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 Georgian 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

Armenia

 * Orontes I Sakavakyats, King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
 * Tigranes Orontid, King of Armenia from 560 to 535 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, under his rule Armenia became one of the strongest empires of the world
 * Artavasdes II, King of Armenia from 55 to 34 BC
 * Erato, King 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
 * Ashot III, King of Bagratid Armenia from 953 to 977
 * Smbat II of Armenia, King of Armenia from 977 to 989
 * 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
 * Askanaz Mravyan (1885–1929), one of the early leaders of Soviet Armenia
 * Aghasi Khanjian (1901–1936), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia from 1930 to 1936
 * 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 until his retirement in 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

 * Abgar V, one of the first christan kings
 * Princess Sandukht, regretted first Christian Armenian woman
 * Heraclius (575–641), emperor of Byzantine, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas
 * Isaac the Armenian (625–644), an exarch of Ravenna
 * Mizizios (622–669), usurping the Byzantine throne in Sicily
 * 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 theVarangian 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
 * Theodora (Θεοδώρα) (ruled 842–856), wife of Theophilos
 * Grigor Hamam (d. 897), King of Hereti from 893 to 897
 * 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
 * Aziz al-Dawla (d. 1022), Fatimid Governor of Aleppo
 * 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) (Mamluk Sultan)
 * Rita of Armenia (1278–1333), Princess, was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to Michael IX Palaiologos

Politicians



 * Damat Halil Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1626–1628)
 * Şivekar Sultan, Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1646–1648)
 * Manuc Bei, an merchant, diplomat, and inn-keeper
 * Marcara Avanchintz, trader from Isfahan, who went into the service of Louis XIV
 * Israel Ori, diplomat that sought the liberation of Armenia from Persia and the Ottoman Empire
 * 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)
 * Stepan Shahumyan, Head of the Baku Commune (1918)
 * Aleksandr Myasnikyan, Head of the Communist Party of Belarus (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)
 * Hovhannes Masehyan, was the Persian Ambassador to the Great Britain (1927–1929), and 1st Ambassador of Persia to Japan (1930–1931)
 * Varlam Avanesov, was an 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)
 * Ferenc Szálasi, fascist Leader of the Nation of Hungary (1944–1945)
 * 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)
 * George Deukmejian, Governor of California (1983–1991)
 * Edward Djerejian, United States Ambassador to Israel (1993–1994)
 * 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)
 * 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–)
 * 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–)

Antiquity

 * Nebuchadnezzar IV, (d.521 BC) seized power in Babylon, becoming the city's king and leading a revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire

Middle Ages



 * Cylaces, hayr-mardpet
 * Artavasdes I Mamikonian, Sparapet, oldest ancestor of the Mamikonian family
 * Mushegh I Mamikonian (d. 377 or 378), Sparapet
 * Vassak Mamikonian (d. 368), Sparapet
 * Vardan Mamikonian (d. 451), Sparapet
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

 * 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
 * Roustam Raza (1783–1843), Bodyguard and secondary valet of Napoleon
 * Ernő Kiss (1799–1849), was a Hungarian Army lieutenant-general

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
 * 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)
 * 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
 * Yeprem Khan, considered a national hero in Iran
 * Aram Manukian
 * Sebastatsi Murad, fedayee
 * Hovhannes Hakhverdyan
 * 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
 * Hmayak Babayan (1901–1945), an Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), Hero of Soviet Union, twice
 * 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

 * 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

Diaspora

 * 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
 * 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

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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (1969–1915), 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Demos Shakarian, founder of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International
 * Yaqub Abcarius, bishop

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
 * Pierre Chammassian, comedian
 * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor
 * Leslie Erganian, artist and television personality
 * Hasmik, was a Soviet actress
 * Azniv Hrachia, actor and director
 * 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
 * Andy Serkis, English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles
 * Vivien Leigh, won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, famous for her Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
 * Jano Toussounian, Australian/Armenian actor
 * Akim Tamiroff, One of the premier character actors of Classical Hollywood cinema
 * Vagharsh Vagharshian, Soviet actor, director, playwright and public figure
 * Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * Yervant Voskan, the first known sculptor in modern Turkish sculpture history and as the first sculpture teacher

