Lists of Armenians

This is a list of notable Armenians.

By country

Americas

Caucasus

Europe

Middle East

Leaders and politicians

Armenia

Leo II, queen Guerane, and their five children

Zarmayr Haykazuni, legendary King of Armenia from 1192 BC to 1180 BC
Orontes I Sakavakyats, legendary King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
Tigranes Orontid, legendary King of Armenia from 560 to 535 BC
Orontes III, King of Armenia from 321 to 260 BC
Artaxias I, King of Armenia from 190 to 159 BC, founder of Artaxiad dynasty
Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC
Artavasdes II, King of Armenia from 55 to 34 BC
Erato, Queen of Armenia from 10 to 2 BC, last queen of Artaxiad dynasty
Tiridates I, King of Armenia from 52 to 58, from 62 to 66, officially from 66 to 88, founder of Arsacid dynasty in Armenia
Tiridates III, King of Armenia from 287 to 330, Under his rule Armenia became the first state to officially embrace Christianity
Pap of Armenia, King of Armenia from 370 to 374
Artaxias IV, King of Armenia from 422 to 428, last king of Arsacid dynasty
Ashot I, King of Bagratid Armenia from 885 to 890
Smbat I, King of Bagratid Armenia from 890 to 914
Gagik I Artsruni, King of Vaspurakan from 904–937/943
Ashot III, King of Bagratid Armenia from 953 to 977
Gagik I of Armenia, King of Armenia from 989 to 1020
Gagik II of Armenia, King of Armenia from 1042 to 1045, last king of Bagratid Armenia
Roupen I, Lord of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1080 or 1081 or 1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenids
Leo II, King of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1198 or 1199 to 1219
Isabella, Queen of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1219 to 1252
Leo II, King of Armenia, King of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1269 or 1270 to 1289
Hethum II, King of Cilician Armenia from 1289 to 1293
Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868–1938), 1st Prime Minister of First Republic of Armenia
Alexander Khatisian (1874–1945), 2nd Prime Minister of Armrnia
Hamo Ohanjanyan (1873–1947), 3rd Prime Minister of Armenia
Simon Vratsian (1882–1969), 4th Prime Minister of First Republic of Armenia
Gevorg Alikhanyan (1897–1938), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1920 to 1921
Alexander Miasnikian (1886–1925), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Armenia from 1921 to 1922
Askanaz Mravyan (1885–1929), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1921 to 1922
Sargis Lukashin (1883–1937), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Armenia from 1922 to 1925
Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (1886–1937), Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Armenia from 1928 to 1935
Aghasi Khanjian (1901–1936), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1930 to 1936
Grigory Arutinov (1900–1957), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1937 to 1953
Suren Tovmasyan (1910–1980), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1953 to 1960
Yakov Zarobyan (1908–1980), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1960 to 1966
Anton Kochinyan (1913–1990), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1966 to 1974
Karen Demirchyan (1932–1999), the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1974 to 1988
Levon Ter-Petrosyan (b. 1945), First president of Armenia
Robert Kocharyan (b. 1954), 2nd President of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan (b. 1954), 3rd President of Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan (b. 1975), 16th Prime Minister of Armenia

