Notable People
- Stepan Zoryan, promeninet Armenian writer of the 20th century
- Suren Aghababyan, Soviet Armenian literary critic and Doctor of Philology
- Artavazd Peleshyan, director, film-maker
- Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer
- Eduard Nalbandyan, current minister of foreign affairs
- Sergei Alifirenko, Olympic gold-medalist pistol shooter
- Tigran Sargsyan, current Prime Minister of Armenia
- Stepan Sarkisyan, freestyle wrestling Olympic silver-medalist
- Gor Mkhitarian, Armenian rock-musician and singer
- Vic Darchinyan, Armenian professional boxer, three-division world champion
- Roman Mitichyan, Armenian-American professional mixed martial artist, actor and stuntman
- Nareh Arghamanyan, Armenian pianist, winner of the 2008 Montreal International Musical Competition
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