This is a list ofIranian Armenian notable people by birth or ancestry,ethnicity ornationality , arranged by main profession then birthdate. For similar reasons related toethnogenesis andnational identity , this list starts from theearly modern history of Armenia andIran , when theSafavids establishedIranian Armenia (1502–1828) and a national state officially known asPersia orIran and reasserted theIranian identity of the region.[ Note 1]
This list is not automatically filled but the following Iranian people have either stated that they areArmenians or that credible sources indicate that. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and references showing the person is Armenian and Iranian.
Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Sarkis Djanbazian – (15 January 1913, Armavir – 11 December 1963, Tehran) ballet master, dancer, choreographer and producer.[ 1] Lilit Teryan – (31 December 1930, Tehran – 7 March 2019, Tehran) sculptor.[ 2] Hovhannes Badalyan – (15 December 1924, Shavarin – 19 August 2001, Yerevan) singer.[ 4] Viguen – (23 November 1929, Hamadan – 26 October 2003, Los Angeles) singer and actor.[ 5] Andy – (22 April 1958, Tehran) singer-songwriter and actor; Iranian Armenian-Armenian.[ 6] Composers and instrumentalists [ edit ] Hambarsoom Grigorian – (1893 in Tabriz – 28 July 1975, Tehran) composer.[ 7] Ivan Galamian – (23 January 1903 – 14 April 1981) violinist, teacher; Iranian Armenian-American.[ 8] Robert Atayan – (7 November 1915, Tehran – 4 March 1994, Los Angeles) musicologist and composer.[ 9] Varoujan Hakhbandian – (4 December 1936, Qazvin – 17 September 1977, Tehran) composer and songwriter.[ 10] Loris Tjeknavorian – (13 October 1937, Boroujerd) composer and conductor.[ 11] Armik – (1950s, Tabriz) guitarist, producer and composer.[ 12] Vartan Vahramian – (1955, Tabriz) composer and painter.[ 13] Khachik Babayan – (1956, Tabriz) violinist.[ 14] Armen Ra – (1969, Tehran) thereminist.[ 15] Ray Aghayan – (28 July 1928, Tehran – 10 October 2011, Los Angeles) fashion designer and costume designer; Iranian Armenian-American.[ 16] Murad Kostanyan – (25 August 1902, Haftvan, Salmas – 3 January 1989, Yerevan) actor.[ 17] Loreta – (1911, Tehran – 29 March 1998, Vienna) actress.[ 18] Annik Shefrazian – (1909, Isfahan – 28 December 1996, Kahrizak) actress.[ 19] Arman – (21 February 1921, Tabriz – 18 August 1980, Barcelona) actor.[ 20] Yervand Manaryan – (20 September 1924, Arak – 19 February 2020) actor.[ 21] Irene Zazians – (20 August 1927, Babolsar – 28 July 2012, Tehran) actress.[ 22] Aramazd Stepanian – (11 October 1951, Abadan) actor, producer, director and playwright.[ 23] Mary Apick – (16 June 1954, Tehran) actress.[ 24] Marco Khan – (27 March 1961, Tehran) actor and stunt performer; Iranian-born Armenian-American.[ 25] Vahik Pirhamzei – (6 November 1968) actor, producer, director and writer.[ 26] Mahaya Petrosian – (3 January 1970, Tehran) actress.[ 27] Ovanes Ohanian – (8 October 1896, Mashhad – September 1961, Tehran) film director.[ 28] Aramais Aghamalian – (1910, Julfa – 1985, Tehran) film director and screenwriter.[ 29] Mushegh Sarvarian – (15 February 1910, Tehran – 13 August 1981, Tehran) film director.[ 30] Samuel Khachikian – (21 October 1923 – 22 October 2001) film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor.[ 31] Arman Manaryan – (15 December 1929, Arak – 16 February 2016) film director.[ 32] Robert Ekhart – (1935, Tabriz – 1994, Los Angeles) film director.[ 33] Varuzh Karim-Masihi – (1953, Arak) film director, film editor, and screenplay writer.[ 34] [ edit ] Branches of science [ edit ] Alexander Abian – (1 January 1923, Tabriz – 24 July 1999, Ames, Iowa) mathematician; Iranian-Armenian-American.[ 45] Arakel of Tabriz – (1590s, Tabriz – 1670) historian and clergyman.[ 50] Shahamir Shahamirian – (1723 – 1797) political philosopher.[ 51] Mesrovb Jacob Seth – (15 March 1871, Isfahan – 31 October 1939, Calcutta) historian.[ 52] Vartan Gregorian – (8 April 1934, Tabriz – 15 April 2021, New York City) academic, educator, and historian.