- Raffi Armenian
Raffi Armenian (born June 4, 1942) is an Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher. Armenian was born in Cairo and had his first music lessons there, moving in 1959 to Vienna to study piano with Bruno Seidlhofer. After graduating, he put his musical studies aside and attended the University of London from 1962 to 1965, where he majored in metallurgy. He returned to the Vienna Academy of Music and studied from 1965 to 1969. - Leo V The Armenian
Leo V "the Armenian", (775 - December 25, 820), was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820. - Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper "Agos" (Ակօս), Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey. - Robert Kocharian
Robert Sedraki Kocharian (Armenian:) (born August 31, 1954) is the second president of the third republic of Armenia. - Serzh Sargsyan
Serzh Sargsyan. Before his term as PM, he was Defense Minister of Armenia and Chairman of its National Security Council. - Sirusho
Sirusho Markaryan is an Armenian singer.She was born on January 7th 1987 in Yerevan, Armenia. She first appeared in front of an audience when she was seven years old. When she was 9 years old she received an award for her song called Lusabats. She had been popular not only in Armenia, but she also had many concerts in countries such as Iran, Russia, Georgia, Poland and Jordan. She has also been a famous pianist as she took lessons during her schooling. - 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. - Gregory The Illuminator
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener (translit., or, or), the founder and patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, was born about 257. He belonged to the royal line of the Arsacid Dynasty, being the son of a Parthian named Anak, who assassinated Chosroes I of Armenia, and thus brought ruin on himself and his family. - 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. - Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known French singers abroad. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed more than 1000 songs (including 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and sold well over 100 million records. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006. - Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan, OC (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian-Armenian film maker. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Stylistically, Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. - 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. - Nune Yesayan
Nune Yesayan/Նունե commonly known simply as Nune and Nouné is a popular Armenian pop singer who began singing with an Armenian jazz band in the early 1990s before becoming a lounge singer at resorts in the Middle East. While performing in Damascus, she observed that young Syrians knew the words to old folk songs performed by contemporary singers, which was not true of young Armenians. - Aram Asatryan
Aram Asatryan was an Armenian pop singer known for his energetic concerts and music. - 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). - Garry Kimovich Kasparov
After long term friction with the international chess organisation, FIDE, Kasparov set up the rival organisation, the Professional Chess Association (PCA) and arranged a World Championship match in 1993 in which he beat British Grandmaster, Nigel Short. At the same time FIDE held their official Championship match between former World Champion, Anatoly Karpov and Jan Timman which Karpov won. Both Kasparov and Karpov claim the title of World Champion. - Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian was an Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music. - Levon Aronian
Levon Aronian (born October 6 1982) is an Armenian chess player. On the July 2007 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2750, making him number eight in the world and Armenia's number one. - Arshile Gorky
Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, (better known as Arshile Gorky was an Armenian American painter who was as a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. - Djivan Gasparyan
Djivan Gasparyan (born 1928 in Solag, Armenia) is an Armenian musician and composer. He plays the duduk, an Armenian double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. He has won four world-wide gold Medal UNESCO competitions (1959, 1962, 1973, and 1980). He has the unique distinction of being the only musician to be given the honorary title of People's Artist of Armenia in 1973. - Siamanto
Siamanto was the pen name for Atom Yarjanian (Armenian: Ատոմ Եարճանեան) (1878 - 1915); he was an influential Armenian writer, poet and national figure from the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was killed by the Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide. - Silva Kaputikyan
Sirvard Barunaki "Silva" Kaputikyan was a 20th century Armenian writer and poet. She appeared as herself in the 1992 documentary Parajanov: The Last Spring, about Sergei Parajanov, a legendary film-maker of Armenian descent who was persecuted by Soviet authorities. Some Azeris claim that she supported Armenian "aggression" regarding the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region (see ,). She lived in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, her entire life, … - Ara Baliozian
Ara Baliozian is an Armenian author, translator, and critic, born in Athens, Greece on December 10, 1936. He received his education at the Mekhitarist College of Moorat-Raphael in Venice, Italy, where he also studied economics and political science at the University of Ca Foscari. He now lives in Ontario, Canada, where he devotes his full time to writing. He has been published in both Armenian and English. - Eynulla Fatullayev
