List of Armenian Americans

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This is a list of famous Armenian-Americans.

Lists of
famous Americans
by U.S. state
by ethnicity:
African American
Albanian | Arab
Armenian | Australian
Austrian | Bahamian
Bangladeshi | Belgian
Brazilian | Bulgarian
Cajun
Cambodian | Chinese
Croatian | Cuban
Danish | Dutch
English | Estonian
Filipino | Finnish
French
German | Greek
| Hmong
Hungarian
Indian | Iranian
Irish | Italian
Israeli
Jamaican | Japanese
Jewish | Korean
Laotian
Louisiana Creole
Mexican
Muslim
Native American
Native Hawaiian
Norwegian | Polish
Portuguese | Romanian
Russian | Salvadoran
Scots-Irish | Scottish
Swedish | Swiss
Taiwanese | Ukrainian
Vietnamese | Welsh

Contents

[edit] Academia

[edit] Actors

[edit] Business

  • Kirk Kerkorian, Billionaire and majority stock owner of MGM Mirage
  • Carol Black, CEO and President of Lifetime Entertainment Services
  • Robert Zildjian, Founder of Sabian Cymbals
  • Avedis Zildjian, Founder of Zildjian
  • Alex Manoogian, Founder of Masco Corporation
  • Granger K. Costikyan, long partner of Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Vartan Sirmakes- Chairman and co-owner of Franck Muller
  • Greg Costikyan, game designer
  • Richard Donchian, pioneer finansist
  • Alex Seropian, Founder of Bungie Studios
  • Vahan Janjigian, Senior VP and Executive Director of Forbes
  • Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation
  • Richard Manoogian, CEO and Director of Masco Corporation and JP Morgan
  • Tro Piliguian, Chairman of Ogilvy
  • Alex Yemenidjian, Former CEO and Chairman of MGM Studios
  • Robert Papazian, Producer and CEO of Sunset Gower Studios
  • Mark Hoplamazian, CEO and President of Global Hyatt
  • Ronald Hoplamazian, Vice President, GE Capital General Electric
  • David Shakarian, ounder of General Nutrition Centres
  • Ed Eskandarian, CEO of Arnold Worldwide Partners
  • Pike Aloian, Managing Partner at Rothschild
  • Deran Hintlian, Founder of Deran Confectionary, part of NECCO
  • Georgy Vahanian, Adviser at Merrill Lynch
  • Janet Sarkissian-Wagner, Vice Chair of Estee Lauder
  • Emmanuel Chividjian, SVP at Ruder Finn
  • Sarkis Colombossian, founder of Colombo yogurt, part of Gneral Mill
  • Craigie Zildjian, CEO of Zildjian
  • Jack Bedrossian, Co-founder of Tenet Healhcare Inc
  • Garo Armen, CEO of Antigenics Inc
  • James Batmasian, property developer
  • Avo Uvezian, Founder of AVO cigars
  • Paul Garmirian, Founder of PG cigars
  • Stephen Mugar, Founder of Star Markets Supermarkets,part of Shaw
  • Paul Korian, Co-Founder of Staples
  • Chuck Bilezikian, Founder of Christmas Tree Shops Inc
  • Peter Paul Halijian, Founder of Peter Paul, part of Hersey Company
  • James M. Kalustian, VP at Fair Isaac Corporation , NYSE listed
  • Raffi M. Kassarjian, Vice President, Innovation Management of Fair Isaac Corporation
  • Asbed B. Zakarian, Founder of Wirefab Inc
  • Adam Kablanian, Chairman of Virage Logic Corporation, Nasdaq listed
  • Yervant Zorian, Chief Scientist at Virage Logic Corporation
  • Aram Bassenian, Chairman of American Institute of Architects,
  • Arthur Seredian, President and CEO of Falcon® Electric, Inc
  • Michael Haratunian, Chairman of the Board of STV Group, Nasdaq listed
  • Sam Kazarian, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Operations atAdaptec IncNasdaq listed
  • Levon Kazarian, Vice President - Commodities Department of Morgan Stanley
  • John Sahag, celebrity hair stylist
  • Aram G. Garabedian, Director of NBTY, Inc, NYSE listed
  • James Tufenkian, Carpet magnate
  • Christopher Garabedian, Vice President, Global Marketing of Glide farmastuticals
  • John Dikran Balian, Vice President and Worldwide Head of Project Planning at Pfizer
  • JC Agajanian, former owner of Ascot Park
  • Yervant Demirjian, Director and a Board Member of Interaudi Bank New York
  • Nazareth A. Festekjian, Managing Director of Fixed Income Division at Citigroup
