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Lists of Armenians. This is a list of notable Armenians. 1st row: Hayk • Artaxias I • Tigranes the Great • Trdat III • Gregory the Illuminator. 2nd row: Mesrop Mashtots • Vardan Mamikonian • Movses Khorenatsi • Anania Shirakatsi • Grigor Narekatsi.
This is a list of notable Armenian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.Armenian Americans are people born or raised in the United States, or who reside there, with origins in the country known as Armenia, which ranges from the Caucasian mountain range to the Armenian plateau.
Kemurdzhian, Alexander (October 4, 1921 -February 25, 2003): Russian. Kemurdzhian designed Lunokhod 1, the first space-exploration rover, which roamed on the Moon in 1970. ^ Harvey, Brian (2007). Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration.
Charles Aznavour (/ ˌæznəˈvʊər / AZ-nə-VOOR, French: [ʃaʁl aznavuʁ]; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian, [a] 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: [3] clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with ...
Armenians (Armenian: հայեր, romanized: hayer, ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. [44] [45] [46] Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians. [47]
Armenian Americans (Armenian: ամերիկահայեր, romanized:amerikahayer) are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenian ancestry. They form the second largest community of the Armenian diaspora after Armenians in Russia. [ 3 ] The first major wave of Armenian immigration to the United States took place ...
M. Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor. Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia. Benjamin Markarian (1913–1985) – astrophysicist, known for Markarian's Chain. Cyrus Melikian, (1920–2008) – coffee industry pioneer, inventor of coffee vending machines.
List of Armenian Olympic medalists. Soviet gymnast Albert Azaryan (pictured on a 2009 postage stamp) is the most decorated Armenian Olympian of all time with three gold and one silver medal. Historically, [a] only a portion of ethnic Armenian athletes and athletes of Armenian descent have competed for Armenia in the Olympic Games. Classical ...