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

Ballet dancers

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

Composers

 * Artemi Ayvazyan
 * Raffi Armenian
 * Marc Aryan
 * George Avakian
 * Clint Bajakian
 * Ani Batikian
 * Sergey Balasanian
 * Sargis Barkhudaryan
 * Julian Byzantine
 * Yeghia Dndesian
 * Stéphan Elmas
 * Angelo Ephrikian
 * Nicol Galanderian
 * Georges Garvarentz
 * Djivan Gasparyan
 * Richard Hagopian
 * Ruben Hakhverdyan
 * Edgar Hovhannisyan
 * Jivani
 * Udi Hrant Kenkulian
 * Yuri Kasparov
 * Aram Khachaturian
 * Khosrovidukht
 * Komitas
 * Shavo Odadjian
 * Kev Orkian
 * Bulat Okudzhava
 * Hampartsoum Limondjian
 * Sayat-Nova
 * Anton Mailyan
 * Spiridon Melikyan
 * Edvard Mirzoyan
 * Boris Parsadanian
 * Krzysztof Penderecki
 * Leon Redbone
 * Sahakdukht
 * Ghazaros Saryan
 * Ruben Sargsyan
 * Vahram Sargsyan
 * Grikor Suni
 * Alexander Spendiaryan
 * Khachatur of Taron
 * Harry Tavitian
 * Mikael Tariverdiev
 * Anoushavan Ter-Ghevondyan
 * Onno Tunç
 * Armen Tigranian
 * Vartan Vahramian
 * William Weiner
 * Makar Yekmalyan

Conductors

 * Raffi Armenian
 * Loris Ohannes Chobanian
 * Tigran Chukhajian
 * Aleksandr Melik-Pashayev
 * Mihail Jora
 * Ohannes Tchekidjian
 * Loris Tjeknavorian

Folk musicians

 * Sevak Amroyan
 * Gagik Badalyan
 * Ofelya Hambardzumyan
 * Karnig Sarkissian
 * Flora Martirosian
 * Norayr Mnatsakanyan

Filmmakers

 * Hamo Beknazarian, was an Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter
 * Frunze Dovlatyan, an film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker
 * Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party
 * Vilen Kolouta, cinematographer
 * Noura Kevorkian, filmmaker, writer, director, producer
 * Sergey Parajanov, he is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers to be one of the best filmmakers in cinema history
 * 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

 * 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

Illustrators

 * Toros Roslin
 * Jean Carzou
 * Edgar Chahine
 * Jicka
 * Mesrop of Khizan
 * Grigor Khanjyan
 * Levon Manaseryan
 * Sargis Pitsak

Opera singers

 * Isabel Bayrakdarian
 * Haykanoush Danielyan
 * Gohar Gasparyan
 * Gegham Grigoryan
 * Pavel Lisitsian
 * Verkine Karakashian
 * Anahit Mekhitarian

