# List of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh

This is a list of Armenians from Nagorno Karabakh.

## Arts

* André, pop singer, first artist to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006
* Don Askarian, filmmaker, recipient of the Golden Camera Award for Life Achievement at Int. ART Film Festival, Slovakia
* Zori Balayan, novelist, journalist, public activist
* Vladimir Arzumanyan, child singer, winner of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

## Scientists and scholars

* Armen Abaghian, atomic energy specialist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, member of Russian Academy of Sciences
* Artashes Arakelian (1909–1993), economist, the head of the Economy Institute of Armenian Science Academy
* Arakel Babakhanian (1860–1932), historian, publicist, writer, critic
* Ivan Knuniants (1906–1990), Soviet chemist
* Khoren Sargsian (1891–1970), writer, critic, the director of the Literature Institute of Armenian Academy of Sciences (1943–1947)
* Armen Takhtajian (1910–2009), botanist
* Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1972), Marxist historian and Communist official
* Andronik Iosifyan (1905–1993), Soviet engineer

## Writers and artists

* Stepan Aghajanian (1863–1940), artist, distinguished as a portrait artist
* Mikael Arutchian (1897–1961), theatrical painter and designer
* Hakob Gyurjian (1881–1948), sculptor
* Gevork Kotiantz (1906–1996), painter
* Alexander Melik-Pashaev (1905–1964), conductor, born in Tiflis in a family from Shushi
* Muratsan (1854–1908), writer, one of the most famous figures in Armenian literature
* Arsen Terteryan (1882–1953), literary critic
* Vagharsh Vagharshian (1894–1959), director, playwright, actor, theater and public figure

## Politics and statesmen

* Hambardzum Arakelian (Shakhriar) (1855–1918), public and political figure
* Alexander Atabekian (1868–1933), political figure, anarchist
* Artashes Babalian (1887–1959), doctor, politician
* Alexander Bekzadyan (1879–1938), Soviet statesman, Soviet ambassador in Norway and Hungary
* Yeghishe Ishkhanian (1886–1975), political figure
* Aram Manukian (1879–1919), statesman, the founder of the First Republic of Armenia
* Arkadi Ghukasyan, politician, 2nd president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Bako Sahakyan, 3rd president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Arayik Harutyunyan, Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2007-2017), current president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
* Robert Kocharyan, 2nd president of Armenia
* Serzh Sargsyan, 3rd president of Armenia
* Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (1886–1937), Soviet statesman and politician
* Tuman Tumian (1879–1906), political activist
* Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister of Armenia (2016-2018)

## Military figures

* Samvel Babayan (b. 1965), military commander
* Nikol Duman (1867–1914), fedayee
* Sergei Khudyakov (1906–1950), Soviet Marshal of the Air Force during World War II
* Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), prince, officer of the Russian army, lieutenant general
* Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and lieutenant-general
* Nelson Stepanyan (1913–1944), pilot, lieutenant colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

## Religious figures

* Karekin I (Cilicia), Catholicos of Cilicia from 1943 to 1952.
* Pargev Martirosyan, Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh since 1989