orontes III, King of Armenia from 321 to 260 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
Artavasdes II, King of Armenia from 55 to 34 BC
Erato, Queen 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
Gagik I Artsruni, King of Vaspurakan from 904–937/943
Ashot III, King of Bagratid Armenia from 953 to 977
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

Other countries

Mithridates I Callinicus, King of Commagene
Abgar V, first Christian King (according to Khorenatsi^[1])
Princess Sandukht, regretted first Christian Armenian woman
Salome of Ujarma (297–361), princess who married into the Chosroid Dynasty of Iberia
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
Constantine IV (by mother) (650–665), Byzantine emperor
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
Samuel of Bulgaria (d. 1014), Tsar of Bulgaria from 997 to 1014
Aziz al-Dawla (d. 1022), Fatimid Governor of Aleppo
Gagik of Kakheti (d. 1058), King of Kakheti and Hereti
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)^[2] (Mamluk Sultan)
Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Princess, was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to Michael IX Palaiologos

Politicians

See main article: List of politicians of Armenian descent.

Parandzem, was the consort of King Arshak II of Armenia
Moses of Bulgaria, Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria
Morphia of Melitene, Queen consort of Jerusalem
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1131–1153)
Arda of Armenia, Queen of Jerusalem
Mirza Zulqarnain, diwan and faujdar of the Mughal Empire
Damat Halil Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1626–1628)
Şivekar Sultan, Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1646–1648)
Manuc Bei, a merchant, diplomat, and inn-keeper
Marcara Avanchintz, trader from Isfahan, who went into the service of Louis XIV
Melik Shahnazar II (d. 1792), melik of Varanda, one of the five Melikdoms of Karabakh
Israel Ori, diplomat that sought the liberation of Armenia from Persia and the Ottoman Empire
Solayman Khan Saham al-Dowleh (d. 1853), nobleman from the Enikolopian family, who served as a government official in Qajar Iran
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)
Basile M. Missir, President of the Senate of Romania (1914–1916)
Vasile Morțun, President of the Senate of Romania (1916–1918)
Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
Hovhannes Hakhverdyan, 1st Defence Minister of Armenia (1918–1919)
Aram Manukian, Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia (1918–1919)
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)
Virgil Madgearu, Minister of Finance of Romania (1929–1930)
Hovhannes Masehyan, was the Persian Ambassador to the Great Britain (1927–1929), and 1st Ambassador of Persia to Japan (1930–1931)
Varlam Avanesov, 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)
Ioan Missir, Mayor of Botoșani (1931–1932), (1941–1944)
Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)^[3]
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)
Ken Khachigian, White House Chief Speechwriter (1981)
George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–1991)
Edward Djerejian, United States Ambassador to Israel (1993–1994)
Édouard Balladur, Prime Minister of France (1993–1995)
Anna Eshoo, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1993–)
Shahen Nikolay Petrosyan, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Armenia
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)^[4]
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)
Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1999–2019)
Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2021)
Jackie Speier, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (2008–2023)
Gladys Berejiklian, 45th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (2017–)

Military figures

Antiquity

Nebuchadnezzar IV (d. 521 BC), seized power in Babylon, becoming the city's king and leading a revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Dadarsi, Persian general and Satrap of Bactria
Nemanes the Armenian, one of the commanders at the Battle of Protopachium
Archelaus of Cilicia (d. 38), Cappadocian prince and a Roman client king

Middle Ages

There have been a lot of Armenian commanders throughout history, there were many Armenian commanders among the troops of Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Iran, the Georgian Kingdom and other states.

