List of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh

This is a list of Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh.

Arts

 * André, pop singer, first artist to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006
 * Don Askarian, filmmaker, recipient of the Golden Camera Award for Life Achievement at Int. ART Film Festival, Slovakia
 * Zori Balayan, novelist, journalist, public activist
 * Vladimir Arzumanyan, child singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Scientists and scholars

 * Armen Abaghian, atomic energy specialist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, member of Russian Academy of Sciences
 * Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist, the head of the Economy Institute of Armenian Science Academy
 * Arakel Babakhanian (1860–1932), historian, publicist, writer, critic
 * Ivan Knuniants (1906–1990), Soviet chemist
 * Khoren Sargsian (1891–1970), writer, critic, the director of the Literature Institute of Armenian Academy of Sciences (1943–1947)
 * Armen Takhtajian (1910–2009), botanist
 * Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1972), Marxist historian and Communist official
 * Andronik Iosifyan (1905–1993), Soviet engineer

Writers and artists

 * Stepan Aghajanian (1863–1940), artist, distinguished as a portrait artist
 * Mikael Arutchian (1897–1961), theatrical painter and designer
 * Hakob Gyurjian (1881–1948), sculptor
 * Gevork Kotiantz (1906–1996), painter
 * Alexander Melik-Pashaev (1905–1964), conductor, born in Tiflis in a family from Shushi
 * Muratsan (1854–1908), writer, one of the most famous figures in Armenian literature
 * Arsen Terteryan (1882–1953), literary critic
 * Vagharsh Vagharshian (1894–1959), director, playwright, actor, theater and public figure

Politics and statesmen

 * Hambardzum Arakelian (Shakhriar) (1855–1918), public and political figure
 * Alexander Atabekian (1868–1933), political figure, anarchist
 * Artashes Babalian (1887–1959), doctor, politician
 * Alexander Bekzadyan (1879–1938), Soviet statesman, Soviet ambassador in Norway and Hungary
 * Yeghishe Ishkhanian (1886–1975), political figure
 * Aram Manukian (1879–1919), statesman, the founder of the First Republic of Armenia
 * Arkadi Ghukasyan, politician, 2nd president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * Bako Sahakyan, 3rd president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * Arayik Harutyunyan, Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2007-2017), current President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
 * Robert Kocharyan, 2nd president of Armenia
 * Serzh Sargsyan, 3rd president of Armenia
 * Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (1886–1937), Soviet statesman and politician
 * Tuman Tumian (1879–1906), political activist
 * Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of Armenia (2016-2018)

Military figures

 * Samvel Babayan (b. 1965), military commander
 * Nikol Duman (1867–1914), fedayee
 * Sergei Khudyakov (1906–1950), Soviet Marshal of the Air Force during World War II
 * Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), prince, officer of the Russian army, lieutenant general
 * Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and lieutenant-general
 * Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), pilot, lieutenant colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

Religious figures

 * Karekin I (Cilicia), Catholicos of Cilicia from 1943 to 1952.
 * Pargev Martirosyan, Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh since 1989