List of Iranian Armenians
This is a list of famous Iranian Armenians.
Art
- Clara Abkar (1905 New Julfa-1996 Tehran) - painter
- Paul Abkar (1908 Tehran-1970 Tehran) - architect
- Ray Aghayan (1928 Tehran-2011 Los Angeles) - costume designer
- Mary Apick (born 1954 Tehran) - actress
- Andre Arzumanian (1954 Tehran-2010 Tehran) - composer
- Robert Atayan (1915 Tehran-1994) - composer
- Khachik Babayan (born 1956 Tabriz) - musician
- Hovhannes Badalian (1924 Sheverin-2001 Yerevan) - singer
- Blade (born 1969) - rapper
- Armik Dashchi (born Tabriz) - musician and composer
- Vigen Derderian (1929 Hamadan-2003 Los Angeles) - singer and actor
- Robert Ekhart (1935 Tabriz-1994 Los Angeles) - actor
- Nikol Faridani (1935 Shiraz-2008 Tehran) - photographer
- Ivan Galamian (1903 Tabriz-1981 New York) - musician
- Nicol Galanderian (1881 Akn-1944 Tehran) - composer
- Martik Gharakhanian (born 1949 Abadan) - singer
- Aram Gharabekian (1955 Tehran-2014 Los Angeles) - conductor
- Hambarsoom Grigorian (1892 Tabriz-1972) - composer
- Marcos Grigorian (1925 Kropotkin-2007 Yerevan) - artist
- Rouben Gregorian (1915 Tbilisi-1994 Cambridge - musician
- Gabriel Guevrekian (1892 Constantinople-1970 Antibes) - architect
- Varoujan Hakhbandian (1936 Qazvin-1977 Tehran) - composer and songwriter
- Armen Haghnazarian (1941 Tehran-2009 Germany) - architect
- Vartan Hovanessian (1895 Tabriz-1982 Tehran) - architect
- Hakob Hovnatanian (1809 Tbilisi-1881 Tehran) - artist
- Arman Hovsepian (1921 Tabriz-1980 Barcelona) - actor
- Varouj Karim-Masihi (born 1953 Arak) - film director
- Ontronik Khachaturian (born 1975 Tehran) - musician
- Samuel Khachikian (1923 Tabriz-2001 Tehran) - film director and screenwriter
- Marco Khan (born Tehran) - actor
- Sumbat Der Kiureghian (1913 New Julfa-1999 Los Angeles) - painter
- Murad Kostanyan (1902 Haftvan-1989 Yerevan) - actor
- Andranik Madadian (born 1958 Tehran) - singer
- Daron Malakian (born 1975 Los Angeles) - singer
- Arman Manarian (born 1929 Arak) - film director
- Yervand Manarian (born 1924 Arak) - actor
- Armine Mardirosian - singer
- Mardik Martin (born 1936) - screenwriter
- Helen Matevosian (born 1961 Tehran) - singer
- Emanuel Melik-Aslanian (1915 Tabriz-2003) - musician
- Hrand Minasian (born 1936 Rasht) - film director
- Isaiah Minasian (born 1986 Brighton) - musician
- Haroutioun Minassians - painter and actor
- Raphael Mnatsakanian - musician
- Gourgen Movsisian - musician
- Yervand Nahapetian (1916 New Julfa-2006 New Julfa) - painter
- Beatrice Ohanessian (1927 Baghdad-2008 Bloomington) - musician
- Ovanes Ohanian (1896 Russian Empire-1960 Tehran) - film director
- Mahaya Petrosian (born 1970 Tehran) - actress
- Tony Petrossian (born 1975 Tehran) - director
- Vahik Pirhamzei - actor and film producer/director
- Armen Ra - Armenian-American artist and performer
- Bogdan Saltanov (1630s New Julfa-1703 Moscow) - Russian-Armenian painter
- Mooshegh Sarvarian (1910 Tehran-1981 Tehran) - film director, painter and writer
- Antoin Sevruguin (1830 Tehran-1933 Tehran) - photographer
- Anik Shafrazian (1912 New Julfa-1996 Tehran) - actress
- Aramazd Stepanian (born 1951 Abadan) - actor
- Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937 Borujerd) - composer
- Vartan Vahramian (born 1955 Tabriz) - musician and painter
- Rostom Voskanian (1932 Tabriz-2013 U.S.A.) - architect
- Alfred Yaghobzadeh (born 1958 Tehran) - photographer
- Irene Zazians (1927 Babolsar-2012 Tehran) - actress
- Minus Megerdich Zorab (1833 India-1896) - painter
- Elcid - pop music singer
- Serjik - pop music singer
Literature
- Ervand Abrahamian (born 1940 Tehran) - historian
- Vittoria Aganoor (1855 Padova-1910 Rome) - poet
- Leonardo Alishan (1951 Tehran-2005 Salt Lake City) - writer
- Arakel Davrizhetsi (1590s Tabriz-1670 Echmiadzin) - historian
- Yeghishe Charents (1897 Kars-1937 Yerevan) - poet
- Hrach Gregorian (born 1949 Tehran) - political writer
- Mesrovb Jacob Seth (1871 New Julfa-1939 Calcutta) - historian
- Hakob Karapents (1925 Tabriz-1994 Boston) - writer
- Hovhannes Masehyan (1864-1931 Harbin) - translator and diplomat
- Levon Minasian (1920 Upper Khoygan-2013 New Julfa) - historian
- Zoya Pirzad (born 1952 Abadan) - writer and novelist
- Raffi (1835 Pekajik-1888 Tbilisi) - novelist
- Shahamir Shahamirian (18th century New Julfa) - writer and philosopher
- Varand - (born 1954 Tehran) - poet and playwright
Politics