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

Painters

 * Ivan Aivazovsky, Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art
 * Simon Agopian, prominent Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter
 * Stepan Aghajanian, painter; known primarily for portraits and landscapes
 * Yuhanna al-Armani, artist in Ottoman Egypt, he is most notable for his religious works
 * Minas Avetisyan, an painter, one of best-known armenian painters of Soviet Union
 * Teodor Axentowicz, rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
 * Gevorg Bashinjaghian, painter who had significant influence on Armenian landscape painting
 * David Çıraciyan, prominent Ottoman painter
 * Mıgırdiç Civanyan, Ottoman Armenian painter
 * Sarkis Diranian, Ottoman orientalist painter
 * Arshile Gorky, has been hailed as one of the most powerful American painters of the 20th century
 * Hakob Hovnatanyan, founder of the modern Armenian painting school
 * Eduard Isabekyan, founder of thematic compositional genre in Armenia
 * Jean Jansem, was a French-Armenian painter
 * Hakob Kojoyan, was an artist assisted Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian in creating the coat of arms for the First Republic of Armenia
 * Levon Lachikyan, art critic and graphic artist
 * Manas family, family that provided Imperial Portraitists to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
 * Vahram Manavyan, Ottoman and Egyptian painter
 * Dmitry Nalbandyan, Soviet painter and animator
 * Yenovk Nazarian, portrait and landscape painter
 * Stepanos Nersissian, painter, primarily known for his portraits of historical figures
 * Hovsep Pushman, known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits of women
 * Jan Rustem, painter, worked in the territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 * Martiros Saryan, painter and founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting
 * Vardges Sureniants, considered the founder of Armenian historical painting
 * Antoni Stefanowicz, Polish painter and art teacher, specializing in portraits
 * Kajetan Stefanowicz, Polish Art-Nouveau painter and illustrator
 * Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter, painter to king John III Sobieski and a Polish–Lithuanian noble
 * Yeghishe Tadevosyan, painter, was known for his landscape and portrait paintings
 * Panos Terlemezian, landscape and portrait painter
 * Garabet Yazmaciyan, prominent Ottoman painter
 * Hovhannes Zardaryan, Soviet painter

Pianists

 * Maro Ajemian
 * Alexander Arutiunian
 * Nareh Arghamanyan
 * Şahan Arzruni
 * Armen Babakhanian
 * Arno Babajanyan
 * Sergei Babayan
 * Raffi Besalyan
 * Stéphan Elmas
 * Koharik Gazarossian
 * Nairi Grigorian
 * Nune Hairapetian
 * Rita Kassabian
 * David Khanjyan
 * Serouj Kradjian
 * Vardan Mimikonyan
 * Zela Margossian
 * Sofya Melikyan
 * Beatrice Ohanessian
 * Constantine Orbelian
 * Karina Pasian
 * Konstantin Petrossian
 * Heghine Rapyan
 * Vardan Sardaryan
 * Nariné Simonian
 * Anaida Sumbatyan
 * Avo Uvezian
 * Julietta Vardanyan

Mediaval

 * Komitas Aghtsetsi
 * Davtak Kertogh
 * Khosrov of Andzev
 * Basil the Doctor
 * Frik
 * Khachatur of Taron
 * Terter Yerevantsi
 * Nahapet Kuchak
 * Gomidas Keumurdjian
 * Martiros of Crimea
 * Naghash Hovnatan

Moderen

 * 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
 * Gurgen Mahari (1903–1969), writer and 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

Photogrophers

 * Kegham Djeghalian, an Armenian-Palestinian photographer, known for his photographs documenting daily life and political events over four decades
 * Abdullah Frères, photographers of international fame during the late Ottoman Empire
 * Anita Conti, French photographer, and the first French female oceanographer
 * Jean Pascal Sébah, was a Syriac photographer
 * Samvel Sevada, an Armenian artist, photographer and poet
 * Yousuf Karsh, Canadian photograph, famous for his The Roaring Lion portriet
 * Van Leo, Egyptian photographer who became known for his numerous self-portraits and portraits of celebrities of his time

Models

 * Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva
 * Kim Kardashian
 * Kourtney Kardashian

Sculptors

 * Sargis Baghdasaryan
 * Ghukas Chubaryan
 * Hakob Gyurjian
 * Ara Harutyunyan
 * Mihran Hakobyan
 * Hagop Ishkanian
 * Rafik Khachatryan
 * Yervand Kochar
 * Haig Patigian
 * Stephen Sacklarian
 * Ara Shiraz
 * Yervant Voskan

