Category: Armenian People

Armenian People

Throughout history, Armenians have made remarkable contributions to culture, science, politics, and the arts. From medieval historians and poets to modern scientists, composers, and statesmen, their lives and achievements reflect the resilience and creativity of the Armenian nation.

This section of Armenian-History.com brings together biographies of influential Armenians across many fields: poets, writers, artists, historians, composers, actors, military leaders, politicians, scientists, businesspeople, and figures of the First Republic of Armenia. Each profile highlights their legacy and role in shaping both Armenian heritage and the broader world.

Explore the lives of these individuals and discover how their ideas, works, and actions continue to inspire generations.

Ghazaros Aghayan

Ghazaros Aghayan (1840 -1911)

Ghazaros Aghayan was born in Bolnis-Khachen ( present Georgia) – an outstanding Armenian writer-democrat, the teacherand the public figure. Ghazaros Aghayan has been translated compositions

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Sergei Parajanov photo

Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990)

Sergei Parajanov was an Armenian film director, artist and screenwriter who made significant contribution to world cinema with his films. Sergei Parajanov (Սերգեյ Փարաջանյան; Сергей

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Koryun historian

Koryun

Koryun, an early 5th-century Armenian scholar and cleric, holds a unique place in Armenian literary and ecclesiastical history as the first known biographer in Armenian

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Ghazar Parpetsi

Ghazar Parpetsi

Ghazar Parpetsi (Ղազար Փարպեցի)  was an Armenian historian who lived in Armenia during the 5th century AD. He was born in the village of Parpi

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Movses Khorenatzi

Movses Khorenatsi

Movses Khorenatsi (also spelled Khorenatzi; Armenian: Մովսես Խորենացի), often hailed as the “Father of Armenian History” (Patmahayr), was a 5th-century Armenian historian, scholar, and clergyman

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Artur Baghdasaryan

Artur Baghdasaryan

Artur Baghdasaryan is an Armenian politician and former Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia and a former Secretary of the National Security Council of

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vazgen sargsyan

Vazgen Sargsyan

Biography of Vazgen Sargsyan – Sparapet Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan was an Armenian military commander (Sparapet) and politician. He was the first Defense Minister of the

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Eric Bogosian

Eric Bogosian

Biography of Eric Bogosian (Actor) Eric Bogosian was born April 24, 1953 and raised in Woburn, MA. He graduated from Oberlin College. The author of

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Monte Melkonyan (Melkonian)

Monte Melkonyan

Biography of Monte Melkonyan (Melkonian) Monte Melkonyan born in Visalia (November 25, 1957  was killed June 12, 1993), California and educated at Berkely, was a

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