List of Syrian Armenians

This is a list of some famous Armenians in Syria.

Politics and military

• Sarkis Assadourian (born 1948, Aleppo), former member of Canadian Parliament
• Samuel Der-Yeghiayan (born 1952, Aleppo), United States federal judge, noteworthy for being the first Armenian immigrant to become a federal judge in the United States
• Varoujan Garabedian (born 1954, Qamishli), former member of the ASALA, linked with the 1983 Orly Airport attack
• Jacobo Harrotian (fl. 19th century, Aleppo – 1929 Dominican Republic), Mexican General officer of Armenian descent who participated in the Mexican Revolution
• Garo Kahkejian (1963, Aleppo – 1993, Magauz near Martakert), Armenian military commander and participant of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, buried in the Yerablur Pantheon
• Aram Karamanoukian (1910–1996), lieutenant-general of the Syrian army
• Hrant Maloyan (1896–1978), General Commander of the Internal Security Forces in Syria
• Vartan Oskanian (born 1954, Aleppo), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia 1998– 008
• Sarkis Soghanalian (1929, Alexandretta – 2011, Hialeah, Florida), Lebanese-American international private arms dealer from Syria, nicknamed The Merchant of Death
• Levon Ter-Petrossian (1946, Aleppo), President of Armenia 1991–1998

Religion

• Karekin I Sarkissian (1932, Kesab – 1999, Vagharshapat), catholicos of All Armenians 1994–1999, and catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia 1983–1994 as Karekin II
• Zareh I Payaslian (1915, Marash – 1963, Beirut), catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia 1956–1963; served as Primate of Aleppo 1943–1956

Literature, history and journalism

• Garnik Addarian (1925, Aleppo – 1986, Beirut), Armenian Diasporan poet
• Kevork Ajemian (1932, Manbij – 1998, Lyon), prominent writer, journalist, novelist and public activist, one of the founders of ASALA
• Hagop Barsoumian (1936, Aleppo – 1986, Beirut), Armenian scholar and Armenologist, Ph.D. in Ottoman History
• Antranig Chalabian (1922, Kesab – 2011, Southfield, Michigan), US-based Armenian historian, medical illustrator and cartographer
• Seta Dadoyan (born in Aleppo), Lebanon-based Armenian scholar, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy focusing on the history of Armenian philosophy
• Antranig Dzarugian (1913, Gürün – 1989, Beirut), Armenian Diasporan novelist and poet of the 20th century, raised and educated in Aleppo
• Bedros Hadjian (1933, Jarabulus – 2012, Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires-based Armenian contemporary writer and journalist
• Rizqallah Hassun (1825, Aleppo – 1880, London), Syrian-Armenian poet and the founder of the first newspaper written solely in Arabic, Mirat al-ahwal, in 1855
• Moushegh Ishkhan (1914, Sivrihisar – 1990, Beirut), Armenian Diasporan poet of the 20th century, raised and educated in Damascus
• Harry Koundakjian (1930–2014), Syrian-born American news photographer, photojournalist and photo editor
• Vahan Kurkjian (1863, Aleppo – 1961, New York), Armenian author, historian and teacher, publisher of Loussaper Armenian newspaper in 1904 in Cairo
• Harut Sassounian (born 1950, Aleppo), Armenian-American writer and political analyst, publisher of The California Courier
• Simon Simonian (1914, Ayntab – 1986, Beirut), Aleppo-raised and educated Armenian writer, public activist and teacher, founder of the Spurk Journal in 1958 in Beirut
• Hrag Vartanian (born in Aleppo), Brooklyn-based Armenian-American contemporary writer, critic and cultural worker
• Manvel Zulalian (1929, Aleppo – 2012, Yerevan), academic Armenian historian, Armenologist, and professor of the Armenian State Pedagogical University, Ph.D. in Oriental studies

Sciences

• Roger Altounian (1922, Aleppo – 1987), Syrian-born Anglo-Armenian physician and pharmacologist who pioneered the use of sodium cromoglycate as a remedy for asthma

Engineering and Architecture

• Kevork Yeramian (1949 – 2009, Aleppo), Aleppo-born Syrian-Armenian architect and interior designer with major contributions to the Armenian community in Aleppo, including the Aram Manougian Complex, the Armenian theaters of Aleppo, Syria, and various Armenian genocide monuments.

Sports

• Kevork Mardikian (born 1957, Latakia), football trainer and one of the best Syrian footballers of all time, played during the 1970s and 1980s
• Mardik Mardikian (born 1992, Latakia), current member of Syria national football team, son of trainer Kevork Mardigian

Music, theatre and drama

• George Tutunjian (1930, Aleppo – 2006, Montreal), Armenian patriotic songs performer
• Aram Tigran (1934, Qamishli – 2009, Athens), Armenian singer among Kurds who sang primarily in Kurdish and Armenian
• Karnig Sarkissian (born 1953, Aleppo), contemporary performer of Armenian revolutionary songs
• Paul Baghdadlian (1953, Aleppo – 2011, Glendale, California), worldwide Armenian singer
• Haig Yazdjian (born 1959, Aleppo), Greece-based Syrian-Armenian composer, vocalist and oud player
• Arsen Grigorian (Mro) (born 1968, Qamishli), Armenian traditional songs performer
• Avraam Russo (born 1969, Aleppo), born as Apraham Ipjian, Syrian-Armenian singer in Russia
• Raffi Ohanian (born 1989, Aleppo), contemporary singer, 2009–2010 winner of Hay Superstar TV hit show of the Idol series in Armenia

Visual arts

• Jean Carzou (1907, Aleppo – 2000, Marsac-sur-l'Isle, Dordogne), French-Armenian painter from Syria
• Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), Armenian Canadian portrait photographer
• Shahen Khachatrian (born 1934, Aleppo), artist and art expert, founding director of Arshile Gorky Museum in Vagharshapat

Business and public activism

• Charles A. Agemian (1909, Aleppo – 1996, Neptune City, New Jersey), nationally known Armenian-American banker
• Albert A. Boyajian (born 1940, Aleppo), American business leader and activist for Armenian causes
• Vatche Arslanian (1955, Aleppo – 2003, Baghdad), member of the Canadian Red Cross and head of logistics for the ICRC in Iraq during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• Jack Kachkar (born 1964, Damascus), Armenian Canadian businessman

Entertainment

• Arto Der Haroutunian (1952, Aleppo – 1987, England), British-Armenian cook, restaurateur, architect, painter, poet and translator
• Noura Kevorkian Armenian-Syrian-Lebanese writer, director, and producer
• DJ Sedrak (1963, Aleppo – 2008, Yerevan), TV presenter and the first radio-DJ in Armenia, born as Setrag Davidian
• Charla Baklaian Faddoul (23 July 1976, Aleppo, Syria), reality star who appeared on The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race: All-Stars with her cousin Mirna

See also

• Armenians in Syria
• List of Armenians