Other countries

Mithridates I Callinicus, King of Commagene
Abgar V, first Christian King (according to Khorenatsi^[1])
Princess Sandukht, regretted first Christian Armenian woman
Salome of Ujarma (297–361), princess who married into the Chosroid Dynasty of Iberia
Heraclius (575–641), emperor of Byzantine, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas
Varaz Grigor (585–654), King of Caucasian Albania
Isaac the Armenian (625–644), an exarch of Ravenna
Mizizios (622–669), usurping the Byzantine throne in Sicily
Constantine IV (by mother) (650–665), Byzantine emperor
Philippicus (711–713), Byzantine emperor
Artabasdos (741–743), Byzantine general and Byzantine emperor
Basil I the Macedonian (Βασίλειος Α') (811–886), (ruled 867–886), married the Varangian Eudokia Ingerina
Leo V the Armenian (775–820, ruled 813–820), married to Theodosia
Constantine, Byzantine co-emperor (813–820)
Theodosia (Θεοδοσία) (775–826), empress consort of Leo V the Armenian
Sahl Smbatean (d. 855), prince of Arran and Shaki
Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (ruled 842–856), wife of Theophilos
Grigor Hamam (d. 897), King of Hereti from 893 to 897
Zoe Zaoutzaina (d. 899), Byzantine empress consort
Sahak Sevada (d. 940), Prince of Gardman
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
John I Tzimiskes (Ιωάννης Α') (925–976, ruled 969–976), general, brother-in-law of Romanos II, regent for Basil II and Constantine VIII
Samuel of Bulgaria (d. 1014), Tsar of Bulgaria from 997 to 1014
Aziz al-Dawla (d. 1022), Fatimid Governor of Aleppo
Gagik of Kakheti (d. 1058), King of Kakheti and Hereti
Thoros of Edessa (d. 1098), ruler of Edessa at the time of the First Crusade
Mariam of Vaspurakan, first consort of the king George I of Georgia
Shajar al-Durr (1250)^[2] (Mamluk Sultan)
Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Princess, was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to Michael IX Palaiologos

Politicians

Parandzem, was the consort of King Arshak II of Armenia
Moses of Bulgaria, Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria
Morphia of Melitene, Queen consort of Jerusalem
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1131–1153)
Arda of Armenia, Queen of Jerusalem
Mirza Zulqarnain, diwan and faujdar of the Mughal Empire
Damat Halil Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1626–1628)
Şivekar Sultan, Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1646–1648)
Manuc Bei, a merchant, diplomat, and inn-keeper
Marcara Avanchintz, trader from Isfahan, who went into the service of Louis XIV
Melik Shahnazar II (d. 1792), melik of Varanda, one of the five Melikdoms of Karabakh
Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson, orientalist, historian and diplomat in Swedish service
Israel Ori, diplomat that sought the liberation of Armenia from Persia and the Ottoman Empire
Solayman Khan Saham al-Dowleh (d. 1853), nobleman from the Enikolopian family, who served as a government official in Qajar Iran
István Gorove, Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary (1867–1870)
Nubar Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt (1878–1879, 1884–1888, 1894–1895)
Boghos Nubar, founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire (1880–1881)
Hagop Kazazian Pasha, high-ranking Ottoman official, Minister of Finance (1887–1891)
Dawid Abrahamowicz, Member of the Imperial Council of Austria (1875–1918)
Lev Karakhan, was a Russian revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat. A member of the RSDLP (1904)
György Lukács, Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary (1905–1906)
Alexander Bekzadyan, Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman
László Lukács, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (1912–1913)
Ohannes Kouyoumdjian, Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate (1912–1915)
Basile M. Missir, President of the Senate of Romania (1914–1916)
Vasile Morțun, President of the Senate of Romania (1916–1918)
Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
Hovhannes Hakhverdyan, 1st Defence Minister of Armenia (1918–1919)
Aram Manukian, Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia (1918–1919)
Armen Garo, Ambassador of Armenia to the United States (1918–1920)
Avetis Aharonian, politician, writer, public figure and revolutionary, also part of the Armenian national movement, Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia (1919–1920)
Diana Abgar, One of the first women to have ever been appointed in any diplomatic post in the twentieth century. Council of Armenia in Japan (1920)
Yakov Davydov, Soviet diplomat first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department (1921–1922)
Kamo, an Old Bolshevik revolutionary and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin
Levon Mirzoyan, first Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1926–1929)
Virgil Madgearu, Minister of Finance of Romania (1929–1930)
Hovhannes Masehyan, was the Persian Ambassador to the Great Britain (1927–1929), and 1st Ambassador of Persia to Japan (1930–1931)
Varlam Avanesov, Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist politician
Suren Shadunts, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (1934–1937)
Ivan Tevosian, Soviet politician of Armenian descent. Hero of Socialist Labor (1943)
Ioan Missir, Mayor of Botoșani (1931–1932), (1941–1944)
Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)^[3]
Stepan Akopov, member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Minister of Mechanical Engineering of the USSR (1953–1954)
Anastas Mikoyan, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1955–1964)
Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (1975)
Ken Khachigian, White House Chief Speechwriter (1981)
George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–1991)
Edward Djerejian, United States Ambassador to Israel (1993–1994)
Édouard Balladur, Prime Minister of France (1993–1995)
Anna Eshoo, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1993–)
Shahen Nikolay Petrosyan, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Armenia
Boris Şyhmyradow, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan (1995–2000)
Émile Lahoud, President of Lebanon (1998–2007)
Karim Pakradouni, Minister of State for Administrative Development of Lebanon (2004–2005)
Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (2004–2005)^[4]
Abel Aganbegyan, Soviet and Russian economist, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2004–)
Varujan Vosganian, Minister of Economy and Finance of Romania (2007–2008, 2012–2013)
Patrick Devedjian, French Minister for the Implementation of the Recovery Plan (2008–2010)
Liliam Kechichián, Uruguay Minister of Tourism (2012–2020)
Joe Hockey, Treasurer of Australia (2013–2015)
Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1999–2019)
Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2021)
Jackie Speier, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (2008–2023)
Gladys Berejiklian, 45th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (2017–2021)

