Lists of Armenians


This is a list of notable Armenians.

By country

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Leaders and politicians

Armenia

Royalty

Aristocracy

Politicians

Military figures

Antiquity

Middle Ages

There have been a lot of Armenian commanders throughout history, there were many Armenian commanders among the troops of Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Iran, the Georgian Kingdom and other states.

Early modern period

There were many Armenian commanders among the states of the Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire and Safavid Iran

Russian Empire

Armenian national liberation movement, First Republic of Armenia

Soviet period

During World War II 500,000 Armenians served in the war from Soviet Union, 108 Armenians honoured Hero of Soviet Union, Armenians have 4 Marshals, 8 Colonel generals, 31 Lieutenant generals, 109 Major general, 1 Admiral, 3 Vice Admirals

United States

Diaspora

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Religious leaders

Cultural figures

Actors

Theatre

Activists

Archeologists

  • Joseph Hekekyan, archaeologist and civil engineer, who lived most of his life in Egypt
  • Ashkharbek Kalantar, archaeologist and historian who played an important role in the founding of archaeology in Armenia
  • Martiros Kavoukjian, architect, researcher, Armenologist and historian-archaeologist
  • Hagop Kevorkian, archeologist, connoisseur of art, and collector
  • Ruben Orbeli, Soviet archeologist, historian and jurist, who was renowned as the founder of Soviet underwater archeology
  • Yervand Lalayan, ethnographer, archaeologist, folklorist, and also the founder and the first director of the History Museum of Armenia

Architects

Ballet dancers

Composers

Conductors

Clergy

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

Producers

Animation

Illustrators

Opera singers

Journalists

Painters

Pianists

Other Musicians

Poets

Medieval

Modern

Photographers

  • Kegham Djeghalian, an Armenian-Palestinian photographer, known for his photographs documenting daily life and political events over four decades
  • Abdullah Frères, photographers of international fame during the late Ottoman Empire
  • Anita Conti, French photographer, and the first French female oceanographer
  • Jean Pascal Sébah, was a Syriac photographer
  • Samvel Sevada, an Armenian artist, photographer and poet
  • Yousuf Karsh, Canadian photograph, famous for his The Roaring Lion portriet
  • Van Leo, Egyptian photographer who became known for his numerous self-portraits and portraits of celebrities of his time

Models

Sculptors

Singers

Scholars and scientists

Medieval

  • Prohaeresius, Christian teacher, one of the leading sophists of the era along with Diophantus the Arab and Epiphanius of Syria
  • Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches
  • Koriun, earliest Armenian-language author, his Life of Mashtots contains many details about the evangelization of Armenia and the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots
  • Elishe, historian, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War
  • Agathangelos, pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator
  • Faustus of Byzantium, historian, describes in detail the reigns of Arshak II and his son Papas Pap, and portrays the Mamikonians
  • Ghazar Parpetsi, Armenian chronicler and historian
  • Hovnan Mayravanetsi, was an Armenian theologian and philosopher
  • Movses Khorenatsi, was a prominent historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians
  • Sebeos, bishop and historian
  • Movses Kagankatvatsi, historian, author of the book History of the World from Aghvan
  • Anania Shirakatsi, polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields
  • Leo the Mathematician, Byzantine philosopher and logician associated with the Macedonian Renaissance
  • Anania Narekatsi, chronicler, theologian, philosopher, commentator, leader of Narekavank and founder of the school
  • Tovma Artsruni, historian, authored the History of the House of Artsrunik
  • Zenob Glak, historian who became the first abbot of the Glak monastery
  • Joseph Genesius, Byzantine author and chronicler
  • Stepanos Asoghik, was an historian
  • Hovhannes Imastaser, medieval multi-disciplinary scholar known for his works on philosophy, theology, mathematics, cosmology, and literature
  • Samuel Anetsi, known for his writing of history and chronicles a book where he is the first author to use the Armenian Chronology
  • Mkhitar Heratsi, considered the father of Armenian medicine
  • Matthew of Edessa, historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa
  • Hovhannes Erznkatsi, scholar and philosopher
  • Gregory of Akner, historian, famous for his important source for the Mongol conquest of the Near East
  • Vardan Areveltsi, historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
  • Hayton of Corycus, medieval nobleman, monk and historiographer

Early Modern

Modern

Inventors

Medicine

Nobel Laureates

Laureates

Nominees

Sportspeople

Boxers

Chess

Gymnasts

Footballers

Wrestlers

Weightlifters

Other sportspeople

Businesspeople

Economists

Other

Fictional

Legendary