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Theodore Rshtuni (d. 655/656), was an Armenian nakharar (magnate), famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia; Jalinus, dynast, one of the leading figures in Sasanian Iran; Mjej II Gnuni, Sparapet of Armenia and Syria; Ashot Msaker (d. 775), prince from the Bagratid family; Tatzates (d. 785), prominent Byzantine general, governor ...
The following list contains notable inventions and discoveries made by ethnic Armenians, including those not born or living in modern-day Armenia and those of partial Armenian ancestry. List [ edit ]
Mantashev hand-picked fifty talented young Armenians and sent over two hundred to study at the best universities of Russia and Europe. Among them was the famous Armenian composer Komitas, Hrachya Acharyan and the controversial Communist revolutionary Stepan Shahumyan as well as others who became famous later on. The most famous donation made by ...
Aram (Armenian: Արամ) was a legendary Armenian patriarch (nahapet). According to Armenian tradition, mainly preserved in the history of Movses Khorenatsi, he was the son of Harma and a descendant of the first Armenian patriarch Hayk. Per the legend, Armenians were united into one state and expanded their territory in all directions during ...
Mesrop Mashtots – invented the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity; Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor; Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia
Several media outlets described him as the most famous Armenian of all time. [10] [15] Jean Cocteau, who cast him in his 1960's Le testament d'Orphée, joked "Before Aznavour despair was unpopular". [16] Between 1974 and 2016, Aznavour received around sixty gold and platinum records around the world. [17]
Image credits: Rafal Oleksiewicz / Getty Images #2 Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi is yet another soccer player on this list. Like Ronaldo, the Argentinian megastar started his football career early on ...
His early works included the bust monuments to V. Belinsky (1957), writer A. Shirvanzade (1958), gravestones for the People's Artist of the Armenian SSR A. Voskanyan (1958), artist E. Tatevosyan (1961), physician S. Sogomonyan (1962). A milestone for this period is the portrait of Ida Kar (1957), the famous English photographer of Armenian origin.