Military figures

Antiquity

Nebuchadnezzar IV (d. 521 BC), seized power in Babylon, becoming the city's king and leading a revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire
Dadarsi, Persian general and Satrap of Bactria
Nemanes the Armenian, one of the commanders at the Battle of Protopachium
Archelaus of Cilicia (d. 38), Cappadocian prince and a Roman client king

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.

Narses, one of the great generals in the service of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I during the Gothic War

Cylaces, hayr-mardpet
Artavasdes I Mamikonian, Sparapet, oldest ancestor of the Mamikonian family
Vache I Mamikonian (d. 335 or 338), Sparapet
Mushegh I Mamikonian (d. 377 or 378), Sparapet
Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368), Sparapet
Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451), Sparapet
Vasak Siwni (d. 452), Lord of Syunik and Marzban of Persian Armenia
Arshavir II Kamsarakan (d. 460), prince from the Kamsarakan family
Vahan I Mamikonian (d. 510), Marzban of Persian Armenia
Adolius (d. 543), Byzantine silentiarius and military officer
John the Armenian (d. 533), Byzantine official and military leader
Narses (478–573), one of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's generals in the Roman reconquest
Smbat IV Bagratuni, Marzban of Hyrcania and Persian Armenia
Vahan (d. 636), Byzantine military leader
Saborios, Byzantine general who rose in revolt against Emperor Constans II
Rhahzadh (d. 627), Sasanian general under Shah Khosrow II
Mushegh III Mamikonian (d. 636), Sparapet that fought against the Arabs during the Muslim conquest of Persia
Theodore Rshtuni (d. 655/656), was an Armenian nakharar (magnate), famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia
Jalinus, dynast, one of the leading figures in Sasanian Iran
Mjej II Gnuni, Sparapet of Armenia and Syria
Ashot Msaker (d. 775), prince from the Bagratid family
Tatzates (d. 785), prominent Byzantine general, governor of Arminiya
Manuel the Armenian (d. 838/860), prominent Byzantine general, reached the highest military ranks
Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani (d. 863), famed Muslim military commander
Bardas (d. 866), Byzantine noble and high-ranking minister
Stylianos Zaoutzes (d. 899), high Byzantine official
Melias (d. 934), prince who entered Byzantine service and became a distinguished general
John Kourkouas (d. 946), one of the most important generals of the Byzantine Empire
Manuel Kourtikes, Byzantine official and military commander
Theophilos Kourkouas (d. 960s), was a distinguished Byzantine general
John Kourkouas (d. 971), was a senior Byzantine military commander
Bardas Skleros (d. 979), Byzantine general who led a wide-scale Asian rebellion against Emperor Basil II
Gregory Taronites (d. 991/995), prince of Taron, who went over to Byzantine service
Ashot Taronites (d. 995 or 997), Byzantine nobleman, captured by the Bulgarians
John Kourkouas (d. 1010), the Byzantine catepan of Italy
Vahram Pahlavouni (d. 1046), was a military commander and official in Bagratuni Armenia
Gregory Pakourianos (d. 1086), Byzantine general
Philaretos Brachamios (d. 1087), general, usurper of the Byzantine Empire
Badr al-Jamali (d. 1094), Vizier and prominent statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate
Kogh Vasil (d. 1112), ruler of Raban and Kaisun at the time of the First Crusade
Thoros of Marash (d. 1116), lord of Marash and likely the father of Arda of Armenia
Constantine of Gargar (d. 1117), chieftain who ruled the region around Gerger
Michael Aspietes (d. 1176), Byzantine general serving under Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
Zakare II Zakarian (d. 1212), prince and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the office of amirspasalar
Ivane I Zakarian (d. 1227), prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the offices of Msakhurtukhutsesi
Sharaf al-Din Qaraqush (d. 1212), Circassian Mamluk in the service of the Ayyubid dynasty
Grigor Khaghbakian (d. 1223), Prince of the Armenian Khaghbakian family in the province of Zakarid Armenia, Kingdom of Georgia
Vache I Vachutian (d. 1230), prince, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Shahnshah Zakarian (d. 1261), prince Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Zakare III Zakarian (d.1262), Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Avag Zakarian (d. 1268), noble of the Zakarid line, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, as atabeg and amirspasalar
Sempad the Constable (d. 1276), was a noble Cilician Armenia, and was an older brother of King Hetoum I
Sadun Artsruni (d. 1282), Prince of Haghbat and Mankaberd, he was a court official and became Atabeg and Amirspasalar of the Kingdom of Eastern Georgia
Prosh Khaghbakian (d. 1283), prince who was a vassal of the Zakarid princes of Armenia
Ivane II Zakarian (d. 1288), member of the Armenian Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia
Khutlubuga (d. 1293), prince of the House of the Artsrunids, and a court official of the Kingdom of Eastern Georgia
Amir Hasan II (d. 1351), ruler of the Armenian Proshyan dynasty

