title: List of Syrian Armenians
text: # 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
  
  * Giovanni Anastasi (1780, Damascus – 1860, Alexandria), wealthy merchant and antiquarian, served as Swedish-Norwegian consul-general in Alexandria from 1828 until his death
  * 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
  