Lists of Armenians

This is a list of notable Armenians.

Historical

• List of Armenian monarchs
• List of Armenian merchants

By country

Americas

• List of Armenian Americans
• List of Armenian Canadians

Caucasus

• List of Azerbaijani Armenians
• List of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh

Europe

• List of French Armenians
• List of Greek Armenians
• List of Armenians in the United Kingdom
• List of Romanians of Armenian descent
• List of Russian Armenians

Middle East

• List of Egyptian Armenians
• List of Iranian Armenians
• List of Iraqi Armenians
• List of Lebanese Armenians
• List of Ottoman Armenians
• List of Syrian Armenians
• List of Turkish Armenians

By occupation

Ambassadors

List of ambassadors of Armenia

Art

• List of Armenian architects
• List of Armenian artists
• List of Armenian women artists

Business

• List of Armenian businesspeople

Chefs

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

Entertainers

• Davit Gharibyan (born 1990), media personality, actor, director, producer, tv host, model and social media influencer
• Ed Alberian (1920–1997), children's television actor and entertainer
• Charla Baklayan Faddoul, Amazing Race season 5 contestant
• Cher (born 1946), singer and actress
• Pierre Chammassian, comedian
• George Duran (born 1975), entertainer
• Leslie Erganian, artist and television personality
• Azniv Hrachia, actor and director
• Khloé Kardashian (born 1984), television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, designer, model and social media influencer
• Kim Kardashian (born 1980), television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman, model and social media influencer
• Kourtney Kardashian (born 1979), television personality, socialite, model and social media influencer
• Robert Kardashian (1944–2003), American attorney and businessman
• Bob Kevoian (born 1950), co-host of the Bob & Tom Show
• Noura Kevorkian, filmmaker, writer, director, producer
• Vilen Kolouta (1930–1999), cinematographer
• Tigran Khzmalyan (aka Xmalian) (born 1963), filmmaker, screenwriter and producer
• Henrik Malyan (1925–1988), 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), Canadian television personality
• Michael Omartian (born 1945), music producer of Donna Summer
• Kev Orkian (born 1974), actor, musician and 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

Businessmen

• Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869–1955), businessman and philanthropist

Directors

• List of Armenian film directors

Musicians

• Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016), violinist
• Maro Ajemian (1921–1978), pianist
• Lucine Amara (born 1927), Lucine Tockqui Armaganian, soprano
• Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955), classical violinist
• Armen Anassian, violinist
• Armenchik (born 1980), pop singer
• 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 (1919–2017), jazz producer
• Charles Aznavour (1924–2018), 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 the work of his father on 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
• Boka (1949–2020), singer
• Julian Byzantine, guitarist
• Crimesterdam
• John Dolmayan (born 1973), Lebanese-born Armenian-American songwriter and drummer
• Stéphan Elmas (1862–1937), composer, pianist
• Ivan Galamian (1903–1981), violinist
• Sergio Galoyan (born 1981), record producer and songwriter
• Djivan Gasparyan (1928–2021), 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 (1973–2021), singer
• Vatche Hovsepian
• Levon Ichkhanian (born 1964), guitarist/multi-instrumentalist
• Jamala (born 1983), Ukrainian singer and composer of Crimean Tatar descent, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
• Hasmik Karapetyan (born 1977), pop singer
• Anna Kasyan, opera singer, soprano
• Udi Hrant Kenkulian (1901–1978), musician
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), composer
• Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985), youngest violinist winner of Sibelius competition; 2005 winner of 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
• Kacey Musgraves, American country music singer-songwriter
• Armen Nalbandian (born 1978), pianist, composer
• Maria Nalbandian (born 1983), Lebanese singer
• Bruce Nazarian (1949–2015), 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 and comedian
• Harout Pamboukjian (born 1950), Armenian singer-songwriter
• Hasmik Papian (born 1961), soprano
• Karina Pasian (born 1991), Grammy-nominated singer and pianist
• Christine Pepelyan (born 1980), pop singer
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), 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
• Leon Redbone (né Dickran Golbalian) (1949–2019), jazz and blues artist
• Eva Rivas (born 1987), Armenian pop singer, model
• Gevorg Sargsyan (born 1981), opera-symphonic conductor
• Karnig Sarkissian, singer of Armenian revolutionary songs
• Hélène Ségara (born 1971), French singer
• Nariné Simonian, Armenian-French pianist, organist, opera musical director
• Tata Simonyan (born 1962), pop singer
• Stephanie (born 1987), Japanese singer
• Gerard Jirayr Svazlian (born 1946), violinist
• 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 (1935–2015), 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) Iranian 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