Singers

 * Anahid Ajemian
 * Lucine Amara
 * Levon Ambartsumian
 * Armenchik
 * Armen Anassian
 * André
 * Anoushka
 * Marc Aryan
 * Rosy Armen
 * Aram Asatryan
 * Irina Allegrova
 * Charles Aznavour
 * Ani Batikian
 * Isabel Bayrakdarian
 * Arev Baghdasaryan
 * Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
 * Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.
 * Cathy Berberian
 * Boka
 * Cher
 * John Dolmayan
 * Ivan Galamian
 * Sergio Galoyan
 * Slava Grigoryan
 * J. Michael Hagopian
 * Silva Hakobyan
 * Sirusho Harutyunyan
 * Hayko
 * Vache Hovsepyan
 * Levon Ichkhanian
 * Jamala
 * Hasmik Karapetyan
 * Verkine Karakashian
 * Udi Hrant Kenkulian
 * Sergey Khachatryan
 * Tamara Khanum
 * Bob Kevoian
 * Philipp Kirkorov
 * Andranik Madadian
 * Daron Malakian
 * Norayr Mnatsakanyan
 * Armen Movsessian
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Maria Nalbandian
 * Bruce Nazarian
 * Harout Pamboukjian
 * Hasmik Papian
 * Karina Pasian
 * Christine Pepelyan
 * Lilit Pipoyan
 * Raffi
 * Eva Rivas
 * Hélène Ségara
 * Sirusho
 * Nariné Simonian
 * Tata Simonyan
 * Stephanie
 * Gerard Jirayr Svazlian
 * Serj Tankian
 * Aram Tigran
 * George Tutunjian
 * Jean Ter-Merguerian
 * Aram Tigran
 * Arto Tunçboyacıyan
 * Sylvie Vartan
 * Karapetê Xaço
 * Samvel Yervinyan
 * Nune Yesayan
 * Lusine Zakaryan

Medieval

 * Mesrop Mashtots (362 – 440), Armenian linguist, composer, theologian, statesman, and hymnologist in the Sasanian Empire. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Churches
 * Elishe (410 – 475), historian, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War
 * Faustus of Byzantium (5th century), historian of the 5th century. Faustus' History of the Armenians
 * Ghazar Parpetsi (5th-6th centuries), Armenian chronicler and historian
 * Hovnan Mayravanetsi, was an Armenian theologian and philosopher
 * David the Invincible, was a neoplatonist philosopher of the 6th century
 * Koriun, earliest Armenian-language author, his Life of Mashtots contains many details about the evangelization of Armenia and the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots
 * Movses Khorenatsi, was a prominent historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians
 * Sebeos (7th century), bishop and historian
 * Movses Kagankatvatsi (7th century), historian, author of the book History of the World from Aghvan
 * Anania Shirakatsi, polymath and natural philosopher, author of extant works covering mathematics, astronomy, geography, chronology, and other fields
 * Leo the Mathematician, Byzantine philosopher and logician associated with the Macedonian Renaissance
 * Anania Narekatsi, chronicler, theologian, philosopher, commentator, leader of Narekavank and founder of the school
 * Tovma Artsruni (9th-10th centurys), historian, authored the History of the House of Artsrunik
 * Zenob Glak (10th century), historian who became the first abbot of the Glak monastery
 * Stepanos Asoghik (10–11th centuries), was an historian
 * Hovhannes Imastaser (1045–1129), medieval multi-disciplinary scholar known for his works on philosophy, theology, mathematics, cosmology, and literature
 * Stepanos Asoghik (11th century), was an historian
 * Samuel Anetsi (12th century), known for his writing of history and chronicles a book where he is the first author to use the Armenian Chronology
 * Mkhitar Heratsi (12th-century), considered the father of Armenian medicine
 * Matthew of Edessa (12th century), historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa
 * Vardan Areveltsi (13th century), historian, geographer, philosopher and translator
 * Hayton of Corycus (14th century), medieval nobleman, monk and historiographer
 * Gregory of Tatev, was an philosopher, theologian and a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church
 * Thomas of Metsoph (1378–1446), cleric and chronicler who left an account of Timur’s invasions of the Caucasus
 * Amirdovlat of Amasia (1420–1496), physician and writer, wrote several works on medicine and science
 * Giorgio Baglivi (1668–1701), Croatian-Italian physician and scientist
 * Esayi Hasan-Jalalyan (1677–1728), historian and catholicos of Aghvank
 * Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676–1749), monk, scholar and theologian who founded the Mekhitarist Order
 * Mikayel Chamchian (1738–1823), was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk, historian, grammarian and theologian
 * Grzegorz Piramowicz (1753–1801), Catholic priest, educator and philosopher
 * Ioan Mire Melik (1840–1889), Romanian mathematician, educator and political figure