Cylaces, hayr-mardpet
Artavasdes I Mamikonian, Sparapet, oldest ancestor of the Mamikonian family
Vache I Mamikonian (d. 335 or 338), Sparapet
Mushegh I Mamikonian (d. 377 or 378), Sparapet
Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368), Sparapet
Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451), Sparapet
Vasak Siwni (d. 452), Lord of Syunik and Marzban of Persian Armenia
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
Smbat IV Bagratuni, Marzban of Hyrcania and Persian Armenia
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
Bardas (d. 866), Byzantine noble and high-ranking minister
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
Constantine of Gargar (d. 1117), chieftain who ruled the region around Gerger
Michael Aspietes (d. 1176), Byzantine general serving under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
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

Early modern period

See main article: article. There were many Armenian commanders among the states of the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire and Safavid Iran

John III the Terrible (1572–1574), Voivode of Moldavia
Khosrow Soltan Armani (d. 1653), Safavid official, military commander, and gholam
David Bek (d. 1728), military commander in Syunik
Mkhitar Sparapet (d. 1730), military commander in Syunik
Roustam Raza (1783–1843), Bodyguard and secondary valet of Napoleon
Ernő Kiss (1799–1849), was a Hungarian Army lieutenant-general

Russian Empire

See main article: article.

Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire
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
Yakov Alkhazov (1826–1896), Russian military leader, infantry 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

Serob Aghpur, fedayee
Galust Aloyan, fedayee
Andranik, fedayee
Arabo, fedayee
Hovsep Arghutian, fedayee
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan
Hampartsoum Boyadjian, fedayee
Kevork Chavush, fedayee
Mihran Damadian, fedayee
Hrayr Dzhoghk, fedayee
Ishkhan, fedayee
Sarkis Jebejian, fedayee
Hovhannes Hakhverdyan
Balabekh Karapet, fedayee
Drastamat Kanayan, fedayee
Balabekh Karapet, fedayee
Keri, fedayee
Yeprem Khan, considered a national hero in Iran
Khetcho, fedayee
Makhluto, fedayee
Sebastatsi Murad, fedayee
Garegin Nzhdeh
Hamazasp Srvandztyan
Ruben Ter-Minasian
Armenak Yekarian

Soviet period

See main article: article and List of Armenian Heroes of the Soviet Union. During World War II 500,000 Armenians served in the war from Soviet Union, 108 Armenians honoured Hero of Soviet Union, Armenians have 5 Marshals, 8 Colonel generals, 31 Lieutenant generals, 109 Major general, 1 Admiral, 3 Vice Admirals^[5]

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), a Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
Ghukas Madoyan (1906–1975), Red Army Lieutenant Colonel
Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), Hero of Soviet Union, twice
Sarkis Martirosyan (1900–1984), was a Soviet general-leytenant of the Red Army
Sergei Galadzhev (1902–1954), was a Soviet general and a political officer
Hunan Avetisyan (1914–1943), was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division
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

United States

George Juskalian (1914–2010), Colonel of the United States Army
Carl Genian (1921-1967), aerial bombardier, first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Ernest H. Dervishian (1916–1984), soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor
Sue Sarafian Jehl (1917–1997), one of the best known WAAC personnel
Paul Ignatius (born 1920), Secretary of the Navy
John Kizirian (1928–2006), served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Jeffrey L. Harrigian (born 1962), United States Air Force General, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa

Diaspora

Mihail Cerchez, Romanian general
Tsatur Khan, was an Iranian general, envoy to Russia
Martiros Khan Davidkhanian, Iranian general, philanthropist, professor, the Chief of Staff of the Persian Cossack Brigade
Gabriel Coury, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Eskandar Khan Davidkhanian, general, professor, the Deputy Commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade
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
Sergei Avakyants, Russian retired naval officer
Ruben Yesayan, test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

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

Religious leaders

See main article: article, List of Catholicoi of Armenia, List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia, List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia, List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople and List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem.