• 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

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
• Ben Bagdikian (1920–2016), former editor-in-chief of The 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
• John Garabedian, radio host
• Bedros Hadjian, writer, journalist and educator
• David Ignatius (born 1950), associate editor of the Washington Post
• Armen Keteyian (born 1953), reporter
• Tim Kurkjian (born 1956), analyst at ESPN
• Hrand Nazariantz (1880–1962), lived in Italy, Nobel Prize candidate
• Lara Setrakian, journalist and political analyst for Bloomberg Television and ABC News
• Janet Shamlian, NBC News correspondent
• Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT (Russia Today)
• Roger Tatarian (1917–1995), senior VP of United Press International
• Philip Terzian (born 1950), editor at the Weekly Standard
• Matt Vasgersian (born 1967), sportscaster

Military

Middle Ages

• Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368), Sparapet
• Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451), Sparapet
• Narses (478–573), one of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I's generals in the Roman reconquest
• Gregory Pakourianos (d. 1086), Byzantine general
• Philaretos Brachamios (d. 1087), general, usurper of the Byzantine Empire

Early modern period

• John III the Terrible (1572–1574), 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

• 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

United States

• Paul Ignatius (born 1920), Secretary of the Navy
• Jeffrey L. Harrigian (born 1962), United States Air Force General, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa

First 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
• Sedrak Saroyan
• Vardan Stepanyan
• Norat Ter-Grigoryants
• Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan

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 (1878–1879, 1884–1888, 1894–1895)
• Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire (1880–1881)
• Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan, Head of the Communist Party of Belarus (1918–1919)
• Levon Mirzoyan, first Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1926–1929)
• Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)^[1]
• Anastas Mikoyan, first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1955–1964)
• George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–1991)
• Édouard Balladur, Prime Minister of France (1993–1995)
• 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)^[2]
• Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2004–)
• Varujan Vosganian, Minister of Economy and Finance of Romania (2007–2008, 2012–)
• Patrick Devedjian, French Minister for the Implementation of the Recovery Plan (2008–2010)
• Liliam Kechichián, Uruguay Minister of Tourism (2012–)
• Joe Hockey, Treasurer of Australia (2013–2015)
• Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (2014–2021)
• Gladys Berejiklian, 45th Premier of New South Wales, Australia (2017–)

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
• Yaqub Abcarius, bishop
• Photios I of Constantinople, orthodox patriarch, a central figure in Christianization of Kievan Rus'