Modern

 * Manuk Abeghyan, an philologist, literary scholar, folklorist, lexicographer and linguist
 * Evgeny 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
 * Nicholas Adontz, historian, specialising in Byzantine and Armenian studies, and a philologist
 * 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
 * Ghevont Alishan, Armenian Catholic priest, historian, educator and poet
 * 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)
 * Gabriel Aivazovsky, an Armenian Catholic archbishop, scholar, educator and historian
 * Włodzimierz Antoniewicz, rector of the University of Warsaw, and a member of the PAN
 * 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
 * Levon Chailakhyan, physiologist and cloning pioneer
 * 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
 * Vram Dovlatyan, Soviet organic chemist
 * 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, known for the Markarian galaxies
 * Stepan Malkhasyants, academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer
 * 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
 * Aram Nalbandyan, Soviet physicist, prominent in the field of physical chemistry
 * 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
 * Stepanos Nazarian (1812-1879), publisher, enlightener, historian of literature and orientalist
 * Leo (1860-1932), an Armenian historian, writer, critic, and professor at Yerevan State University
 * Joseph Orbeli, orientalist, public figure and academician who specialized in medieval history of Transcaucasia, and first president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences
 * Yuri Osipyan, physicist, author of fundamental contribution to the physics of movements in solid bodies and inventor of photoplastic effect
 * James P. Bagian, physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut
 * 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
 * George Ter-Stepanian, one of the founders of the landslide studies in Soviet Union
 * Norair Sisakian, biochemist, one of the founders of space biology
 * Kirill Shchelkin, physicist, in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons who made theoretical and experimental contribution in combustion and gas dynamics.
 * 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

Inventors

 * Armen Alchian, credited with turning its economics department into one of the country’s best
 * Hovannes Adamian, is recognized as one of the founders of color television
 * Michael Artin, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry
 * Garabed T. K. Giragossian, remembered for developing a perpetual motion device shortly after the turn of the 20th century
 * Semyon Kirlian, teacher and journalist, discovered and developed Kirlian photography
 * Artem Mikoyan, a Soviet Armenian aircraft designer, designed Mig
 * Nikita Lazarev, civil engineer, contractor, real estate developer and Neoclassical architect

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, surgeon and scientist
 * Edgar Housepian, neurosurgeon and professor
 * Moses M. Housepian, physician and relief worker
 * Andronik Iosifyan, aerospace engineer, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the R-7 Semyorka and the Soyuz spacecraft
 * Robert Istepanian, Professor of Data Communication, coined the phrase "m-health"
 * Albert Kapikian, virologist and pioneer in vaccine development for rotavirus
 * Mihran Kassabian, physician, one of the early investigators into the medical uses of X-rays
 * Varaztad Kazanjian, pioneer of plastic surgery
 * J. W. Kebabian, neuroscientist and pioneer in dopamine receptor research
 * Hampar Kelikian, orthopedic-surgeon pioneer, a pioneer in the restoration of damaged limbs
 * 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)

Boxers

 * Arthur Abraham, professional boxer
 * Madame Bey, American boxing trainer
 * Khoren Gevor, German professional boxer
 * Mekhak Ghazaryan, retired amateur boxer from Armenia
 * Susi Kentikian, German former professional boxer
 * Kirkor Kirkorov, retired Bulgarian boxer
 * Vanes Martirosyan, American former professional boxer
 * Vladimir Yengibaryan, Soviet light-welterweight boxer