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
Elisæus of Albania (d. 74 or 79), first patriarch of the Church of Caucasian Albania
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
Grigoris (d. 334), Catholicos of the Church of Caucasian Albania from 325 to 330
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
Leontine martyrs (5th century)
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
John VII of Constantinople (d. 867), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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
Vardan of Aygek (d. 1250), Christian monk, famous for his works on Armenian folklore
Stepanos Orbelian (1250 or 1260–1303), historian and the metropolitan bishop of the province of Syunik
Sarmad Kashani (1590–1661), Persian mystic, poet and saint
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
Demos Shakarian (1913–1993), founder of Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International
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
Bagrat Galstanyan (born 1971), theologian and a cleric of the Armenian Apostolic Church who is currently serving as primate of the Diocese of Tavush
Yaqub Abcarius, bishop

Cultural figures

Actors

See main article: article and List of Armenian actors.

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
Mike Connors, American actor
Pierre Chammassian, comedian
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor
Leslie Erganian, artist and television personality
Arlene Francis, American game show panelist, actress, radio and television talk show host
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
Leonid Yengibarov, Soviet actor and clown
Yuri Yerznkyan, film director and actor
Steven Zaillian, screenwriter, producer

Theatre

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
Nikita Balieff, vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario, and director
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
Loreta, an Iranian stage and film actress

Activists

Yelena Bonner, human rights activist
Movses Gorgisyan, one of the leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh movement
Marietta Shaginyan, one of the most prolific communist writers experimenting in satirico-fantastic fiction

Archeologists

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

Architects

See main article: article and List of Armenian architects.

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

Ballet dancers

Agrippina Vaganova, her technique of ballet is one of the most popular techniques today
Vilen Galstyan
Vanoush Khanamirian
Rudolf Kharatyan
Ruben Muradyan

Composers

See main article: article, List of Armenian classical composers and List of Armenian composers.

Conductors

Clergy

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

See main article: article and List of Armenian film directors.

Haig Acterian, Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist and journalist
Hamo Beknazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter
Frunze Dovlatyan, a film director, screenwriter and actor
Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
Hughes Brothers – filmmakers
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party
Noura Kevorkian, filmmaker, writer, director, producer
Edmond Keosayan, film director and compere of the State Variety Orchestra of the Soviet Union
Vilen Kolouta, cinematographer
Lev Kulidzhanov, Soviet film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Sergey Parajanov, he is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the best filmmakers in cinema history
Artavazd Peleshyan, director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist
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

Producers

DJ Alber Ensso, DJ and music producer
Davit Gharibyan, producer of Ari Parenq TV series, Happy International Women's Day and We Remember and Demand 106 social videos
Howard Kazanjian, producer of Star Wars
Sev Ohanian, producer of Searching, Fruitvale Station and the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy
Natalie Qasabian, producer of Searching and Run
Katherine Sarafian, producer at Pixar
Alain Terzian, French producer, President of Association of French Producers

Animation

Lev Atamanov, one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art
Dmitry Nalbandyan, Soviet painter and animator and Hero of Socialist Labour
Robert Sahakyants, animator and Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR

Illustrators

Opera singers

Journalists

See main article: List of Armenian journalists.

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

Painters

See main article: article, List of Armenian painters and List of Armenian women artists.

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, one of the best-known Armenian painters of the 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
Bogdan Saltanov, painter at the court of Alexis I of Russia and his successors
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

Pianists

Poets

Medieval

Modern

See main article: List of Armenian writers.

Narine Abgaryan (born 1971)
Khachatur Abovian (1805–1842)
Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian and philologist
Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet
Ghazaros Aghayan (1840–1911)
Ara Aloyan (born 1981), poet, writer and pedagogue
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
Vasile Conta (1845–1882), Romanian philosopher and 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
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
Mikayel Nalbandian (born 1829), author of the anthem of the First Republic of Armenia
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
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

Photographers

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

Models

Sculptors

Singers

Scholars and scientists

Medieval

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
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
Elishe (410 – 475), historian, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War
Agathangelos (5th century), pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator
Faustus of Byzantium (5th century), historian, describes in detail the reigns of Arshak II and his son Papas Pap, and portrays the Mamikonians
Ghazar Parpetsi (5th-6th centuries), Armenian chronicler and historian
Hovnan Mayravanetsi, was an Armenian theologian and philosopher
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
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
Hovhannes Erznkatsi (1230s–1293), scholar and philosopher
Gregory of Akner (13th century), historian, famous for his important source for the Mongol conquest of the Near East
Vardan Areveltsi (13th century), historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
Hayton of Corycus (14th century), medieval nobleman, monk and historiographer