Science

• Evgeny Aramovich Abramyan, physicist, founder of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology
• Daron Acemoglu, among the 20 most cited economists in the world, winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal
• Hovannes Adamian, engineer, inventor of color television
• Sergei Adian, mathematician, head of the department of Mathematical Logic of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
• 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, one of the major economists of the 20th century
• Artem Alikhanian, nuclear physicist, one of the founders and first director of the Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI)
• Sos Alikhanian, geneticist, one of the founders of molecular genetics in the USSR, founder of the State Research Institute of Genetics (GosNIIgenetika)
• Sarkis Acopian, designer of the first ever solar radio
• Abram Alikhanov, nuclear physicist, one of the founders of nuclear physics in USSR, founder of the first nuclear reactor of USSR, founder of the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP)
• Viktor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics
• Emil Artin, mathematician, one of the founders of modern algebra
• Michael Artin, mathematician, contributed to algebraic geometry
• Gurgen Askaryan, physicist, inventor of light self focusing
• Lev Atamanov, animation director, one of the founders of Soviet animation art
• Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan, botanist and mycologist
• Boris Babayan, computer scientist, father of supercomputing in the former Soviet Union and Russia, founder of Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST)
• Oscar H. Banker, inventor of automatic transmission for automobiles
• Mikhail Chailakhyan, founder of hormonal theory of plant development
• Artur Chilingarov, polar explorer
• Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, founder of photochemistry
• Richard Donchian, father of Trend Following Trading, one of the most outstanding figures of all time in the field of commodity money management
• Grigor Gurzadyan, founder of space astronomy
• Spiru Haret, astronomer; 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, aerospace engineer, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the R-7 Semyorka and the Soyuz spacecraft
• 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, pioneer of microelectronics, designer of the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter
• Leonid Khachiyan, mathematician, computer scientist, proved the existence of an efficient way to solve linear programming problems
• Tigran Khudaverdyan, computer scientist, deputy CEO of Yandex
• Semyon Davidovich Kirlian, inventor of Kirlian Photography, discovered that living matter emits energy fields
• Ivan Knunyants, chemist, significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry; one of the major developers of Soviet chemical weapons program
• Samvel Kocharyants, nuclear scientist, developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles
• 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, pharmacist, one of the world's pioneers of the oil industry, built the world's first modern oil refinery
• Benjamin Markarian, astrophysicist
• Cyrus Melikian, coffee industry pioneer, inventor of coffee vending machines
• Sergey Mergelyan, mathematician, the author of major contributions in Approximation Theory; head of the department of Complex Analysis of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
• Artem Mikoyan, aerospace engineer, designer of MiG jet aircraft, including the first supersonic Soviet jet fighter
• Robert Nalbandyan, chemist, co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin, pioneer in the field of free radicals
• Yuri Oganessian, nuclear physicist in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), co-discoverer of the heaviest elements in the periodic table; element Oganesson
• Yuri Osipyan, physicist, author of fundamental contribution to the physics of movements in solid bodies and inventor of photoplastic effect
• Ardem Patapoutian, winner of 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch" (jointly with David Julius)
• 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
• Mikhail Pogosyan, aerospace engineer, general director of Sukhoi and United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)
• Anna Schchian, botanist
• Georgy Shakhnazarov, one of the founders of political science in USSR
• Luther George Simjian, inventor of ATM and flight simulator
• Norair Sisakian, biochemist, one of the founders of space biology
• Armen Takhtajan, botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography
• Karen Ter-Martirosian, theoretical physicist, author of fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory; founder of the Elementary Particle Physics chair of the MIPT
• Margarita Ervandovna Ter-Minassian, entomologist, mostly known for her work on the weevil subfamily Lixinae.
• Alenush Terian, first Iranian-Armenian female astrophysicist
• Avie Tevanian, computer scientist and programmer, the architect of Apple's Mac OS X
• Nikolay Yenikolopov, chemist, one of the founders of Russian polymer science

Medicine

• Noubar Afeyan, biochemical engineer, co-founder of the biotechnology company Moderna
• 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 Damadian, physician, inventor of magnetic resonance imaging (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, Soviet Armenian surgeon and scientist
• Edgar Housepian, neurosurgeon and professor
• Moses M. Housepian, physician and relief worker
• Robert Istepanian, Professor of Data Communication, coined the phrase "m-health"
• Albert Kapikian, virologist and pioneer in vaccine development for rotavirus
• Varaztad Kazanjian, pioneer of plastic surgery
• J. W. Kebabian, neuroscientist and pioneer in dopamine receptor research
• Hampar Kelikian, orthopedic-surgeon pioneer, 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
• Leon Orbeli (1882–1958), physiologist, pioneer of evolutionary physiology
• Ardem Patapoutian, molecular biologist and neuroscientist, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2021
• Hrayr Shahinian, pioneer in microsurgical techniques of the brain
• Michel Ter-Pogossian, inventor of positron emission tomography (PET)

