Lists of Armenians

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

Lara Setrakian, journalist and political analyst for Bloomberg Television and ABC News

Janet Shamlian, NBC News correspondent

Margarita Simonyan, Russia Today's chief editor

Roger Tatarian (1917–1995), senior VP of United Press International

Philip Terzian (born 1950), editor at the Weekly Standard

Matt Vasgersian (born 1967), sportscaster

Military

Middle Ages

Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368), Sparapet

Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451), Sparapet

Narses (478–573), Byzantine general

Gregory Pakourianos (d. 1086), Byzantine general

Philaretos Brachamios (d. 1087), general, usurper of the Byzantine Empire

Early modern period

John III the Terrible (1572–74), Voivode of Moldavia

David Bek (d. 1728), military commander in Syunik

Mkhitar Sparapet (d. 1730), military commander in Syunik

Russian Empire

Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), general

Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), fleet commander and explorer

Lazar Serebryakov (1795–1862), admiral

Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), Lieutenant General

Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Lieutenant General

Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1825–1888), General of the Cavalry, Russian Minister of Interior

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

Andranik, fedayee

Arabo, fedayee

Kevork Chavush, fedayee

Drastamat Kanayan

Aram Manukian

Sebastatsi Murad, fedayee

Garegin Nzhdeh

Ruben Ter-Minasian

Soviet period

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Hayk Bzhishkyan (1887–1937), Comcor (Commander of the Corps)

Sergei Khudyakov (1902–1950), Marshal of Aviation

Ivan Isakov (1894–1967), admiral, Chief of Staff of the Navy

Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977) Chief Marshal of the Mechanized Forces

Ivan Bagramyan (1897–1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union

Sergey Aganov (1917–1996), Marshal of Engineer Troops

United States

Paul Ignatius (b. 1920), Secretary of the Navy

Nagorno-Karabakh War

Simon Achikgyozyan

Samvel Babayan

Gurgen Dalibaltayan, colonel-general

Garo Kahkejian

Tatul Krpeyan

Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946), 7th Defence Minister

Monte Melkonian

Seyran Ohanyan (born 1962), Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia

Vazgen Sargsyan

Vardan Stepanyan

Norat Ter-Grigoryants

Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan

Monarchs

List of Armenian kings

List of Armenian consorts

List of monarchs of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

List of rulers of Commagene

Politicians

Nubar Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1878–1879, 1884–1888, 1894–1895)

Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire (1880–1981)

Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)

Aleksandr Myasnikyan, Head of the Communist Party of Belarus (1918–1919)

Levon Mirzoyan, first Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1926–1929)

Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)

Anastas Mikoyan, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1955–1964)

George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–1991)

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)

Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2004–)

Varujan Vosganian, Minister of Economy and Finance of Romania (2007–2008, 2012–)

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–)

Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2014–)

Religious leaders

Saint Blaise

Saint Servatius

List of Catholicoi of Armenia

List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia

List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia

List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople

List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Demos Shakarian, founder of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International

Yaqub Abcarius, a bishop

Science

Evgeny Aramovich Abramyan, founder of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology

Daron Acemoğlu, among the 20 most cited economists in the world, winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal

Hovannes Adamian, inventor of color television

Sergei Adian, Soviet mathematician

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

Artem Alikhanian, one of the founders of experimental nuclear and cosmic-ray physics in USSR

Abraham Alikhanov, one of the founders of nuclear physics in USSR, founder of the first nuclear reactor of USSR

Viktor Ambartsumian, one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics

Emil Artin, one of the leading algebraists of the 20th century, one of the founding fathers of modern algebra

Michael Artin, mathematician, contributed to Algebraic geometry

Gurgen Askaryan, physicist, inventor of light self focusing

Lev Atamanov, one of the founders of Soviet animation art

Boris Babaian, father of supercomputing in the former Soviet Union and Russia; second European to hold the Intel Fellow title; originator of the world's first superscalar computer

Mikhail Chailakhyan, founder of hormonal theory of plant development

Artur Chilingarov, Russian 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

George Ganjian, produced the first modern circuit board in the United States, which eventually was used by NASA during the first lunar landing