[ 53] Ervand Abrahamian – (1940, Tehran) historian; Iranian-American.[ 54] George Bournoutian – (25 September 1943, Isfahan – 22 August 2021, New Jersey) historian.[ 55] Joseph Emin – (1726, Hamadan – 2 August 1809, Calcutta) prose writer and public figure.[ 60] Mardik Martin – (16 September 1934 – 11 September 2019) screenwriter; Iranian Armenian-American.[ 61] Raffi – (1835, Payajuk – 25 April 1888, Tiflis) writer, poet, novelist, essayist.[ 62] Hakob Karapents – (9 August 1925, Tabriz – 20 October 1994, Watertown, Massachusetts) short story writer and novelist.[ 63] Zoya Pirzad – (1952, Abadan) novelist.[ 64] Avetis Nazarbekian – (1866, Tabriz – 1939, Moscow) poet, journalist, political activist and revolutionary; Iranian-Russian Armenian[ 65] Leonardo Alishan – (4 March 1951, Tehran – 8 January 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah) poet and literary scholar.[ 66] Varand – (10 March 1954, Tehran) poet, playwright and lyricist.[citation needed Politics and government [ edit ] Hagopdjan de Deritchan – (?, New Julfa – 25 August 1726, Marseille) diplomat.[ 70] Set Khan Astvatsatourian – (1780, ? – 1842, Tehran) businessman, Iran's ambassador to Great Britain, envoy to the Ottoman Empire, military advisor to Fath-Ali ShahMirza Malkam Khan – (1834, New Julfa – 1908, Rome) writer, diplomat and publicist.[ 71] Hovhannes Masehyan – (23 February 1864, Tehran – 19 November 1931, Kharbin) translator and diplomat.[ 72] Vahan Papazian – (1876, Tabriz – 1973, Beirut) politician.[ 73] Abraham Guloyan – (1893, Salmas – 1938) politician; Iranian Armenian-Soviet.[ 74] Hrayr Maroukhian – (1928, Kermanshah – 1998), leader of theArmenian Revolutionary Federation Parliament and party members [ edit ] Avetis Sultan-Zade – (1889, Maragheh – 1938) Communist Party of Persia politician.[ 75] Ardeshir Ovanessian – (1905, Rasht – 1990, Yerevan) Members of the 14th Iranian Majlis, Communist Party of Persia politician.[ 76] Levon Davidian – (24 March 1944, Hamadan – 15 July 2009) psychiatrist, Member of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly.[ 77] Hrant Markarian – (1958, Isfahan) politician; Iranian-Armenian.[ 78] Robert Beglarian – (1961, Tehran) Member of the 9th, 8th, and 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly.[ 79] Garnik Mehrabian – (September 1937 – 5 June 2022) football player and coach.[ 92] Karo Haghverdian – (11 January 1945, Tehran) former footballer.[ 92] Mayis Minasyan – (1 January 1951, Tehran) former midfielder.[ 92] Andranik Eskandarian – (31 December 1951, Tehran) former footballer .[ 93] [ 92] Garnik Shahbandari – (1954, Tehran) midfielder.[ 92] Vazgen Safarian – (1954, Tehran) former footballer.[ 92] Markar Aghajanyan – (4 March 1965, Tehran) defence and manager.[ 92] Edmond Akhtar – (18 November 1971, Tehran) forward.[ 94] [ 92] Serjik Teymourian – (29 May 1974 – 29 August 2020) defensive midfielder.[ 92] Edmond Bezik – (12 August 1975, Tehran) retired footballer and coach.[ 92] Robert Markosi – (14 August 1976) former footballer.[ 92] Sebo Shahbazian – (25 September 1980, Tehran) retired defender.[citation needed Andranik Teymourian – (6 March 1983, Tehran) footballer.[ 95] ^ "DJANBAZIAN, Sarkis" . 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Sēt῾eanc῾ (1871—1939)" (PDF) .Nor Azdarar (in Armenian) (2):15– 20. ^ "Gregorian, Vartan 1934–" .Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series .Encyclopedia.com . January 21, 2020. Archived fromthe original on January 27, 2020.^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1989). "Acknowledgements".Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin . London:I.B. Tauris . p. ix.I am an Armenian-Iranian by birth; a sceptic by intellectual training; a democratic socialist by political preference; and, as far as religious conviction is concerned, an agnostic on most days — on other days, an atheist. April 1988. ^ Jamāl Javānshīr Qarābāghī, George A. 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