Economists

• Daron Acemoglu
• Armen Alchian, economist
• Arman Manukyan
• Lee Ohanian, macroeconomist

Sports

• Arthur Abraham, professional boxer
• Andre Agassi, tennis player
• Levon Aronian, chess player
• Zach Bogosian, ice hockey player
• Youri Djorkaeff, football player
• Robert Emmiyan, long jumper
• Garry Kasparov, world chess champion
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan, football player
• Yura Movsisyan, football player
• Levon Pashabezyan, taekwondo athlete
• Tigran Petrosian, world chess champion
• Alain Prost, Formula One racer
• Nikita Simonyan, football player
• Arman Tsarukyan, mixed martial artist
• Yurik Vardanyan, weightlifter
• List of Armenian boxers
• List of Armenian chess players
• List of Armenian footballers
• List of Armenian Olympic medalists
• List of Armenian wrestlers

Writers

• Narine Abgaryan (born 1971)
• Khachatur Abovian (1805–1842)
• Nicholas Adontz (1871–1942), historian and philologist
• Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet
• Ghazaros Aghayan (1840–1911)
• Michael Arlen (1895–1956), novelist
• Artine Artinian (1907–2005), literature scholar
• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869), writer, poet, historian, painter
• Louise Aslanian (1906–1945), writer, poet, French Resistance fighter, Communist
• Atrpet (1860–1937)
• Axel Bakunts (1889–1937)
• Peter Balakian (born 1951), memoirist and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
• Ara Baliozian (1936–2019)
• David Barsamian, writer, radio host
• 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
• Diana Der Hovanessian (1934–2018), poet
• 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
• Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, novelist and writer on the Armenian genocide
• 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
• Bethany Mooradian (born 1975), writer
• Moses of Chorene (410–490), father of Armenian historiography
• Alexander Movsesyan, playwright and novelist
• Claude Mutafian (born 1942), historian and mathematician
• Santiago Nazarian (born 1977), novelist
• Hrand Nazariantz (1886–1962), poet and journalist
• Sev Ohanian (born 1987), screenwriter
• 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), 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
• Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943), author and human rights activist
• Perch Zeytuntsyan (born 1938–2017), novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and Minister of Culture of Armenia 1990–1991
• Orontes I Sakavakyats (570–560 BC)
• Tigranes Orontid (560–535 BC)
• Vahagn (530–515 BC)
• Hidarnes I (late 6th century BC)
• Hidarnes II (early 5th century BC)
• Hidarnes III (middle of 5th century BC)
• Sames I (260 BC)
• Arsames I (260 BC–228 BC)
• Xerxes (228 BC–212 BC)
• Zariadres (212 BC–128 BC)
  • Artaxias I (190–159 BC)
  • Tigranes I (159–123 BC)
  • Artavasdes I (123–95 BC)
  • Tigranes the Great (Tigranes II, 95–55 BC)
  • Tigranes the Younger (65 BC)
  • Artavasdes II (55–34 BC)
  • Artaxias II (33–20 BC)
  • Tigranes III (20–10 BC)
  • Tigranes IV with Erato (10–2 BC)
  • Ariobarzanes (2 BC–4 AD)
  • Artavasdes III (4–6 AD)
  • Tigranes V then ruled with Erato (6–12 AD)
    • Arsaces I of Armenia (35)
    • Orodes of Armenia (37–42)
    • Mithridates of Armenia (again) (42–51)
    • Tiridates I (52–58, 62–66, officially 66–88)
    • Tigranes VI (59–62)
    • Sanatruces (Sanatruk) (88–110)
    • Axidares (Ashkhadar) (110–113) (foreign Parthian rule)