Early modern period

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

John III the Terrible (1572–1574), Voivode of Moldavia
Khosrow Soltan Armani (d. 1653), Safavid official, military commander, and gholam
David Bek (d. 1728), military commander in Syunik
Mkhitar Sparapet (d. 1730), military commander in Syunik
Roustam Raza (1783–1843), Bodyguard and secondary valet of Napoleon
Ernő Kiss (1799–1849), was a Hungarian Army lieutenant-general

Russian Empire

Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire
Vasili Bebutov (1791–1856), an Imperial Russian general
Ivan Abamelik (1768–1828), Major general of lejb-guards of artillery
David Semyonovich Abamelik (1774–1833), participated to the wars against Napoleon
Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), general
Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), fleet commander and explorer
Lazar Serebryakov (1795–1862), admiral
Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), Lieutenant General
Yakov Alkhazov (1826–1896), Russian military leader, infantry general
Boris Shelkovnikov (1837–1878), General of imperial Russian army
Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Lieutenant General
Mikhail Loris-Melikov (1825–1888), General of the Cavalry, Russian Minister of Interior
Ivan Delyanov (1818–1897), Major-General of the Russian Imperial Army
Tovmas Nazarbekian (1855–1931), Russian and later Armenian general
Daniel Bek-Pirumyan (1861–1921)
Christophor Araratov (1876–1937)

Armenian national liberation movement, First Republic of Armenia

Serob Aghpur, fedayee
Galust Aloyan, fedayee
Andranik, fedayee
Arabo, fedayee
Hovsep Arghutian, fedayee
Poghos Bek-Pirumyan
Hampartsoum Boyadjian, fedayee
Kevork Chavush, fedayee
Mihran Damadian, fedayee
Hrayr Dzhoghk, fedayee
Ishkhan, fedayee
Sarkis Jebejian, fedayee
Hovhannes Hakhverdyan
Balabekh Karapet, fedayee
Drastamat Kanayan, fedayee
Balabekh Karapet, fedayee
Keri, fedayee
Yeprem Khan, considered a national hero in Iran
Khetcho, fedayee
Makhluto, fedayee
Sebastatsi Murad, fedayee
Garegin Nzhdeh
Hamazasp Srvandztyan
Ruben Ter-Minasian
Armenak Yekarian