  • Berge Papazian, Director and Corporate Secretary of Burger King, Canada
  • Steve Papazian, President, Worldwide Physical Production,at Warner Bros
  • Khajak Keledjian, CEO of Intermix boutiques
  • John Ohanesian, President and CEO of Bosley
  • James Markarian, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Informatica
  • Joe Markarian, Chairman of SBC, Nasdaq listed
  • Edward R. Najarian, Analist at Merrill Lynch
  • Mark Najarian, VP of Cargo of American airlines
  • Lois Najarian, SVP at Epic Records
  • Jack G. Najarian, Chairman and CEO of Weatherly International PLC
  • Sean Mikaelian, former Vice President and General Manager of Flint Ink Corporation
  • Cyrus Melikian, Founder of Automatic Brewers & Coffee Devices , Inc.
  • Elie S. Akilian, CEO of Inet Technologies,Nasdaq listed
  • Ed Odjaghian, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Profitline Inc
  • Robert Kafafian, former VP of Bank of New York
  • Paul Kalenian, CEO of X Café LLC
  • Steven A Kandarian, Executive VP/Other Executive Officer of MetLife, Incorporated
  • Ann Marie Kohlligian, Vice President of Federal Reserve Bank of San Fransisco
  • Mark E. Levonian, Vice President of Federal Reserve Bank of San Fransisco
  • Vaughn Koshkarian, Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor, China
  • Blake Krikorian, CEO Sling Media
  • Michael Mahdesian, Chairman of the Board of Servicon Systems, Inc
  • David Pagoumian, CEO and President of NAPCO LLC
  • Kevin Bartanian, President of Citi-Mobile
  • Mark Keshisian, carpets magnate
  • George Mardikian, Founder of Omar Khayaam Restaurant
  • Leo Chaloukian, Chair Appointee of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
  • Janet Janjigian, Senior VP of Corporate Communications at MGM Studios
  • George Krikorian, cinema chain owner
  • Charles Ghalian, CEO and President of Tarrant Apparel Group
  • Charles Agemian, former executive VP of operations of Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Ruben Terzian, famous toy designer
  • Martin A. Chooljian,, former tresure of Litton
  • John Bogosian, co-founder of Aspire Group
  • Brian A. Bogosian, CEO, Chairman and President of Visto
  • Richard J Aslanian, VP of Goldman Sachs
  • Rebecca Shaghalian, Managing Director of Merrill Lynch
  • Gregory M. Terzian, Senior Developer, Scream And Fly Performance Powerboating Magazine
  • Jasmine Madatian, Senior vice president at Paramount Pictures
  • Kirk Kazazian, one of the 10 top Day Traders at NYSE
  • Charles Momjian, retired executive of Ford
  • Kevork Toroyan, Board member of Consolidated Contractors Company
  • Raffi Festekjian, CEO and co- founder of PCi Corporation
  • Gerard Cafesjian, entrepreneur
  • Zaven P Akian, CEO of Western Filter, world's leader in filtration technology
  • Dennis Chookaszian, former CEO and Chairman of CNA Financial Corporation
  • Papken Der Torossian, CEO of SVG Inc.
  • Aram Minasian, CEO and founder of Bergensons Property Services, Inc
  • Jack Berberian, owner of Jons Marketplace
  • Theodore Abajian, executive VP and CFO of CKE Restaurant Group
  • Kirk S. Hachigian, Chairman, CEO and President of Cooper Industries, NYSE listed
  • Paul Kazarian, former investment banker at Goldman Sachs
  • Jack Medzorian, former CEO of Baird Corporation
  • Sam Simonian- Chairman of Inet Technologies Inc
  • Ian Bremmer- President and founder of Eurasia Group, entrepreneur
  • Michael Markarian, executive vice president of the Humane Society of the United States
  • Ira Stephanian- former CEO and Chairman of Bank of Boston Corporation
  • Edward Bastian- SVP and CFO of Delta Airlines
  • George J Mason- Senior Managing Partner at Bear, Stearns & Co
  • David Mugar- entrepreneur
  • Gregory Parshegian- former Chairman of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
  • Sarkes Terzian- engineer and broadcaster
  • Vasken Setrakian- managing parther at Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Roger Tamraz- financier and oil magnate, founded Tamoil

