List of Armenian scientists

A

• Alexander Abian — mathematician
• Armen Abaghian — specialist on nuclear power, Doctor of Technical Sciences
• Manuk Abeghyan — philologist, literary scholar, folklorist, lexicographer
• Haruthiun Abeljanz — Swiss chemist
• Evgeny Abramyan — founder of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology
• Daron Acemoglu — economist, he received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024
• Hrachia Acharian — linguist, lexicographer, etymologist, and philologist
• Sarkis Acopian — inventor, designed and manufactured the first solar radio
• Hovannes Adamian — engineer, inventor of color television
• Vadym Adamyan — theoretical physicist
• Leyla Adamyan — obstetrician-gynecologist, doctor of medical sciences
• Sergei Adian — mathematician, head of the department of mathematical logic at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
• George Adomian — mathematician, developed the Adomian decomposition method for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial, which was considered a mathematical revolution
• Nicholas Adontz — historian, specialising in Byzantine and Armenian studies
• Noubar Afeyan — biochemical engineer, co-founder of the biotechnology company Moderna
• Agathangelos — pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator
• Tateos Agekian — astrophysicist, one of the pioneers of stellar dynamics
• George Aghajanian — medical researcher, pioneer in the area of neuropharmacology
• Suren Aghababyan — Soviet Armenian literary critic
• Hagop S. Akiskal — psychiatrist; pioneer in the study of outpatient mood disorders; today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping; rose to prominence with his integrative theory of depression
• Artem Alikhanian — nuclear physicist, one of the founders and first director of the Yerevan Physics Institute
• Sos Alikhanian — geneticist, one of the founders of molecular genetics in the USSR, founder of the State Research Institute of Genetics
• Abram Alikhanov — nuclear physicist, one of the founders of nuclear physics in the USSR, founder of the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• Roger Altounyan — asthma researcher, pharmacologist who pioneered the use of cromolyn sodium inhalation therapy for asthma
• Amirdovlat of Amasia — wrote several works on medicine and science, some aimed at professional audiences and some at ordinary people
• Sergey Ambartsumian — mechanician and engineer, the author of refined theories of elastic and magnetoelectroelastic plates, shells
• Viktor Ambartsumian — astrophysicist, one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics
• Włodzimierz Antoniewicz — rector of the University of Warsaw, and a member of the PAN
• Apkar Apkarian — pioneer in magnetic resonance spectroscopy research of the brain
• Suren Arakelov — mathematician
• Vardan Areveltsi — medieval historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
• Tovma Artsruni — historian who authored the History of the House of Artsrunik
• Emil Artin — mathematician, one of the founders of modern algebra
• Yacoub Artin — educator and scholar working in Egypt
• Michael Artin — mathematician, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry
• Andreas Artsruni — pioneer in geochemistry
• Ana Aslan — Romanian biologist and physician
• Gurgen Askaryan — physicist, inventor of light self focusing
• Lev Atamanov — animated films director, one of the founders of Soviet animation art
• Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan — botanist and mycologist, graduate of Yerevan State University; fellow of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Major contributor to knowledge of the flora of her native Armenia.
• Suren Ayvazyan — geologist

B

• Boris Babayan — computer scientist, father of Soviet and Russian supercomputing, founder of Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies
• Viken Babikian — cardiovascular researcher
• James P. Bagian — NASA astronaut
• Nicolae Bagdasar — Romanian philosopher
• Oscar H. Banker — inventor of automatic transmission for automobiles
• John Basmajian — Canadian medical doctor and anatomist
• Arthur H. Bulbulian — pioneer in the field of facial prosthetics

C

• Levon Chailakhyan — physiologist and cloning pioneer; produced world's first successfully cloned mammal, mouse "Masha", 10 years before the famous "Dolly"
• Mikhail Chailakhyan — founder of hormonal theory of plant development
• - physicist, thin-film material scientist, semiconductor metrology and inspection expert, principal architect of numerous metrology, inspection and lithography equipment
• Mikayel Chamchian — historian, grammarian and theologian
• Emmanuelle Charpentier — French professor and researcher, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Artur Chilingarov — polar explorer, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Aram Chobanian — served as president ad interim of Boston University
• Karapet Chobanyan — mechanical engineer, discovered the phenomenon of Low-Stress in mechanics. Made the first discovery in Armenia and Transcaucasus which was registered in the Soviet Union's discovery registry under the number 102
• Giacomo Luigi Ciamician — photochemist, "father of photochemistry and solar energy"
• Vasile Conta — philosopher, poet, and politician