Early Modern

Gregory of Tatev (1346–1409 or 1410), 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
Hakob Meghapart (16th century), first Armenian printer, the originator of printing in Armenia
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
Shahamir Shahamirian (1723–1797), writer, philosopher, and wealthy merchant in Madras
Joseph Emin (1726–1809), traveler, writer and patriot who sought to achieve the liberation of Armenia from Persian and Ottoman rule
Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, border maker, and translator
Ioan Mire Melik (1840–1889), Romanian mathematician, educator and political figure

Modern

See main article: List of Armenian scientists.

Manuk Abeghyan, 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, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2024
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
Nerses Krikorian,chemist and intelligence officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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
Emmanuele Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020

Inventors

See main article: article and List of Armenian inventors and discoverers.

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
Frank Chirkinian, author of the rules for the production of modern golf broadcasting
Raymond Damadian, inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning machine
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
Stephen Stepanian, called the "father of the ready-mix concrete industry"
Avedis Zildjian, first cymbals were created by him

Medicine

Eugen Aburel, was a Romanian surgeon and obstetrician
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)

Nobel Laureates

See main article: article and List of Armenian Nobel laureates.

Laureates

Daron Acemoglu, Nobel Prize for Economics in 2024^[6]
Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2021^[7]
Emmanuele Charpentier, Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2020, Armenian grandfather^[8]
Dork Sahagian, Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 as a part of IPCC^[9]

Nominees

Ruben Vardanyan, Nobel Prize for Peace in 2024
Armen Alchian, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1986
Victor Ambartsumian, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1960
Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, Nobel Prize for Chemistry from 1905 to 1921

Sportspeople

See main article: article and List of Armenian Olympic medalists.

Boxers

See main article: article and List of Armenian boxers.

Arthur Abraham, professional boxer
Madame Bey, American boxing trainer
Khoren Gevor, German professional boxer
Mekhak Ghazaryan, retired amateur boxer from Armenia
Susi Kentikian, German former professional boxer
Kirkor Kirkorov, retired Bulgarian boxer
Vanes Martirosyan, American former professional boxer
Vladimir Yengibaryan, Soviet light-welterweight boxer

Chess

See main article: article and List of Armenian chess players.

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, chess Grandmaster
Hovik Hayrapetyan, became the Armenian Chess Solving Champion
Garry Kasparov, world chess champion
Smbat Lputian, chess grandmaster
Sergei Movsesian, awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE
Tigran Petrosian, world chess champion

Gymnasts

Albert Azaryan, the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings
Eduard Azaryan, Olympic Champion and four-time Soviet Champion
Artur Davtyan, the 2022 World Champion on vault
Hamlet Manukyan, 2023 Junior World Champion
Harutyun Merdinyan, two-time European champion
Hrant Shahinyan, Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion and seven-time USSR Champion

Footballers

See main article: article and List of Armenian footballers.

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

Wrestlers

See main article: article and List of Armenian wrestlers.

Artur Aleksanyan, Olympic champion, seven-time European champion, four-time World champion
Arayik Gevorgyan, three-time World champion
Arsen Harutyunyan, four-time European champion
Armen Mkrtchyan, Olympic silver medalist
Armen Nazaryan, two-time Olympic Champion

Weightlifters

Varazdat Lalayan, Olympic silver medalist and European champion
Simon Martirosyan, two-time Olympic silver medalist, two-time World and European champion
Tigran Martirosyan, World champion, and three-time European champion
Israel Militosyan, World champion and Olympic silver medalist
Yurik Vardanyan, Olympic champion, seven-time World champion and five-time European champion

