Lists of Armenians

This is a list of notable Armenians.

By country

• List of Armenians
• List of Azerbaijani Armenians
• List of Armenian Canadians
• List of Egyptian Armenians
• List of French Armenians
• List of Greek Armenians
• List of Iranian Armenians
• List of Iraqi Armenians
• List of Lebanese Armenians
• List of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh
• List of Ottoman Armenians
• List of Romanians of Armenian descent
• List of Syrian Armenians
• List of Turkish Armenians

By occupation

Ambassadors

• Grigor Hovhannissian

Art

• List of Armenian architects
• List of Armenian artists

Business

• List of Armenian businesspeople

Chefs

• George Duran, American chef
• Geoffrey Zakarian, Iron Chef America

Entertainers

• Ed Alberian, (1920–1997) children's television actor and entertainer
• Charla Baklayan Faddoul, Amazing Race season 5 contestant
• Pierre Chammassian, comedian
• Cher, (born 1946) singer, actress
• David Dickinson, (born 1941) British television personality
• George Duran, (born 1975) entertainer
• Leslie Erganian, artist and television personality
• Tina Kandelaki, Russian television personality (Georgian-Armenian)
• Bob Kevoian, (born 1950) Co-host of the Bob & Tom Show
• Vilen Kolouta, (1930–1999) cinematographer
• Tigran Khzmalyan (aka Xmalian), (born April 8, 1963) Filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
• Joe Manganiello, (born December 28, 1976) Actor, director, producer, author
• Henrik Malyan, (born 1925) film writer and director
• Rouben Mamoulian, (1897–1987) film and theater director
• Andre Manoukian, (born 1957) composer in France
• Garik Martirosyan, (born 1974) TV host and comedian
• Patrick Masbourian, (born 1970) Quebec (Canada) television personality
• Michael Omartian, (born 1945) music producer of Donna Summer
• Kev Orkian, (born 1974) actor, musician & comedian
• Richard Ouzounian, (born 1950) Armenian by adoption; playwright, director, critic, artistic director
• Alice Panikian, (born 1985) 2006 Miss Universe Canada
• Sergei Parajanov, (1924–1990) filmmaker
• Yevgeny Petrosyan, (born 1945) comedian
• Karen Shakhnazarov, (born 1952) filmmaker, producer and head of the Mosfilm studios
• Jano Toussounian, Australian/Armenian actor
• Mikhail Vartanov, (1937–2009) filmmaker
• Henri Verneuil, (1920–2002) filmmaker
• Steven Zaillian, (born 1953) screenwriter, producer