D

• Harry Daghlian – physicist who worked and died at the Manhattan Project Los Alamos laboratory
• Raymond Damadian – physician, inventor of magnetic resonance imaging ; produced the first MRI scan of the human body
• Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham – surgeon, academic, and politician
• Mkhitar Djrbashian – mathematician, author of significant contributions to analysis
• Richard Donchian – known as the father of trend following; a pioneer in the field of managed futures; considered to be the creator of the managed futures industry and is credited with developing a systematic approach to futures money management; developed the trend timing method of futures investing and introduced the mutual fund concept to the field of money management
• Vram Dovlatyan – organic chemist, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR

E

• Elishe – historian from the time of late antiquity
• Hovhannes Erznkatsi – medieval scholar and philosopher
• Nikolay Enikolopov – chemist, one of the founders of Russian polymer science

G

• Gregory M. Garibian – physicist, known for developing the Theory of Transition Radiation and showing the feasibility of functional transition radiation detectors
• Emil Gabrielian – physician and academician
• Ivan Gevorkyan – surgeon and scientist
• Grigor Gurzadyan – outstanding astronomer; pioneer of space astronomy; pioneered the construction and use of small space telescopes, 20 years before the Hubble telescope
• Vahe Gurzadyan – mathematical physicist

H

• Spiru Haret — astronomer, mathematician and politician
• Joseph Hakobyan — expert on missiles development
• — Soviet physiologist
• — Soviet neurosurgeon
• Mkhitar Heratsi — medieval priest and physician; wrote an encyclopedia on medicine; theorized that fever results from internal changes in the body, a revolutionary idea for medieval medicine; his work included psychotherapy, surgery, diet and herbs to cure diseases
• Paris Herouni — radio physicist, astronomer; built world's most sophisticated radio telescope; has published over 340 scientific works

I

• Bagrat Ioannisiani engineer, designer of the BTA-6, one of the largest telescopes in the world
• Andronik Iosifyan aerospace engineer, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the R-7 Semyorka and the Soyuz spacecraft
• Garik Israelian astrophysicist; in 1999 provided the first evidence that stellar mass black holes are produced from supernova explosions; founder of Starmus Festivals; awarded gold medal by the Government of Canary Islands

K

• Albert Kapikian — virologist, developed the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus
• Mihran Kassabian — physician, one of the early investigators into the medical uses of X-rays
• Zaruhi Kavaljian — first female physician in Turkey
• Varaztad Kazanjian — pioneer and one of the founders of modern plastic surgery
• Mishik Kazaryan — physicist specialising in laser physics and optics
• Alexander Kemurdzhian — aerospace engineer, designer of the first space exploration rovers for moon and mars
• Edward Keonjian — engineer, an early leader in the field of low-power electronics, the father of microelectronics, designed the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter
• Jack Kevorkian — American pathologist and euthanasia proponent
• John W. Kebabian — neuroscientist, discovered the existence of multiple dopamine receptor subtypes
• Leonid Khachiyan — mathematician and computer scientist, best known for his ellipsoid algorithm for linear programming
• Zaven KHATCHATURIAN — neuroscientist and Alzheimer's disease researcher
• Edward Khantzian — early pioneer in the psychological understanding of addictions; co-originator of the self-medication hypothesis
• Movses Khorenatsi — historian and author of book History of Armenia
• Tigran Khudaverdyan — computer scientist, deputy CEO of Yandex
• Semyon Kirlian — pioneer of photography, discovered and developed Kirlian photography
• Ivan Knunyants — chemist, significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry, one of major developers of Soviet chemical weapons program
• Samvel Kocharyants — nuclear scientist, developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles
• Ervand Kogbetliantz — French and American mathematician
• Khachatour Koshtoyants — Soviet physiologist, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
• Leonid Kostandov — engineer and politician
• Nerses Krikorian — American chemist and intelligence officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory

L

• Caro Lucas computer engineer, leader in computer science in Iran
• Ignacy Łukasiewicz pharmacist, one of the world's pioneers of the oil industry, built the world's first modern oil refinery

M

• Mesrop Mashtots – invented the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity
• Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor
• Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia
• Hakob Meghapart – first Armenian printer, the originator of printing in Armenia
• Benjamin Markarian – astrophysicist, known for Markarian's Chain
• Hal Markarian – American aircraft designer; Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber
• Natalya Melik Melikyan, – doctor of Biological science
• Cyrus Melikian, – coffee industry pioneer, inventor of coffee vending machines
• Sergey Mergelyan – mathematician, author of major contributions in approximation theory, founder and head of the department of complex analysis at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
• Ioan Mire Melik – mathematician, educator and political figure
• Artem Mikoyan – aerospace engineer, designer of MiG jet aircraft; his fighters established 55 world records
• Dmitry Mirimanoff – mathematician, contributed to set theory
• Hayk Mirzayans – entomologist; founder of the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum
• Rudolf Muradyan – theoretical physicist

N

• John Najarian – surgeon, pioneer in organ transplantation
• Aram Nalbandyan – physicist, prominent in the field of physical chemistry, founder of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Yerevan, Armenia
• Robert Nalbandyan – chemist; co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin; pioneer in the field of free radicals; leader in sickle cell research and testing methods

O

• Yuri Oganessian – nuclear physicist in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the periodic table; element Oganesson
• – Soviet and Russian historian
• Yuri Osipyan – physicist, known for his contributions to solid-state physics
• Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson – Swedish historian and diplomat
• Joseph Orbeli – orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of Transcaucasia and administered the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad
• Leon Orbeli – physiologist active in the Russian SFSR

P

• Hagop Panossian – aerospace engineer
• Charlie Papazian – nuclear engineer
• Ardem Patapoutian – molecular biologist and neuroscientist, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2021
• Ashot Petrosian – founding member of the Mergelyan Institute of Mathematical Machines
• Mikhail Pogosyan – aerospace engineer, general director of Sukhoi and United Aircraft Corporation

S

• Alex Sevanian — American pharmacologist
• Dork Sahagian — climate scientist, contributed to three of four assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Ashot Sarkisov — Russian scientist who worked with nuclear submarine technology
• Artem Sarkisyan — oceanographer, Doctor of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Vladimir Sargsyan — mathematician, mechanician, founder of physical and geometrical small parameter method
• Shahamir Shahamirian — writer, philosopher, and wealthy merchant, he published Vorogayt Parats
• Mkhitar Sebastatsi — monk, scholar and theologian, founder of Mekhitarist Order
• Hrayr Shahinian — Director of the Skull Base Institute
• Kirill Shchelkin — physicist, in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons who made theoretical and experimental contribution in combustion and gas dynamics
• Elizaveta Shahkhatuni — aeronautical engineer and university teacher
• Gagik Shmavonyan — nanotechnology researcher and professor at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia
• Luther George Simjian — inventor of 200 inventions, including the autofocus camera, ATMs, flight simulator, postage meter, teleprompter, medical ultrasound, golf simulator, meat tenderizer, and color X-ray machine
• Norair Sisakian — biochemist, one of the founders of space biology
• Levon Khachikyan — Soviet historian and philologist

T

• Armen Takhtajian — botanist, one of the most influential taxonomists of the latter twentieth century
• Guy Terjanian — mathematician, has worked on algebraic number theory
• Alenush Terian — first Iranian female astrophysicist
• Karen Ter-Martirosian — theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, founder and head of the department of Elementary Particle Physics of the MIPT
• Margarita Ervandovna Ter-Minassian — entomologist, mostly known for her work on the weevil subfamily Lixinae.
• Michel Ter-Pogossian — medical physicist, father of positron emission tomography
• George Ter-Stepanian — scientist in the field of soil mechanics and engineering geology
• Avie Tevanian — computer scientist and programmer, main developer of Apple Mac OS X
• Khachig Tölölyan — scholar of diaspora studies

Z

• Vanik Zakaryan, mathematician
• Ruben Zaryan, Soviet academic