    • Parthamasiris (Partamasir) (113–114) (foreign Parthian rule)
    • Vologases I (Vagharsh I) (117/8–144)
    • Sohaemus (144–161), (164–186)
    • Bakur (161–164)
    • Vologases II (Vagharsh II) (186–198)
    • Khosrov I (198–217)
    • Tiridates II (217–252)
    • Khosrov II (c. 252)
    • Tiridates III (287–330)
    • Khosrov III (330–339)
    • Tigranes VII (Tiran) (339–c. 350)
    • Arsaces II (Arshak II) (c. 350–368)
    • Paps (Pap) (370–374)
    • Varasdates (Varazdat) (374–378)
    • Arsaces III (Arshak III) (378–387)
    • Vologases III (Vagharsh III) (378–386)
    • Khosrov IV (387–389)
    • Vramshapuh (389–414)
    • Artaxias IV (Artashir IV) (422–428)
      • Mjej II Gnuni (628–635)
      • David Saharuni (635–638)
      • Theodore Rshtuni (638–645)
      • Varaztirots II Bagratuni (645)
      • Theodore Rshtuni (645–653, (654–655)
      • Mushegh II Mamikonian (654)
      • Hamazasp II Mamikonian (655–658)
      • Gregory I Mamikonian (662–684/85)
      • Ashot II Bagratuni (686–690)
      • Nerses Kamsarakan (689–691)
      • Smbat VI Bagratuni (691–711)
      • Ashot III Bagratuni (732–748)
      • Gregory II Mamikonian (748–750)
      • Sahak VII Bagratuni (755–761)
      • Smbat VII Bagratuni (761–775)
      • Ashot IV Bagratuni (806–826)
      • Leo V the Armenian (813–820) (Byzantine Emperor)
      • Constantine (son of Leo V) (813–830) (Byzantine Emperor)
      • Bagrat II Bagratuni (830–851)
      • Ashot V Bagratuni (862–884)
      • Ashot I of Armenia (884–890)
      • Smbat I of Armenia (890–914)
      • Gagik I Artsruni (904–937)
      • Ashot II of Armenia (914–926)
      • Abas I of Armenia (928–953)
      • Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan (937–953)
      • Abusahl-Hamazasp of Vaspurakan (953–972)
      • Ashot III of Armenia (953–977)
      • Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan (972–983)
      • Smbat II of Armenia (977–989)
      • Gagik I of Armenia (989–1020)
      • Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan (991–1003)
      • Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni (1003–1021)
      • Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia (1020–1040)
      • Gagik II of Armenia (1042–1045)
        • Roupen I (1080/1081/1082–1095)
        • Constantine I (1095–1100/1102/1103)
        • Thoros I (1100/1102/1103–1129/1130)
        • Constantine II (1129/1130)
        • Leo I (1129/1130–1137)
        • Thoros II (1144/1145–1169)
        • Roupen II (1169–1170)
        • Mleh (1170–1175)
        • Roupen III (1175–1187)
        • Leo II (1187–1198/1199)
          • Leo I (1198/1199 1219)
          • Isabella (1219–1252)
          • Shajar al-Durr (1250)^[3] (Mamluk Sultan)
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (980–1056, ruled 1042)
• Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (ruled 1055–1056), restored

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 the Brazilian telenovela Rainha da Sucata played by actress Aracy Balabanian, of Armenian descent herself
• Dany Devedjian, character in the French criminal drama Les Lyonnais
• Margos Dezerian, hit man 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
• Vin Makazian, detective in the TV series The Sopranos, played by John Heard
• Melik Nachararyan, character in the novel Ali and Nino
• Camille Saroyan, character in the TV Series Bones
• Armin Tamzarian, Simpsons character better known as Principal Seymour Skinner

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