Grigor Gurzadyan, founder of space astronomy

Spiru Haret, Romanian 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, Soviet engineer, one of the founders of missilery and cosmonautics, the father of electromechanics in USSR, chief designer of the first Soviet meteorological satellites of Earth; inventor of noncontact synchronized transmissions

Alexander Kemurdzhian, engineer, designer of the first rovers to explore space, the founder of the school of space transport engineering

Edward Keonjian, pioneer of microelectronics, designer of the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter

Leonid Khachiyan, mathematician, computer scientist, who proved the existence of an efficient way to solve linear programming problems

Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, inventor of Kirlian Photography, discovered that living matter emits energy fields

Ivan Knunyants, chemist, Major General, four times an awardee of the USSR State Award; in chemical science he introduced historical changes and significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet Chemistry; founder of Soviet school of fluorocarbon's chemistry; one of the major developers of Soviet chemical weapons program

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, Polish pharmacist of Armenian descent, devised the first method of distilling kerosene from seep oil

Benjamin Markarian, astrophysicist

Sergey Mergelyan, mathematician, the author of major contributions in Approximation Theory; the modern Complex Approximation Theory is based on his classical work

Artem Mikoyan, designer of MiG aircraft, including the first supersonic Soviet jet fighter

Robert Nalbandyan, chemist, co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin, pioneer in the field of free radicals

Yuri Oganessian, physicist, one of the founders of heavy ion physics, author of the discoveries of heaviest elements of the periodic table

Yuri Osipyan, physicist, author of fundamental contribution to the physics of movements in solid bodies and inventor of photoplastic effect; for many years was the Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Sciences

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

Anna Schchian, botanist

Georgy Shakhnazarov, one of the founders of political science in USSR

Luther George Simjian, inventor of ATM and flight simulator

Norair Sisakian, one of the founders of space biology, pioneer in biochemistry of sub-cell structures and technical biochemistry, one of the first in the mid-1940s to start the studies of plant cell structures; author of the new concept of chloroplasts as polyfunctional cell structures; first Soviet scientist to work in UNESCO

Armen Takhtajan, botanist

Karen Ter-Martirosian, theoretician, made important contributions to the understanding of high-energy physics phenomena; created new trends in the theory of strong interactions; one of the founders of theory of strong interactions at high-energies; author of fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory

Alenush Terian, first Iranian-Armenian female astrophysicist

Avadis Tevanian, computer scientist, the architect of Apple's OS X

Nikolay Yenikolopov, chemist of the former USSR, one of the founders of Russian polymer science

Medicine

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 Vahan Damadian, inventor of the 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, prominent Soviet Armenian surgeon and scientist

Robert Istepanian, Professor of Data Communication, coined the phrase "m-health"

Albert Kapikian, virologist and pioneer in vaccine development for rotavirus

Varaztad Kazanjian, father and pioneer of plastic surgery

J. W. Kebabian, neuroscientist and pioneer in dopamine receptor research

Hampar Kelikian, orthopedic-surgeon pioneer, extended the surgical field

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 in medicine

Leon Orbeli (1882–1958), physiologist, known as the founder and pioneer of evolutionary physiology

Hrayr Shahinian, pioneer in microsurgical techniques of the brain

Michel Ter-Pogossian, inventor of the PET scan, which has revolutionized the understanding of how the brain functions

Economists

Daron Acemoglu

Armen Alchian, economist

Arman Manukyan

Lee Ohanian, macroeconomist

Sports

List of Armenian boxers

List of Armenian chess players

List of Armenian footballers

List of Armenian Olympic medalists

List of Armenian wrestlers

Alain Prost, Formula One racer

Zach Bogosian, Ice Hockey Player for Buffalo Sabres, NHL.