Chess

 * Levon Aronian, chess player
 * Varuzhan Akobian, American chess Grandmaster
 * Zaven Andriasian, chess Grandmaster and former World Junior Chess Champion
 * Giorgi Bagaturov, chess grandmaster, a three-time Georgian Chess Champion
 * Elina Danielian, chess grandmaster and six-time Armenian women's champion
 * Avetik Grigoryan, an chess Grandmaster
 * Hovik Hayrapetyan, became the Armenian Chess Solving Champion
 * Garry Kasparov, world chess champion
 * Smbat Lputian, an chess grandmaster
 * Sergei Movsesian, was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE
 * Tigran Petrosian, world chess champion

Gymnasts

 * Albert Azaryan, was the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings
 * Eduard Azaryan, Olympic Champion and four-time Soviet Champion
 * Artur Davtyan, the 2022 World Champion on vault
 * Hamlet Manukyan, 2023 Junior World Champion
 * Harutyun Merdinyan, two-time European champion
 * Hrant Shahinyan, Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion and seven-time USSR Champion

Footbalers

 * Alyosha Abrahamyan, played as a goalkeeper for FC Ararat Yerevan
 * Arkady Andreasyan, football player and manager
 * Armen Babalaryan, Armenian football midfielder
 * Roman Berezovsky, football coach and a former goalkeeper
 * André Calisir, professional footballer
 * Artak Dashyan, professional footballer
 * Youri Djorkaeff, football player
 * Gurgen Engibaryan, played as a midfielder
 * Artyom Falyan, football manager and a player
 * Vardan Ghazaryan, football coach
 * Eduard Grigoryan, professional football player
 * Varazdat Haroyan, footballer who plays as a central defende
 * Eduard Markarov, Soviet football player
 * Yura Movsisyan, football player
 * Henrikh Mkhitaryan, football player
 * Nikita Simonyan, football player

Other sportspeople

 * Andre Agassi, tennis player
 * Zach Bogosian, ice hockey player
 * Robert Emmiyan, long jumper
 * Levon Pashabezyan, taekwondo athlete
 * Alain Prost, Formula One racer
 * Arman Tsarukyan, mixed martial artist
 * Yurik Vardanyan, weightlifter

Businesspeople

 * Ivan Lazarev (1735 – 1801), was a financier and millionaire
 * Ivan Mirzoev (d. 1870), businessman, the first person to drill oil in Baku and is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Baku oil industry
 * Alexander Mantashev (1842 – 1911), Russian oil magnate
 * Mikael Aramyants (1843 – 1923), oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist
 * Dikran Kelekian (1867 – 1951), notable collector and dealer of Islamic art
 * Calouste Gulbenkian (1869 – 1955), first person to exploit Iraqi oil
 * Alex Manoogian (1901 – 1996), founder of Masco, National Hero of Armenia
 * Lev Atamanov (1901 – 1981), director of Soyuzmultfilm, one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art
 * Artem Mikoyan (1905 – 1970), founder of Mikoyan, MiG
 * Richard Donchian (1905 – 1993), pioneer Wall Street financier
 * Kirk Kerkorian (1917 – 2015), built the world's largest hotel in Las Vegas three times, National Hero of Armenia
 * Vartan Gregorian (1934 – 2021), president of Carnegie Corporation, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
 * Nikita Simonyan (b. 1926), First Vice-President of the Russian Football Union
 * Eduardo Eurnekian (b. 1932), owner of airports in Argentina, and Yerevan Airport
 * Karen Shakhnazarov (b. 1952), became the director general of Mosfilm
 * Alex Yemenidjian (b. 1955), former CEO and chairman of MGM Studios
 * Alexis Ohanian (b. 1983), co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site Reddit

Economists

 * Daron Acemoglu
 * Arman Manukyan
 * Lee Ohanian, macroeconomist

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