- Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian (born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese -American-Armenian musician and songwriter of Armenian descent. Tankian is the lead vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of alternative metal band System of a Down. He is a co-founder of Axis of Justice. - William Saroyan
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. These stories were popular during the Great Depression. Saroyan grew up in Fresno, the center of Armenian-Americans in California, where many of his works are set (although he sometimes gave the city a fictional name). - Peter Balakian
Peter Balakian (born 1951) is an American poet, writer and academic. - Arshile Gorky
Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, (better known as Arshile Gorky was an Armenian American painter who was as a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. - Daron Malakian
Daron Vartan Malakian (born 18 July, 1975 in Hollywood, California, USA) is the lead guitarist in the Armenian-American band System of a Down. Malakian has written most of the band's music, and, more recently, has taken on a large share of the vocal work for the band as well. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band, he is of Armenian ancestry, but is the only member to actually have been born inside the U.S. (Los Angeles). - Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 - June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation. "The Boston Globe" music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. - Aram Saroyan
Aram Saroyan (born September 25, 1943) is an American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright. Saroyan's poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in many textbooks. Among the collections of his poetry are "Aram Saroyan", "Pages", and "Day and Night: Bolinas Poems", the latter published by Black Sparrow Press in 1999. - Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort." Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills and Nevada. One of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, … - Sayat-Nova
Sayat-Nova. The world-famous Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian wrote an opera called "Sayat Nova". There is a street and music school named after him in Yerevan, Armenia, as well as an Armenian-American dance ensemble in the United States, and a pond located in Mont Orford, Quebec, Canada. - Edward Nalbandian
Edward G. Nalbandian was the owner of Zachary All Clothing, a store he opened in the 1950s on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. In the 50s and 60s, he became a minor celebrity, making frequent appearances in commercials for his store and even on talk shows. In one commercial, he said about his low prices "My friends all ask me, 'Eddie, are you kidding?' And I tell them no, my friend, I am not kidding." This inspired the Frank Zappa song "Eddie, … - Nancy Kricorian
Nancy Kricorian is a New York City-based writer and activist. Born in Watertown, Massachusetts, she is the author of the popular and acclaimed novel "Zabelle" (1998), and has recently published her second novel, "Dreams of Bread and Fire" (2003). Kricorian, a graduate of Dartmouth College, has a Master in Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. She is an award-winning and widely published poet who has taught at Yale, Queens College, Rutgers, and Columbia. - John Dolmayan
John Dolmayan (born July 15, 1973 in Lebanon) is a musician, best known as the drummer for the Armenian-American alternative metal band System of a Down. His bandmates are vocalist/guitar/keyboards Serj Tankian, guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian, and bassist Shavo Odadjian. John currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was first interested in drums at the age of 2. His father was a saxophone player. When his mother would take him to watch his father play, … - Shavo Odadjian
Shavo Odadjian (born April 20 1974, Yerevan, Armenian SSR as Shavarsh Odadjian) is the bassist for the Armenian American-based alternative metal band System of a Down. - Michael Casey
Michael Casey (born 1947 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American poet. His first collection, "Obscenities", was chosen by Stanley Kunitz for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Other collections include "Millrat" (Adastra Press), "The Million Dollar Hole" (Orchises Press), "Raiding a Whorehouse" (Adastra), "Permanent Party" (March Street Press), "Cindi's Fur Coat" (The Chuckwagon), and "The Bopper" (Kendra Steiner Editions). - Anna Eshoo
Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 14th District of California, the heart of Silicon Valley (see map). - Alex Manoogian
Alex Manoogian (1901 Smyrna Ottoman Empire - 10 July 1996, Detroit) was a successful American businessman, industrial engineer, and well-known philanthropist, especially to Armenian causes. Born into an Armenian family, Manoogian was 19 when he arrived in the United States fleeing Turkish genocide of Armenians in the wake of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Arriving in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1920, he began working as a machinist. - Carla Garapedian
Carla Garapedian (herself an Armenian-American and documentary director "Children of the Secret State"), was the anchor of the famous BBC World News, After leaving BBC News she worked on major stories such as "Beneath the Veil." Emmy award-winning film about women in Afghanistan, Carla Garapedian now is working on a new movie with System of a Down about genocides occurring world-wide such as forgotten genocides the Armenian genocide. - Mark John Geragos
Arguably the most well-known, high-profile clientele-laden attorney in Los Angeles and possibly the country, Mark Geragos is the managing partner of the 13-partner firm Geragos & Geragos. - Khajag Barsamian
Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, born 1951, is the primate of Diocese of Armenian Church of America (Eastern) and the president of the Fund for Armenian Relief. - George Deukmejian
Courken George Deukmejian, Jr. (born July 6, 1928) is an American Republican politician from California, the thirty-fifth Governor of California (1983-1991), and a former California Attorney General (1979-1983). - Rouben Mamoulian
Rouben Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 - December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theatre director. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (ruled at that time by imperial Russia) to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922. He moved to America the next year to teach in Eastman School of Music and was involved in directing opera and theatre. In 1930, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. - Paul Krekorian
Paul Krekorian was elected in 2006 to serve California's 43rd Assembly District, which includes the cities of Glendale and Burbank and the Los Feliz, Silver Lake, North Hollywood, Valley Glen, Toluca Lake, Atwater Village and Valley Village communities of Los Angeles. He is a Democrat. In 1992, after Los Angeles was ravaged by riots, the special advisor to the Los Angeles Police Commission selected Krekorian to serve as counsel to the Webster Commission. - Monte Melkonian