Actors

• List of Armenian actors

Directors

• List of Armenian film directors

Musicians

• Anahid Ajemian (born 1924), violinist
• Maro Ajemian (1921–1978), pianist
• Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian singer
• Lucine Amara (born 1927), Lucine Tockqui Armaganian, soprano.
• Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955), classical violinist
• Armen Anassian, violinist.
• André (born 1979), pop singer.
• Anoushka (born 1960), Egyptian-Armenian singer
• Nareh Arghamanyan (born 1989), pianist
• Rosy Armen, French singer
• Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher
• Inga and Anush Arshakyans, singers
• Marc Aryan (1926–1985), French / Belgian singer, composer, producer
• Şahan Arzruni (born 1943), pianist
• Aram Asatryan (1953–2006), pop singer.
• George Avakian (born 1919), jazz producer
• Charles Aznavour (born 1924), French singer, songwriter, actor
• Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (1919–1972), better known as "David Seville") creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
• Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. (born 1949), American continues work of his father for Alvin and the Chipmunks.
• Clint Bajakian, composer of video game music
• Ani Batikian(born 1982), Armenian violinist living in the UK
• Isabel Bayrakdarian (born 1974), Canadian soprano and engineer
• Ara Berberian (1930–2005), opera singer
• Cathy Berberian (1925–1983), mezzo-soprano singer
• H.A. Der-Hovagimian, Armenian-Canadian record producer, composer, songwriter and arranger
• John Dolmayan (born 1973), Lebanese-born Armenian-American songwriter and drummer
• Stéphan Elmas (1862–1937), composer, pianist
• Patrick Fiori (born 1969), French singer.
• Vladimir Fontikov (1941–1987), Russian-born opera singer
• Ivan Galamian (1903–1981), violinist
• Sergio Galoyan (born 1981), record producer and songwriter
• Djivan Gasparyan (born 1928), musician, composer
• Gohar Gasparyan (1924–2007), Armenian opera singer
• Slava Grigoryan (born 1976), guitar virtuoso
• J. Michael Hagopian, drummer of Deli Creeps
• Richard Hagopian (born 1937), musician
• Ruben Hakhverdyan, musician, songwriter
• Silva Hakobyan, Armenian singer
• Tigran Hamasyan (born 1987), Jazz Pianist
• Sirusho Harutyunyan (born 1987 as Siranush Harutyunyan), Armenian pop and classical singer
• Hayko, singer
• Vatche Hovsepian
• Levon Ichkhanian (born 1964), guitarist/multi-instrumentalist
• Anna Kasyan, opera singer, soprano
• Udi Hrant Kenkulian (1901–1978), musician
• Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985), youngest violinist winner of Sibelius competition and 2005 winner Queen Elizabeth competition
• Philipp Kirkorov (born 1967), Russian pop singer
• Hampartsoum Limondjian (1768–1839), Composer of Armenian church music and Turkish classical music, developed the Hampartsoum notation system.
• Pavel Lisitsian (1911–2004), Russian opera singer
• Andranik Madadian (born 1956), singer
• Daron Malakian (born 1975), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• Norayr Mnatsakanyan (1923–1986), Armenian national singer
• Armen Movsessian, violinist
• Armen Nalbandian (born 1978), pianist, composer
• Maria Nalbandian (born 1983), Lebanese singer
• Bruce Nazarian (born 1949), Musician, recording artist, Producer
• Sayat Nova (Harutin) (1712–1795), Armenian-Georgian folk songwriter-musician
• Shavo Odadjian (born 1974), Armenian American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music video director/editor, music producer, and artist/painter
• Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), Armenian-Georgian musician, poet and editor
• Kev Orkian (born 1974), actor, musician & comedian
• Harout Pamboukjian (born 1950), Armenian singer and songwriter
• Hasmik Papian (born 1961), soprano
• Karina Pasian (born 1991), Grammy nominated singer and pianist
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933), Polish composer and conductor of classical music
• Lilit Pipoyan (born 1955), Musician, singer and architect
• Raffi (born Raffi Cavoukian, 1948), Canadian children's singer, songwriter, musician
• Eva Rivas (born 1987), Armenian pop singer, model
• Gevorg Sargsyan (born 1981), Opera-simfonic conductor
• Karnig Sarkissian, Singer of Armenian revolutionary songs
• Hélène Ségara (born 1971), French singer
• Nariné Simonian, Armenian-French pianist, organist, Opera musical director
• Stephanie (born 1987), Japanese singer
• Joe Strummer (1952–2002), lead singer of The Clash
• Serj Tankian (born 1967), Armenian American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist
• Harry Tavitian (born 1952), jazz musician
• Jean Ter-Merguerian (born 1935), Armenian-French violinist and pedagogue
• Aram Tigran (1934–2009), Kurdish singer
• Onno Tunç (1948–1996), born Ohannes Tunçboyacıyan) Turkish-Armenian musician, composer
• Arto Tunçboyacıyan (born 1957), percussionist and singer
• George Tutunjian (died 2006), pioneering Armenian revolutionary songs performer
• Vartan Vahramian (born 1955) Iran, musician, painter
• Komitas Vardapet (1896–1935), musician
• Sylvie Vartan (born 1944), French singer
• Karapetê Xaço (1900–2005), Kurdish singer
• Samvel Yervinyan (born 1966), violinist
• Nune Yesayan (born 1969), pop musician

Producers

• Howard Kazanjian, Producer of Star Wars
• Katherine Sarafian, Producer at Pixar
• Alain Terzian, French Producer, President of Association of French Producers