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^[5]

Armenian Marshals of the Soviet Union

Ivan Bagramyan

Hamazasp Babadzhanian

Sergei Khudyakov

Sergey Aganov

Ivan Isakov

Hayk Bzhishkyan (1887–1937), Comcor (Commander of the Corps)
Sergei Khudyakov (1902–1950), Marshal of Aviation
Ivan Isakov (1894–1967), Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977), Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces
Ivan Bagramyan (1897–1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union
Sergey Aganov (1917–1996), Marshal of Engineer Troops
Hmayak Babayan (1901–1945), a Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
Nver Safarian (1907-1982), Major general of Soviet Union and Commander of 89th Rifle Division
Ghukas Madoyan (1906–1975), Red Army Lieutenant Colonel
Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), Hero of Soviet Union, twice
Sarkis Martirosyan (1900–1984), was a Soviet general-leytenant of the Red Army
Sergei Galadzhev (1902–1954), was a Soviet general and a political officer
Bogdan Kobulov (1904–1953), senior member of the Soviet security
Hunan Avetisyan (1914–1943), was a Soviet Red Army senior sergeant from the 89th Rifle Division
Ivan Agayants (1911–1968), leading Soviet NKVD/KGB intelligence officer
Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence officer
Gaik Ovakimian (1898–1967), was a leading Soviet NKVD spy in the United States

United States

George Juskalian (1914–2010), Colonel of the United States Army
Carl Genian (1921–1967), aerial bombardier, first lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
Ernest H. Dervishian (1916–1984), soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor
Sue Sarafian Jehl (1917–1997), one of the best known WAAC personnel
Paul Ignatius (born 1920), Secretary of the Navy
John Kizirian (1928–2006), served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Jeffrey L. Harrigian (born 1962), United States Air Force General, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa

Diaspora

Mihail Cerchez, Romanian general
Tsatur Khan, was an Iranian general, envoy to Russia
Martiros Khan Davidkhanian, Iranian general, philanthropist, professor, the Chief of Staff of the Persian Cossack Brigade
Gabriel Coury, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Eskandar Khan Davidkhanian, general, professor, the Deputy Commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade
Alexander Khan Setkhanian, Iranian general, the Chief of Staff of the Cossack Brigade
Dénes Lukács, Hungarian army and artillery commander
János Czetz, prominent Hungarian freedom fighter
Iacob Zadik, Romanian artillery and infantry commander
Sarkis Torossian, decorated Ottoman captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign
Jacobo Harrotian, general who participated in the Mexican Revolution
Meguertitch Khan Davidkhanian, Iranian general, politician, statesman
Jack Agazarian, agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive
Missak Manouchian, was an Armenian poet and communist activist. Hero of France
Hrant Maloyan, General officer of the Syrian army
Aram Karamanoukian, Lieutenant General of the Syrian Army
Sergei Avakyants, Russian retired naval officer
Vagharshak Kosyan, Hero of Abkhazia
Galust Trapizonyan, Hero of Abkhazia
Ruben Yesayan, test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Simon Achikgyozyan (born 1939), considered a hero in Armenia
Samvel Babayan (born 1965), became a hero among Armenians for the military victories achieved under his command
Gurgen Dalibaltayan (born 1926), colonel-general, National Hero of Armenia
Garo Kahkejian (born 1962), first Armenian from the diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Artsakh conflict
Tatul Krpeyan (born 1965), leader of paramilitary units in Getashen and Martunashen villages in Shahumyan District of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Mikael Harutyunyan (born 1946), 7th Defence Minister
Kristapor Ivanyan (born 1920), fought in both World War II and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Monte Melkonian (born 1957), Armenian-American revolutionary, National Hero of Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan (born 1962), Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia
Vazgen Sargsyan (born 1959), military commander and politician, and was the first Defence Minister of Armenia
Sedrak Saroyan (born 1967), general and politician who served in the Parliament of Armenia
Vardan Stepanyan (born 1966), he is considered a hero in Armenia
Norat Ter-Grigoryants (born 1936), lieutenant-general who played a leading role in developing the Armed Forces of Armenia
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (born 1939), also known by his nom-de-guerre Komandos

