List of Famous people born in Yerevan, Armenia
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor.
Eduard Azaryan
Eduard Azaryan is a former Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast. He is an Olympic Champion and four-time Soviet Champion. Azaryan was awarded the Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1980. He is the son of Albert Azaryan.
Edward Nalbandyan
Edward Nalbandian is a prominent Armenian diplomat. He was the 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and served in that capacity from April 2008 to May 2018.
Shavo Odadjian
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is an Armenian-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional songwriter of heavy metal band System of a Down, he also plays bass in Trap group North Kingsley. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture Babylon A.D. A compilation album was released in 2015. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside The Rza and Hans Zimmer.
Anna Chicherova
Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and originally was awarded a bronze medal in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was also runner-up at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009, and bronze medalist in 2013 and 2015.
Artur Ayvazyan
Artur Surenovych Ayvazyan is an Olympic shooter for Ukraine and Russia who won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Khoren Oganesian
Khoren Oganesian, also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan, is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and current manager and coach. He was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class title in 1976.
Roman Berezovsky
Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky is a former Ukrainian-Armenian footballer.
Sargis Hovsepyan
Sargis Hovsepyan is a retired Armenian football player who played defender for the Armenian national team and who last played for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik Yerevan. Hovsepyan was also the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 131 international matches and scored two goals since his debut in the national team's first game in a home friendly match against Moldova on 14 October 1992. Hovsepyan ended his career on 14 November 2012 at the age of 39, just over a month before turning 40 years old. He was the last member of the first Armenian national team to retire. After his final match, he was awarded the Medal of the City Hall. A month after the completion of his playing career, he was appointed director of the Armenian national team.
Armen Sarkissian
Armen Vardani Sargsyan is an Armenian politician, physicist and computer scientist who has served as the President of Armenia since 2018. He served as Prime Minister of Armenia from 4 November 1996 to 20 March 1997 and was the country's (longest-serving) ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2018. Sargsyan was elected on 2 March 2018 and assumed the presidency on 9 April 2018.