Eynulla Fatullayev is an Azerbaijani journalist and editor-in-chief of the independent Russian-language weekly "Realny Azerbaijan" and Azeri-language daily "Gündəlik Azərbaycan" newspapers. He has been persecuted in Azerbaijan for his criticism of the government's policies and for his alleged publications that the Khojaly massacre was committed by Azerbaijanis against other Azerbaijanis and not by Armenians as generally believed in Azerbaijan. - Raffi Hovannisian
Raffi Hovannisian (born November 20, 1959 in Fresno, California, United States) is an Armenian politician and former Foreign Minister of Armenia. He is the leader of the pro-Western opposition Heritage party. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, he is married and has five children. - Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan in Yerevan, Armenia) is a professional boxer and the current IBF champion of the middleweight division. He won the vacant title on December 10, 2005, in Leipzig, Germany, beating Kingsley Ikeke, via 5-round knock-out. On September 23, 2006, Abraham won a decision against Edison Miranda despite having his jaw broken in two places. - Artur Baghdasarian
Artur Baghdasarian (born November 8, 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian politician and former Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia. He is the leader of the opposition Rule of Law party. He is married and has two children. - Tigran Torosyan
Tigran Souriki Torosyan, born April 14, 1956 in Yerevan, is the current speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia. From 1993 he was a member of RPA and the party board. In 1998-2005 he is a Deputy Chairman of RPA board, from 2005 – RPA Deputy Chairman. On June 1, 2006 he was elected President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. Torosyan is married and has one daughter. - Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor better known as Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the English punk rock band The Clash. He was also a member of the The Mescaleros and (temporarily) The Pogues. - Yeghishe Charents
Yeghishe Charents (born Yeghishe Soghomonian,) (13 March 1897, Kars - 29 November 1937, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet executed in Stalin's purges. From 1904 to 1912 Yeghishe Soghomonian was at school in Kars, then part of the Russian Empire. Amid the upheavals of the First World War and the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, he volunteered in 1915 for the Caucasian Front. In 1917 to 1918 he was in Erzurum during the bitter fighting. - Andranik Margaryan
Andranik Margaryan (Armenian:, alternative spelling: Andranik Margarian) (12 June, 1951 - 25 March, 2007) served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March, 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. He succeeded the Sarkisyan brothers; Vazgen Sargsyan, who was murdered during the Armenian parliament shooting on 27 October, 1999 and Aram Sargsyan, whom the President appointed a week later, … - Vazgen Manukyan
Vazgen Manukyan (Armenian:) was born on February 13, 1946 in Gyumri, Armenia. Manukyan holds a PhD in mathematics and physical science. He became Prime Minister of Armenia in August 13, 1990 and resigned on November 22, 1991. Also from 1992-1993 Manukyan became acting Minister of Defense. Furthermore, he was elected in parliament 3 times and ran for president 3 times, in 1996, 1998 and 2003. In 1996 Vazgen Manukyan received more than 51% of votes, … - 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. - Martiros Saryan
Martiros Saryan (5 May 1972) was a Russian-born Armenian painter. He was born into an Armenian family in Nor Nakhijevan (now part of Rostov-on-Don, Russia). In 1895, aged 15, he completed the Nakhichevan school and from 1897 to 1904 studied at the Moscow School of Arts, including in the workshops of Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin. He was heavily influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse. He exhibited his works in various shows. - Levon Shant
Levon Shant, was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, and founder of the Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation. He was a life-long member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and is the namesake of the ARF's Shant Student Association. - Hovhannes Tumanyan
Hovhannes Tumanyan (February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923), is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region. Tumanyan's inspiration for his writing came considerably from his parents. He was born in the village of Dsegh in the Lori, Armenia. - Karekin I
Karekin I (Eastern Armenian pronunciation: Garegin I) (Armenian:) (August 27, 1932 - June 29, 1999), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1994 and 1999. Previously, he served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 under the name Karekin II (Armenian:). Karekin, baptized Neshan Sarkissian, was born in Kessab, Syria, where he attended the Armenian elementary school. - Vahakn Dadrian
Professor Vahakn N. Dadrian, currently the director of Genocide Research at Zoryan Institute, is researcher and historian of the Armenian Genocide. - Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development. By the end of his life he had become one of the world's wealthiest individuals and his art acquisitions considered one of the greatest private collections.
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