Religious leaders

Gregory the Illuminator (c. 257 – c. 328), founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church and in some other churches
Elisæus of Albania (d. 74 or 79), first patriarch of the Church of Caucasian Albania
Hripsime (d. 290), she and her companions in martyrdom are venerated as some of the first Christian martyrs of Armenia
Saint Parthenius (d. 3rd century), venerated in both the Catholic and Orthodox churches
Minias, venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence
Chrysolius (d. probably 300), the patron saint of Komen/Comines, today in Belgium and France
Emilianus of Trevi (d. 304), bishop of Trevi, martyred under Diocletian
Saint Blaise (d. 316), venerated as a Christian saint and martyr, he is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
Khosrovidukht (d. 4th century), princess of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia
Grigoris (d. 334), Catholicos of the Church of Caucasian Albania from 325 to 330
Sargis the General (d. 362 or 363), revered as a martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Nerses I (d. 373), Catholicos of all Armenians who lived in the fourth century
Saint Servatius (d. 384), is patron saint of the city of Maastricht and the towns of Schijndel and Grimbergen
Isaac of Armenia (c. 350 – c. 428), Catholicos of all Armenians, supported Mesrop Mashtots in the creation of the Armenian alphabet
Leontine martyrs (5th century)
Euthymius the Great (377–473), venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches
Saint Shushanik (440–475), canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church and is venerated by the Armenian Apostolic Church
John the Silent (454–558), Christian saint known for living alone for seventy-six years
Nerses III the Builder, was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Lazarus Zographos (810–865), first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer
John VII of Constantinople (d. 867), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Photios I of Constantinople (810–893), orthodox patriarch, a central figure in Christianization of Kievan Rus
David of Bulgaria (d. 976), was a Bulgarian noble
Gregory of Narek (c. 950 – 1003 or 1011), saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches and was declared a Doctor of the Church
Simeon of Mantua (d. 1016), Benedictine monk, canonized as a saint
Nerses IV the Gracious (1102–1173), Catholicos of Armenia, called "the Fénelon of Armenia" for his efforts to draw the Armenian church out of isolation
Nerses of Lambron (1153–1198), was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Vardan of Aygek (d. 1250), Christian monk, famous for his works on Armenian folklore
Stepanos Orbelian (1250 or 1260–1303), historian and the metropolitan bishop of the province of Syunik
Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749), monk, scholar and theologian who founded the Mekhitarist Order
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (1679–1749), founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch
Hovsep Arghutian (1743–1801), archbishop who served as the religious leader of Armenians in the Russian Empire
Franciszek Ksawery Zachariasiewicz (1770–1855), Polish Roman Catholic bishop of Przemyśl
Nerses V (1770–1857), the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (1809–1884), prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church, who was the Patriarch of Cilicia
Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907), leader, educator, and publisher who served as Catholicos of All Armenians
Matthew II Izmirlian (1845–1910), Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Ignatius Maloyan (1869–1915), Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Mardin
Malachia Ormanian (1841–1918) was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
George V of Armenia (1847–1930), the Catholicos of All Armenians, supported the various military campaigns
Louis Cheikho (1859–1927), Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian
Yeghishe Tourian (1860–1930), Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, appointed honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Karekin I (1867–1952), scholar of Armenian art and Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Khoren I of Armenia (1873–1938), served as Catholicos of All Armenians, murdered by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police
George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Pavel Florensky (1882–1937), a Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, inventor, polymath, neomartyr and folk saint
Gregorio Pietro Agagianian (1895–1971), Armenian cardinal of the Catholic Church, was the first serious non-Italian papal candidate in centuries
Vazgen I (1908–1994), Catholicos of All Armenians for a total of 39 years, 1st National Hero of Armenia
Demos Shakarian (1913–1993), founder of Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship International
Karekin I (1932–1999), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Karekin II (b. 1951), Catholicos of All Armenians, unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches
Yaqub Abcarius, bishop