Monte Melkonian (in Armenian: in TAO Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան, in RAO Մոնթե Մելքոնյան November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was a famed Armenian military commander in the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He is largely credited for major military victories against Azerbaijan from the late autumn of 1992 to his death in June 1993. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war. - Richard Hagopian
Richard Hagopian (born 1937 near Fresno, California) is an American Turkish-style oud player, and a well-known world music and traditional Armenian musician. He has been a musician since childhood, learning to play the violin and clarinet at only nine years old. Later, he began playing the oud and studied with the famous Armenian artist Garbis Bakirgian. He has performed throughout the United States and taught a master class at the Manhattan School of Music, … - Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian (born 19 January 1945) is a California-based composer, living in El Cerrito, California. He is a percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of Armenian origin. He is mostly known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music. - Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier is a former Democratic member of the California State Senate representing San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. - Gerard Cafesjian
Gerard Cafesjian is an American businessman of Armenian descent and philanthropist who founded the "Cafesjian Family Foundation" and has contributed thousands of dollars to numerous philanthropic causes, including contributing funds toward buying an Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Museum in Washington D. C., and building a Cultural and Art Museum in Yerevan. - Eric Bogosian
Frequently mislabeled as a performance artist, Eric Bogosian is a writer and an actor known for his comedic monologues and social commentary. Born on the East Coast and educated in the Midwest, he wrote and performed numerous one-man shows around New York during the late '70s and early '80s. After doing shows in art spaces like The Kitchen, he eventually had his solo work Fun House committed to video. The 1987 production was taped in front of a live audience. - Kim Kardashian
Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is one of the three daughters of lawyer Robert Kardashian. Kardashian's media attention has primarily been attributed to her close friendship with Paris Hilton. Kardashian has been reported in the tabloid press for her friendship with Paris Hilton. - Jack Kevorkian
Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (born May 20, some sources say May 26, 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to Armenian-American parents. He is most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide and claims to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He has famously stated, "dying is not a crime." It was previously thought that his activities earned him the nickname of Dr. - Mike Connors
Mike Connors (born August 15, 1925) is an American actor of Armenian descent. He is best known for playing Joe Mannix in the long-running detective television series, "Mannix". Before that, he had played a crime-fighting investigator, wielding a .38 handgun hidden in his back, in the television series "Tightrope". Born Kreker Ohanian in Fresno, California, he graduated from UCLA where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. - Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is one of only five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events during his career. He is the only player in the open era to have won every Grand Slam singles title, to have won the Tennis Masters Cup, … - Chuck Poochigian
Charles S. "Chuck" Poochigian (born May 31, 1949) is a former Republican California State Senator. He campaigned unsuccessfully in 2006 for California Attorney General, losing to former Governor Jerry Brown in the November general election. - Vartan Malakian
Vartan Malakian (born February 14, 1947) is an Armenian-American artist born in Iraq who now lives in Los Angeles. He is also the father of Daron Malakian, guitarist of System of a Down. He did the artwork for the band's 2005 albums Mezmerize and Hypnotize and Daron Malakian's Ibanez Signature Model DMM1 guitar. He frequently attends System of a Down concerts and his son will often dedicate a song to him when he does. - Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian (born August 31, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American violist of Armenian heritage. She gained international fame by winning the 2nd place prize at the 1980 Lionel Tertis Competition and the 1980 ARD International Music Competition in Munich. She has been featured on over 30 albums and performs pieces from both classical and contemporary composers. Her albums have won awards, notably the 1999 Edison Prize and the Cannes Prize for Chamber Music in 2000. - Harout Pamboukjian
Harout Pamboukjian (Armenian:), (1950-) is an American Armenian pop singer living in Los Angeles. His Armenian dance, folk and revolutionary songs make him a favorite among Armenians. - Larry Gagosian
Larry Gagosian is an art dealer who owns the Gagosian Gallery chain of art galleries, with three locations in New York City (on Madison Avenue, West 24th St. and 21st St.), two locations in London (on Britannia and Davies Streets) and one location in Los Angeles (in Beverly Hills). Mr. Gagosian got his start in business by selling posters near the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. - Ronald Grigor Suny
Ronald Grigor Suny is currently the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History at the University of Michigan , and Emeritus Professor of political science and history at the University of Chicago . He was the first holder of the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan , after beginning his career at Oberlin College . Suny graduated from Swarthmore College and got his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1968 . - Robert Kardashian
Robert Kardashian was a defense lawyer in the trial of O.J. Simpson. Following reports about the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings returned from Chicago and were met at the airport by Robert Kardashian who handled Simpson's luggage, some of which was never seen again. In the days following the murder, O.J. Simpson stayed in Kardashian's house. When O.J. Simpson failed to turn himself in at 11 a.m. on June 17, Kardashian, … - Arthur Nersesian
Arthur Nersesian (born 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, and poet of Armenian and Irish descent. He was born and raised in New York City. His novels include "The Fuck-up", "Manhattan Loverboy", "dogrun", "Chinese Takeout", "Suicide Casanova" and "Unlubricated." He has also published a collection of plays, "East Village Tetralogy." He has written three books of poems and one book of plays.
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