List of Famous people born in Armenia
Laura Gevorgyan
Norair Sisakian
Norair Martirosovich Sisakian (Sissakian) was a Soviet Armenian biochemist, academic, one of the founders of space biology, an outstanding organizer of science, a member of the Pugwash movement.
Lusine Gevorkyan
Lousine Gevorkian is the lead singer of the Russian nu metal band Tracktor Bowling and the alternative rock/punk band Louna.
Arthur Vanetsyan
Artur Gagiki Vanetsyan is an Armenian politician who served as the director of the National Security Service of Armenia (2018-2019), president of Football Federation of Armenia (2018-2019), and is the founder and chairman of the center-right Homeland Party.
Sati Spivakova
Shushan Petrosyan
Shushan Samveli Petrosyan is an Armenian singer, Honored Artist of Armenia, and a former deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia.
Albert Azaryan
Albert Azaryan is a former Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Champion on the still rings. Azaryan is the first gymnast to become an Olympic Champion in Rings twice, a feat that Akinori Nakayama would accomplish twelve years later and that no one else has matched since. He is the first person to do one of the rings most famous variations of the Iron Cross called the Azaryan Cross, which incorporates a quarter turn to the side.
Gokor Chivichyan
Gokor Chivichyan is an Armenian judo, submission grappling, and mixed martial arts instructor. Chivichyan currently trains professional and amateur fighters at the Hayastan MMA Academy in North Hollywood, California, United States. With his extensive knowledge in judo, sambo, catch wrestling, freestyle wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Chivichyan is considered to be one of the most complete grapplers of all time.
Karekin II
Catholicos Karekin II is Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years.
Karo Parisyan
Karapet "Karo" Parisyan is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist, who last competed in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 1999, Parisyan is a former WEC Welterweight Champion and has also competed for the UFC, Bellator, and Impact FC.