List of Famous people born in Armenia

Ararat Mirzoyan is an Armenian politician and the current President of the National Assembly of Armenia. As a founding member of the Civil Contract Party, he ran under the Way Out Alliance during the 2017 parliamentary election and was elected to represent the third electoral district, consisting of the Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit neighbourhoods of Yerevan.

Samvel Karapetyan is a Russian-Armenian billionaire, who owns the Tashir Group conglomerate.

Artur Janibekyan is the founder of Comedy Club Production.

Mikhail Surenovich Aloyan is a Russian professional boxer of Yazidi origin who challenged for the WBO bantamweight title in 2018. As an amateur flyweight Aloyan won gold medals at the 2010 European Championships, the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, and bronze at the 2009 World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Ara Abrahamian is an Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling. He has won two World Championships in the 76 kg and 84 kg weight classes and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 84 kg weight class. He also won the bronze match at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but he rejected the medal because of a controversial ruling in the semifinal. During the highly publicised medal ceremony, Abrahamian protested by placing the medal in the center of the mat and walking away. He was later disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and stripped of his rejected bronze medal for disrupting the award ceremony. This resulted in him receiving a lifetime ban from the Olympics. He was also banned from wrestling for two years by FILA, but the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March 2009.

Artur Aleksanyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic Champion (2016) and bronze medalist (2012), a three-time World Champion, and a five-time European Champion. Aleksanyan is the second Olympic gold medalist of Armenia since regaining independence in 1991 and is the most decorated Olympian of independent Armenia as well. He has been nicknamed the "Polar Bear" and is one of the most renowned Armenian athletes of the 21st century.

Vazgen Mikaeli Manukyan is an Armenian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Manukyan was Defence Minister of Armenia. In 1990-1995 he was a member of the Supreme Council of Armenia, in 1995-2007 he was a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

Sargis Adamyan is an Armenian footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim and the Armenia national team.

Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan is an Armenian-born Russian entrepreneur, Venture philanthropist, and investor, co-founder of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, and UWC Dilijan College. Vardanyan initiated and co-founded Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, and held its president's seat in 2006–2010. He is the also founder of the "Philin" initiative, the co-founder of the family welfare service "Phoenix Advisors", and the former CEO and major shareholder of "Troika Dialog" investment bank (1992—2012).

Marat Grigorian is an Armenian-born Belgian kickboxer currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the featherweight division. Grigorian has previously competed for Glory and is a former Glory Lightweight Champion. He is famous for his technical aggressive fighting style and knockout power. Combat Press ranks him as the #2 lightweight kickboxer in the world.