Cultural figures

Actors

Khoren Abrahamyan, actor and director, People's Artist of the USSR
Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-Armenian actor and musician
Kay Armen, worked on stage and in radio, television, and film
Ed Alberian (1920–1997), children's television actor and entertainer
Mkrtich Arzumanyan, actor, humorist, showman, screenwriter, and producer
Charla Baklayan Faddoul, Amazing Race season 5 contestant
Richard Bakalyan, actor who started his career playing juvenile delinquents in his first several films
Mike Connors, American actor
Pierre Chammassian, comedian
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor
Leslie Erganian, artist and television personality
Arlene Francis, American game show panelist, actress, radio and television talk show host
Hasmik, was a Soviet actress
Azniv Hrachia, actor and director
Karren Karagulian, actor
Khloé Kardashian (born 1984), television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, designer, model and social media influencer
Bob Kevoian (born 1950), co-host of the Bob & Tom Show
Karp Khachvankyan, actor and director, People's Artist of Armenia
Murad Kostanyan, actor, People's Artist of Armenia
David Malyan, Soviet film and stage actor
Hayk Marutyan, actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer
Amasi Martirosyan, film director, screenwriter and actor
Garik Martirosyan (born 1974), TV host and comedian
Patrick Masbourian (born 1970), Canadian television personality
Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian film actor, People's Artist of the USSR
Kev Orkian (born 1974), actor, musician and comedian
Michael Omartian (born 1945), music producer of Donna Summer
Richard Ouzounian (born 1950), Armenian by adoption; playwright, director, critic, artistic director
Davit Gharibyan, media personality, actor, director, producer, TV host, model and social media influencer
Michael A. Goorjian, actor, filmmaker, and writer, won an Emmy Award
Alice Panikian, 2006 Miss Universe Canada
Vahram Papazian, was a Soviet actor, mostly known for his Shakespearean roles
Yevgeny Petrosyan, comedian
Angela Sarafyan, actress
Andy Serkis, English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles
Akim Tamiroff, One of the premier character actors of Classical Hollywood cinema
Jano Toussounian, Australian-Armenian actor
Vache Tovmasyan, actor
Vagharsh Vagharshian, Soviet actor, director, playwright and public figure
Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre
Leonid Yengibarov, Soviet actor and clown
Yuri Yerznkyan, film director and actor
Steven Zaillian, screenwriter, producer

Theatre

Hovhannes Abelian, actor, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR
Petros Adamian, poet, writer, artist and public figure who worked in the Ottoman and Russian empires
Güllü Agop, Ottoman theatre director as well as an occasional actor
Vardan Ajemian, theatrical director and actor, Hero of Socialist Labour
Nikita Balieff, vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario, and director
Olga Gulazyan, Soviet actress of film and theater
Azniv Hrachia, Ottoman actress and director
Verkine Karakashian, Ottoman actress and soprano
Yeranuhi Karakashian, actress in Ottoman Empire
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue
Aghavni Papazian, first professional female actors in the Ottoman Empire and thereby the Middle East
Arousyak Papazian, first professional female actor in the Ottoman Empire
Yenovk Shahen, actor and director who lived in the Ottoman Empire
Siranush, one of the few whose work is tied to an entire era of theatrical history
Loreta, an Iranian stage and film actress

Activists

Yelena Bonner, human rights activist
Movses Gorgisyan, one of the leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh movement
Marietta Shaginyan, one of the most prolific communist writers experimenting in satirico-fantastic fiction
Serhiy Nigoyan, Euromaidan activist, first protester killed by shooting during the protest