Writers

Khachatur Abovian (1805–1842)

Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian and philologist

Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet

Ghazaros Aghayan (1840–1911)

Michael Arlen (1895–1956)

Artine Artinian (1907–2005), literature scholar

Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), writer, poet, historian, painter

Atrpet (1860–1937)

Axel Bakunts (1889–1937)

Peter Balakian (born 1951)

Ara Baliozian (born 1936)

David Barsamian, writer, radio host

Rick Bayan (born 1950), essayist, humorist and philosopher

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

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

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

M. M. Mangasarian (1859–1943)

Zara Mgoyan (born 1983), writer, singer

Moses of Chorene (410–490), father of Armenian historiography

Alexander Movsesyan, playwright and novelist

Claude Mutafian (born 1942), historian and mathematician

Hrand Nazariantz (1886-1962, poet anche journalist

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)

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

Perch Zeytuntsyan (born 1938), novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and Minister of Culture of Armenia from 1990–1991

Historical

Heraclius (575–641), emperor from 610 to 641

Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α') (811–886, ruled 867–886), married the Varangian Eudokia Ingerina

Leo VI the Wise (Λέων ΣΤ') (866–912, ruled 886–912)

Alexander (Αλέξανδρος) (870–913, ruled 912–913), son of Basil I, regent for nephew

Constantine VII the Purple-born (Κωνσταντίνος Ζ') (905–959, ruled 913–959)

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

Romanos II the Purple-born (Ρωμανός Β') (938–963, ruled 959–963), son of Constantine VII

Nikephoros II Phocas (Νικηφόρος Β') (912–969, ruled 963–969), general, married Romanos II's widow, regent for Basil; assassinated

John I Tzimiskes (Ιωάννης Α') (925–976, ruled 969–976), general, brother-in-law of Romanos II, regent for Basil II and Constantine VIII

Basil II (Βασίλειος Β') the Bulgar-slayer (958–1025, ruled 976–1025)

Constantine VIII (Κωνσταντίνος Η') (960–1028, ruled 1025–1028), son of Romanos II; silent co-emperor with Basil II, sole emperor after his brother's death

Zoe Porphyrogenita (Ζωή Α') (c. 978–1050, ruled 1028–1050)

Romanos III Argyros (Ρωμανός Γ') (968–1034, ruled 1028–1034), eparch of Constantinople

Michael IV the Paphlagonian (Μιχαήλ Δ') (1010–1041, ruled 1034–1041)

Michael V the Caulker (Μιχαήλ Ε') (1015–1042, ruled 1041–1042)

Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (980–1056, ruled 1042)

Constantine IX Monomachos (Κωνσταντίνος Θ') (1000–1055, ruled 1042–1055)

Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (ruled 1055–1056), restored

Alexios I Komnenos (Ἀλέξιος Α' Κομνηνός, 1056–15 August 1118), Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118

Manuel I Komnenos (Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός, Manouēl I Komnēnos) (November 28, 1118–September 24, 1180), Byzantine Emperor

Andronikos I Komnenos (Ανδρόνικος Α’ Κομνηνός, Andronikos I Komninos) (c. 1118–September 12, 1185), Byzantine emperor (r. 1183–1185)

John II Komnenos (Ίωάννης Β΄ Κομνηνός, Iōannēs II Komnēnos) (September 13, 1087–April 8, 1143), Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143

Isaac I Komnenos (Ισαάκιος A' Κομνηνός, Isaakios I Komnēnos) (c. 1005–1061), Byzantine Emperor from 1057 to 1059

Alexios II Komnenos (Αλέξιος Β’ Κομνηνός, Alexios II Komnēnos) (10 September 1169–24 September 1183), Byzantine emperor (1180–1183)

Isaac II Angelos (Ισαάκιος Β’ Άγγελος, Isaakios II Angelos) (September 1156–January 1204), Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204

Alexios III Angelos (Αλέξιος Γ' Άγγελος) (c. 1153–1211), Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203

Alexios IV Angelos (Αλέξιος Δ' Άγγελος) (c. 1182–February 8, 1204), Byzantine emperor from August 1203 to January 1204

Alexios V Doukas (Ἀλέξιος Δούκας Μούρτζουφλος, d. December 1205), Byzantine emperor (5 February – 12 April 1204) during the second and final siege of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade

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 Brazilian telenovela Rainha da Sucata played by actress Aracy Balabanian, of Armenian descent herself

Dany Devedjian, character in 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 TV series The Sopranos, played by John Heard

Camille Saroyan, fictional character in TV Series Bones

Armin Tamzarian, Simpsons character better known as Principal Seymour Skinner

References

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