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 Yeghishe Astsatryan (1911–2008), Soviet statesman 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

See also List of Armenians List of Azerbaijanis from Nagorno-Karabakh

References

Great Soviet Encyclopedia Famous Shoushians