Lists of Armenians

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This is a list of notable Armenians.

By country

Americas
Caucasus
Europe
Middle East

Leaders and Politicians

Armenia

Main article: List of Armenian monarchs

Other countries

Main pages: List of Byzantine emperors of Armenian origin, Category:Byzantine people of Armenian descent, and Category:Medieval Armenian people

Politicians

Main article: List of politicians of Armenian descent

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.

Early modern period

There were many Armenian commanders among the states of the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire and Safavid Iran

Russian Empire

Armenian national liberation movement, First Republic of Armenia

Soviet period

Main article: 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 4 Marshals, 8 Colonel generals, 31 Lieutenant generals, 109 Major general, 1 Admiral, 3 Vice Admirals[5]

Armenian Marshals of the Soviet Union
Ivan Bagramyan
Hamazasp Babadzhanian
Sergei Khudyakov
Sergey Aganov
Ivan Isakov

United States

Diaspora

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

Main articles: 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

Cultural figures

Actors

Main article: List of Armenian actors

Theatre

Activists

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

Main article: List of Armenian architects

Ballet dancers

Composers

Main articles: List of Armenian classical composers and List of Armenian composers

Conductors

Clergy

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

Main article: List of Armenian film directors

Producers

Animation

Illustrators

Opera singers

Journalists

Main article: List of Armenian journalists

Painters

Main articles: List of Armenian painters and List of Armenian women artists

Pianists

Poets

Medieval

Modern

Main article: List of Armenian writers

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

Main article: List of Armenian scientists

Inventors

Main article: List of Armenian inventors and discoverers

Medicine

Nobel Laureates

Main article: List of Armenian Nobel laureates

Laureates

Nominees

Sportspeople

Main article: List of Armenian Olympic medalists

Boxers

Main article: List of Armenian boxers

Chess

Main article: List of Armenian chess players

Gymnasts

Footballers

Main article: List of Armenian footballers

Wrestlers

Main article: List of Armenian wrestlers

Weightlifters

Other sportspeople

Businesspeople

Main article: List of Armenian businesspeople
See also: List of Armenian merchants

Economists

Other

Fictional

Legendary

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