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List of Iraqi Armenians

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This is a list of notable Iraqi Armenians.

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Iraqi Armenians are people born, raised, or residing in Iraq, with origins in the area known as the Armenian Highlands, which lies between the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iraqi Armenian or must have references showing they are Iraqi Armenian and are notable.

Arts

  • Vartan Malakian - – artist and father of Daron Malakian

    • Business

  • Calouste Gulbenkian - businessman and philanthropist
  • Jirair Hovnanian - builder and businessman
  • Kevork Hovnanian - builder and businessman

    • Literature

  • Shant Kenderian - writer

    • Music

  • Shant Gharabedian - – Member of Unknown to No One
  • Seta Hagopian - singer
  • Artin Haroutounian - – Member of Unknown to No One
  • Daron Malakian - guitarist and member of the band System of a Down
  • Beatrice Ohanessian - pianist
  • Aram Tajirian - violinist and composer, born in Istanbul on 8 February 1925, author of a violinists' companion, an active founder of Iraqi Symphony Orchestra, he was the first violinist of the orchestra for several years, he founded the Baghdad quartet group Rubai Baghdad al Watari (Aram Tajirian, Nubar Bashtikian, Hussein Kadduri and Munther Hafez). Aram Tajirian left Iraq after retirement in 1977 and settled in France and died on 2 May 2011.

    • Politics

  • Murad Artin - politician
  • Esabelle Dingizian - politician

    • Religion

  • Louis Cheikhô - priest, professor, theologian and researcher
  • Torkom Manoogian - Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem

    • Science

  • Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham - surgeon and politician

    • Various

  • Silva Shahakian - – beauty contestant

    • References

    List of Iraqi Armenians Wikipedia
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