[edit] Directors and Producers

  • Howard Kazanjian,[11] "In order to see films of quality produced or directed by Armenians in America, we must turn our attention to the new generation whose members have studied cinematography in the best American universities. Among the best-known producers are Howard Kazanjian with The Return of the Jedi..."
  • Rouben Mamoulian,[12] "The son of Armenian parents, Mamoulianâs father, Zachary, was a bank president in Tiflis, Georgia who served with distinction in the Russian Army in World War I. He lived a long, rewarding life and reached the age of 100. Mamoulianâs mother, the former Virginia Kalantarian, was for many years President of the Armenian Theater in Tiflis."
  • Steven Zaillian,[13] "Zaillian, whose background is Armenian, lives in Los Angeles..."

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Misc.

[edit] Music

[edit] Photographers

[edit] Politicians

[edit] Sciences

[edit] Sports

[edit] Writers

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] "I'm Armenian... So truthfully I'm only half Armenian but it's the half I was raised in." [2] "Half French-Canadian and half Armenian, she grew up in California during the 1950s." [3] "Almost every family has suffered persecution at some time. My family's Armenian, we were the first genocide of the [last] century -- even before Hitler..." [4] "The book begins with her as a child, half Armenian..."
  2. ^ [5] "at home being Armenian was a badge of honor, instilled in the younger generation at large extended family gatherings."
  3. ^ [6] "To understand why Cher undertook this journey, it helps to remember that behind the leather and lace costumes and the club-scene poses, she is still Cherilyn Sarkisian, the only black-haired member in a family of Southern California blonds.
  4. ^ [7] "Connors, an Armenian-American born Krekor Ohanian in Fresno, Calif."
  5. ^ [8] "Born Arlene Francis Kazanjian on October 20, 1907, in Boston, Massachusetts... Her father was an Armenian immigrant, a refugee from the Turkish massacres of 1905-06, who became a successful painter and photographer, and her mother was the daughter of actor Alfred Davis, who instilled in the young Arlene a love of performing that came to shape her entire life."
  6. ^ [9] "Illusion has thrust into the spotlight a new and fresh Armenian-American talent, Michael Goorjian"
  7. ^ [10] "Haig has been a performer for as long as he can remember. Born in 1939 in the heart of Fresno's Armenian community (his birth name is Sid Mosesian; Haig is his father's first name), he was taking dance classes at age 7."
  8. ^ Armenian-American father, Robert Kardashian
  9. ^ [11] " was born in Portland, Maine on January 15, 1947 of Armenian heritage. Her grandfather, whose last name was Papazian, emigrated from Ottoman Turkey in the early 1900s, changing his name to Martin when he settled in Maine."
  10. ^ [12] "Although we think of him in roles as Spanish or Hispanic, he was actually an Armenian. Short and stocky with dark hair, thick eyebrows over intense eyes, often with a black mustache, he was cast in a variety of ethnic roles as both hero and heavy."
  11. ^ http://www.armeniandrama.org/show.php?w=armenianfilm&a=0
  12. ^ http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1999/spring99/mamoulian.shtml
  13. ^ http://www.tribute.ca/bio.asp?id=1830
  14. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765306/
  15. ^ http://www.cilicia.com/armo_article_cherarmeniatrip.html
  16. ^ Abrahamyan - [13] "TATEV ABRAHAMYAN (born Jan-13-1988) Armenia (citizen of United States of America)"
  17. ^ [14] "Eskandarian joined more than 1,000 Armenian-Americans in front of the Turkish Embassy... Eskandarian's soft exterior belies his hard Armenian roots. His father is Andranik Eskandarian, a hellion defender who played in the 1978 World Cup for Iran and for the New York Cosmos from 1979 to 1984... Growing up in the Armenian Christian church, attending an Armenian school from nursery school through eighth grade -- "I had classes in a trailer," he said, "only eight kids were in my grade" -- Eskandarian's Armenian identity was nurtured from birth. Nothing enraptured him more, though, than his grandfather's life story."
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