Journalists

• Kevork Ajemian, (1932–1998) was a prominent Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, one of the founders of ASALA military organization
• Nubar Alexanian, (born 1950) photojournalist, documentary photographer, and film director
• Ben Bagdikian, (born 1920) former editor in chief of 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
• Sergei Dovlatov, (1941–1990) writer, columnist
• John Garabedian, radio host
• Bedros Hadjian, writer, journalist and educator
• David Ignatius, (born 1950) associate editor of Washington Post
• Armen Keteyian, (born 1953) reporter
• Nicholas D. Kristof, (born 1959) correspondent of New York Times
• 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 Weekly Standard
• Matt Vasgersian, (born 1967) sportscaster
• Anita Vogel, news correspondent of Fox News

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

Armenian generals of the Soviet Army during WWII: Marshal Ivan Bagramyan, Chief of Staff of the Navy Ivan Isakov, Chief Marshal of the Mechanized Forces Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Marshal of Aviation Sergei Khudyakov.

• 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

Eduard Melkonyants

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 (1878–79, 84-88, 94-95)
• Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire (1880–81)
• Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan, Head of the Communist Party of Belarus (1918–19)
• Levon Mirzoyan, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1926–29)
• Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–45)^[1]
• Anastas Mikoyan, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1955–64)
• George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–91)
• Édouard Balladur, Prime Minister of France (1993–95)
• Boris Şyhmyradow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan (1995 to 2000)
• Émile Lahoud, President of Lebanon (1998-2007)
• Karim Pakradouni, Minister of State for Administrative Development of Lebanon (2004–05)
• Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (2004–05)^[2]
• Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2004-)
• Varujan Vosganian, Minister of Economy and Finance of Romania (2007–08, 2012-)
• Patrick Devedjian, French Minister for the Implementation of the Recovery Plan (2008–10)
• 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

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 the 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 – the 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 – the 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, who 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 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 Mergelyan's classical work
• Artem Mikoyan – designer of MiG aircraft, including the first supersonic Soviet jet fighter
• Robert Nalbandyan – chemist, the co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin, a 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. Y. A. Osipian 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, flight simulator and more
• 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. The 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, was 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 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, known as first coined the phrase m-health
• Albert Kapikian – virologist and pioneer in vaccine development for rotavirus
• Varaztad Kazanjian – Father & Pioneer of Plastic surgery
• J. W. Kebabian – neuroscientist and pioneer in dopamine receptor research
• Hampar Kelikian – orthopedic-surgeon pioneer, who 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 – a pioneer in microsurgical techniques of the brain
• Michel Ter-Pogossian – inventor of 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

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
• 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), a 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), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118.
• Manuel I Komnenos (Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός, Manouēl I Komnēnos) (November 28, 1118 – September 24, 1180) was a Byzantine Emperor
• Andronikos I Komnenos (Ανδρόνικος Α’ Κομνηνός, Andronikos I Komninos) (c. 1118 – September 12, 1185) was a Byzantine emperor (r. 1183–1185).
• John II Komnenos (Ίωάννης Β΄ Κομνηνός, Iōannēs II Komnēnos) (September 13, 1087 – April 8, 1143) was Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143.
• Isaac I Komnenos (Ισαάκιος A' Κομνηνός, Isaakios I Komnēnos) (c. 1005–1061) was 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) was Byzantine emperor from 1185 to 1195, and again from 1203 to 1204.
• Alexios III Angelos (Αλέξιος Γ' Άγγελος) (c. 1153–1211) was Byzantine emperor from 1195 to 1203
• Alexios IV Angelos (Αλέξιος Δ' Άγγελος) (c. 1182 – February 8, 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from August 1203 to January 1204.
• Alexios V Doukas (Ἀλέξιος Δούκας Μούρτζουφλος, d. December 1205) was 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 – Hitman 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.
• Det. Vin Makazian – Character in TV-series Sopranos, played by John Heard.
• Camille Saroyan – Fictional character in TV Series Bones.
• Armin Tamzarian – Simpsons character better known as Principal Seymour Skinner.

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