Other sportspeople

Andre Agassi, tennis player^[10]
Elina Avanesyan, tenis player
Krikor Agathon, sport shooter and épée fencer
Armenak Alachachian, basketball player and coach
Zach Bogosian, ice hockey player
Robert Emmiyan, long jumper
Karen Khachanov, professional tennis player
Grigory Mkrtychan, ice hockey goalkeeper
Levon Pashabezyan, taekwondo athlete
Alain Prost, Formula One racer
Arman Tsarukyan, mixed martial artist

Businesspeople

See main article: article and List of Armenian businesspeople.

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
Apcar Alexander Apcar (1851–1913), wealthy businessman in Calcutta
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
Stephen P. Mugar (1901–1982), businessman in the United States, founder of the Star Market
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
Gerard Cafesjian (1925–2013), businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation
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
Ara Abramyan (b. 1957), prominent philanthropist, social activist, and businessman
Alexis Ohanian (b. 1983), co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site Reddit

Economists

Daron Acemoglu, won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2024
Arman Manukyan
Lee Ohanian, macroeconomist

Other

Fanny Ardant (Grandfather), french actress
Krikor Bogharian, diarist and genocide survivor
Agop Dilâçar, specialist of the Turkish Language Association
Sabiha Gökçen (possibly) the world's first female fighter pilot
Sona Movsesian, assistant to Conan O'Brien, co-host of the podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
Soghomon Tehlirian, revolutionary and soldier who assassinated Talaat Pasha
Berç Türker Keresteciyan, bank executive and politician
Prohaeresius, fourth-century Christian teacher, one of the leading sophists of the era along with Diophantus the Arab and Epiphanius of Syria
Joseph Genesius, Byzantine author of the tenth century chronicles
El-Registan, known for having co-written the lyrics to the Anthem of the Soviet Union
Ruth Roche, friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Princess Rym Ali, wife of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan
Vartkes Yeghiayan, American attorney specializing in international law
List of LGBT Armenians

Fictional

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
Eva Khatchadourian, protagonist of Lionel Shriver's 2003 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin

Notes and References

Book: Nersessian, Vrej. Treasures from the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art. Oxford University Press. 2001. 978-0892366392. 224.
Book: Andreski, Stanislav. Wars, Revolutions and Dictatorships: Studies of Historical and Contemporary Problems from a Comparative Viewpoint. 2019-07-15. Routledge. 978-1-135-19173-3. en.
Book: Ball, Terence. The Cambridge history of twentieth-century political thought. 2005. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 0521563542. 140. Szalasi was descended from an eighteenth-century Armenian immigrant named Salossian..
News: Georgian Prime Minister Proud His Mother Is Armenian. 9 October 2013. 10 June 2004. PanARMENIAN.Net.
Арутюнян К. А., Погосян Г. Р. «Вклад армянского народа в победу в Великой Отечественной войне». Москва, 2010. С. 850−857.
Book: Sorman . Guy . Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis . 2013 . . 978-1594032547 . 31 . ...Daron Acemoğlu, an Armenian from Turkey... . Guy Sorman.
Web site: April 30, 2020. Scripps Research neurobiologist Ardem Patapoutian elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. live. October 5, 2021. Scripps Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310150556/https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2020/20200430-patapoutian-academy.html . March 10, 2021 .
Web site: Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier reveals Armenian identity . 6 September 2022. 6 September 2022. . https://archive.today/20221029160607/https://en.armradio.am/2022/09/06/nobel-laureate-emmanuelle-charpentier-reveals-armenian-identity/ . 29 October 2022.
Web site: Dork Sahagian Earth & Environmental Science . 2024-10-15 . ees.cas.lehigh.edu . en.
Book: Agassi . Mike . Cobello . Dominic . Welsh . Kate . The Agassi Story . ECW Press . Toronto . 2004 . 978-1-55022-656-0 . 1, 12–14.