40.1815° N, 44.5145° E

YEREVAN

Most Famous People Born in Yerevan, Armenia

Notable people
768
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1971
Most distinctive
Chess 23.1×

Soviet Armenia poured state money into two things — chess clubs and wrestling halls — and the Yerevan file still shows it, with Wrestler and Boxer benches sitting next to a Pianist count and the Aram Khachaturian conservatory lineage running through the Composer and Opera lines. It is a small capital whose cultural export industry was basically built by the diaspora and the state philharmonic in equal measure.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Yerevan during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 169 notable births.

What Yerevan Is Known For

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Football is Yerevan's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (134).

Yerevan over-indexes on chess23.1× the global rate.

Yerevan under-produces player — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football134
  2. Politician80
  3. Actor53
  4. Singer41
  5. Chess36
  6. Painter35
  7. Composer29
  8. Wrestler24
  1. Chess3623.1×
  2. Wrestler249.7×
  3. Opera98.8×
  4. Boxer227.2×
  5. Pianist136.3×
  6. Conductor94.6×
  7. Composer292.9×
  8. Diplomat122.7×
  1. Player90.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Yerevan's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 53 of 768 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

1935 - 2020

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0004 ACTOR

Angela Sarafyan

Born 1983

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0015 ACTOR

Serge Avedikian

Born 1955

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0023 ACTOR

Hamo Beknazarian

1891 - 1965

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0103 ACTOR

Davit Gharibyan

Born 1990

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0132 ACTOR

Genrikh Oganessian

1918 - 1964

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0133 ACTOR

Khoren Abrahamyan

1930 - 2004

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0155 ACTOR

Ovanes Torosyan

Born 1986

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0170 ACTOR

Galya Novents

1937 - 2012

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0174 ACTOR

Ashot Adamyan

Born 1953

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0196 ACTOR

Vardan Petrosyan

Born 1959

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0202 ACTOR

Alla Tumanian

Born 1950

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0205 ACTOR

Lala Mnatsakanyan

Born 1957

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0230 ACTOR

Hayk Marutyan

Born 1976

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Michael Poghosyan

Born 1954

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0271 ACTOR

Sos Janibekyan

Born 1988

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0317 ACTOR

Hovhannes Babakhanyan

Born 1968

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0319 ACTOR

Amasi Martirosyan

1897 - 1971

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0325 ACTOR

Ruben Jaghinyan

Born 1969

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0326 ACTOR

Hrant Tokhatyan

Born 1958

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0347 ACTOR

Armen Elbakyan

Born 1954

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0352 ACTOR

Ashot Ghazaryan

Born 1949

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0358 ACTOR

Suren Babayan

Born 1950

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0363 ACTOR

Hovhannes Azoyan

Born 1982

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0364 ACTOR

Svetlana Grigoryan

1930 - 2014

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0369 ACTOR

Mihran Tsarukyan

Born 1987

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0371 ACTOR

Khoren Levonyan

Born 1983

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0372 ACTOR

Anna Elbakyan

Born 1963

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0375 ACTOR

Aleksandr Khachatryan

Born 1947

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0376 ACTOR

Arpi Gabrielyan

Born 1988

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0398 ACTOR

Ani Yeranyan

Born 1991

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0403 ACTOR

Louisa Nersisyan

Born 1977

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0423 ACTOR

Armen Margaryan

Born 1971

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0444 ACTOR

Marinka Khachatryan

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0455 ACTOR

Grigor Danielyan

Born 1984

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0459 ACTOR

Armen Petrosyan (Mench)

Born 1975

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0468 ACTOR

Davit Aghajanyan

Born 1992

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0474 ACTOR

Eva Khachatryan

Born 1990

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0487 ACTOR

Mher Khachatryan

Born 1989

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0490 ACTOR

Elena Vardanyan

Born 1984

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0537 ACTOR

Vache Tovmasyan

Born 1986

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0543 ACTOR

Ara Karagyan

Born 1963

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0544 ACTOR

Arthur Elbakyan

Born 1961

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0546 ACTOR

Hrachya Harutyunyan

Born 1961

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0560 ACTOR

Hovhannes Davtyan (actor)

Born 1985

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0564 ACTOR

Hovak Galoyan

Born 1973

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0577 ACTOR

Armush

Born 1977

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0595 ACTOR

Alis Kaplandjyan

Born 1952

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0614 ACTOR

Garik Sephkhanyan

Born 1983

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0621 ACTOR

Ani Lupe

Born 1984

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0636 ACTOR

Nara Noïan

Born 1971

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0648 ACTOR

Jacqueline Antaramian

Born 1962

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0706 ACTOR

Lika Salmanyan

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