- Diana Abgar (1859 Rangoon-1937 Yokohama) - diplomat
- Robert Beglarian (born 1940 Tehran) - Armenian-Iranian member of parliament
- Hayk Bzhishkian (1887 Tabriz-1937 Moscow) - Soviet military commander
- Levon Davidian (1944 Tehran-2009 Qazvin) - Armenian-Iranian member of parliament
- Yeprem Khan Davidian (1868 Barsum-1912 Shurcheh) - revolutionary leader of Iran
- Joseph Emin (1726 Hamadan-1809 Calcutta) - prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement
- Mirza Malkam Khan (1833 New Julfa-1908 Rome) - politician
- Hovhannes Khan Massehian (1864 Tehran-1931 Harbin) - diplomat
- Hrant Markarian (born 1958 New Julfa) - Armenian politician
- Israel Ori (1658 Sisian-1711 Astrakhan) - prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement
- Ardeshir Ovanessian (1905 Rasht-1990 Yerevan) - politician
- Vahan Papazian (1876 Tabriz-1973 Beirut) - politician
- Avetis Sultanzadeh (1889 Maragheh-1938 Moscow) - politician
- Gevorg Vartan (born 1969 Tehran) - Armenian-Iranian member of parliament
- Vartan Vartanian (born 1943 New Julfa) - Armenian-Iranian member of parliament
- Bob Yousefian (born 1957) - mayor of Glendale
Religion
- Alexander I (17th century New Julfa-1714 Echmiadzin) - Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Asdvadzadur (17th century Hamadan-1725 Oshakan) - Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Haik Hovsepian Mehr (1945 Tehran-1994 Tehran) - bishop of Assemblies of God
- Harutiun Shmavonian (1750 Shiraz-1824 Chennai) - priest and publisher
Sciences
- Alexander Abian (1923 Tabriz-1999 U.S.A.) - mathematician
- Vahe Aghabegians (born 1952 Tehran) - technology adviser
- Jean Althen (1709 Chahuk-1774 Caumont) - French agronomist
- Emik Avakian (1923 Tabriz-2013 Chicopee) - Armenian-American inventor
- Maria Baghramian (born 1954 Tehran) - scholar in philosophy
- Manuel Berberian (born 1945 Tehran) - geologist
- George Bournoutian (born 1943 New Julfa) - historian
- Haroutyun Davidian - psychologist
- Vartan Gregorian (born 1934 Tabriz) - scholar in history
- Caro Lucas (1949 New Julfa-2010 Tehran) - electrical engineer
- Robert Mehrabian (born 1941 Tehran) - scholar of material sciences
- Hayk Mirzayans (1920 Qazvin-1999) - entomologist
- Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century Her) - medieval physician
- Eliz Sanasarian - scholar of political science
- Alenoush Terian (1920 Tehran-2011 Tehran) - astronomer and physicist
- Alexander Varbedian (born 1943 Marseille) - ethnologist
Sports
- Markar Aghajanian (born 1965 Tehran) — football player
- Andre Agassi (born 1970 Las Vegas) - American tennis player
- Emmanuel Agassi (born 1930 Salmas) - boxer
- Edmond Akhtar (born Tehran) - football player
- Zaven Babakhani (born 1974)[1] - cricketer
- Patrik Baboumian (born 1979 Abadan) - bodybuilder
- Edmund Bezik (born 1975 Tehran) — football player
- Aren Davoudi (born 1986 New Julfa) — basketball player
- Alecko Eskandarian (born 1982 Montvale) - football player
- Andranik Eskandarian (born 1951 Tehran) — football player
- Karo Haghverdian (born 1945 Tehran) - football player
- Biurakn Hakhverdian (born 1985 Leiden) – Dutch-Armenian water polo player
- George Markarian - football player
- Robert Markosi (born 1976 Arak) - football player
- Garnik Mehrabian (born Tehran) - football player
- Gegard Mousasi (born 1985 Tehran) — Dutch-Armenian Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Oshin Sahakian (born 1986 New Julfa) — basketball player
- Steve Sarkisian (born 1974 Torrance) - American football coach
- Garnik Shahbandari (born 1954 Tehran) - football player
- Sebo Shahbazian (born 1980 Tehran) — football player
- Andranik Teymourian (born 1983 Tehran) — football player
- Serjik Teymourian (born 1974 Tehran) — football player
- Emil Vartazarian (born 1976 Tehran) - Indian rugby player
Others
- Sarkis Acopian (1926-2007) - industrialist
- Marcara Avanchintz (17th century New Julfa) - merchant
- Arthur Gregorian (1909 Rahvah - 2003 Concord) - rug collector
- Ivan Lazarev (1735 New Julfa-1801 St Petersburg) - jeweler
- George Manook (1767 New Julfa-1827 Batavia) - merchant
- Martin the Armenian (early 17th century) - first recorded Armenian/Iranian emigrant to North America
- Arsen Minasian (1916 Rasht-1977 Rasht) - philanthropist
- Henry Sahakian - businessman
- Sarkies brothers - businessmen
- Arathoon Stephen (1861 New Julfa-1927 India) - businessman
- Petrus Uscan (1680 New Julfa-1751 Chennai) - merchant