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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Yerevan during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Yerevan Is Known For
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Football is Yerevan's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (134).
Yerevan over-indexes on chess — 23.1× the global rate.
Yerevan under-produces player — only 0.6× the global rate.
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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- Field: Player Clear ×
Sargis Sargsian
Born 1973
Nina Muradyan
Born 1954
Ani Amiraghyan
Born 1993
Elmira Antonyan
Born 1955
Babken Melkonyan
Born 1980
Anna Movsisyan
Born 1988
Narine Antonyan
Born 1961
Mariana Sahakian
Born 1977
Bagrat Genrikowitsch Burnasjan
Born 1957