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

Todos (6th—7th centuries), ancient architect, who built a series of Churches in Armenia and Georgia, completed Anteni Soni
Odo of Metz (742–814), architect who lived during Charlemagne's reign in the Carolingian Empire
Trdat (940s–1020), was the chief architect of the Bagratid kings of Armenia, and most notable for his design of the cathedral at Ani and his reconstruction of the dome of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Momik (d. 1333), architect, sculptor and a master artist of Armenian illuminated manuscripts
Balyan family, family in the Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of Ottoman sultans
Toros Toramanian (1864–1934), He is considered the father of Armenian architectural historiography
Léon Gurekian (1871–1950), made contributions in Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire and Italy
Gabriel Ter-Mikelov (1874–1949), one of the main architects of the Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral
Nikolai Bayev (1875–1952), mainly worked in Baku in the 1910s and in Soviet Armenia
Alexander Rotinoff (1875–1934), architect and engineer of late 19th and early 20th century throughout the Caucasus
Mihran Azaryan (1876–1952), an Ottoman and Turkish architect
Vartan Sarkisov (1875–1955), was a Soviet architect, designed the Oil Producers Sanatorium building in Mardakan
Alexander Tamanian (1878–1936), Russian-born neoclassical architect, well known for his work in the city of Yerevan
Mihran Mesrobian (1889–1975), architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries
Miron Merzhanov (1895–1975), Soviet architect, notable for being the de facto personal architect of Joseph Stalin
Karo Halabyan (1897–1959), Soviet architect, led the development of the recovery plan of Stalingrad
George Mardikian (1903–1977), restaurateur, chef, author and philanthropist
Rafayel Israyelian (1908–1973), Soviet architect, most prominent structures, including the Sardarapat Memorial and Yerevan Wine Factory
Varazdat Harutyunyan (1909–2008), academic, architect and writer
Grigor Aghababyan (1911–1977), Soviet Armenian architect

Ballet dancers

Agrippina Vaganova, her technique of ballet is one of the most popular techniques today
Vilen Galstyan
Vanoush Khanamirian
Rudolf Kharatyan
Ruben Muradyan
Tamara Tchinarova

Composers

Komitas Vardapet, founder of the Armenian national school of music, one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology

Conductors

Clergy

Folk musicians

Filmmakers

Haig Acterian, Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist and journalist
Hamo Beknazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter
Frunze Dovlatyan, a film director, screenwriter and actor
Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
J. Michael Hagopian, filmmaker
Hughes Brothers, filmmakers
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party
Noura Kevorkian, filmmaker, writer, director, producer
Edmond Keosayan, film director and compere of the State Variety Orchestra of the Soviet Union
Vilen Kolouta, cinematographer
Lev Kulidzhanov, Soviet film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Sergey Parajanov, he is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the best filmmakers in cinema history
Artavazd Peleshyan, director of essay films, a documentarian in the history of film art, a screenwriter, and a film theorist
Henri Verneuil, was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France
Mikhail Vartanov, filmmaker
Rouben Mamoulian, was an American film and theater director
Tigran Khzmalyan (aka Xmalian), filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
Henrik Malyan, film writer and director
Karen Shakhnazarov (born 1952), filmmaker, producer and head of the Mosfilm studios

Producers

DJ Alber Ensso, DJ and music producer
Davit Gharibyan, producer of Ari Parenq TV series, Happy International Women's Day and We Remember and Demand 106 social videos
Howard Kazanjian, producer of Star Wars
Sev Ohanian, producer of Searching, Fruitvale Station and the upcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy
Natalie Qasabian, producer of Searching and Run
Katherine Sarafian, producer at Pixar
Alain Terzian, French producer, President of Association of French Producers
Steven Zaillian, won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List

Animation

Lev Atamanov, one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art
Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., animator, filmmaker, and voice actor known for work on Alvin and the Chipmunks
Dmitry Nalbandyan, Soviet painter and animator and Hero of Socialist Labour
Robert Sahakyants, animator and Honored Artist of Armenia

Illustrators

Opera singers

Journalists

Kevork Ajemian (1932–1998), prominent Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, one of the founders of the ASALA military organization
Nubar Alexanian (born 1950), photojournalist, documentary photographer, and film director
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