Editing Yerevan (section)

==Notable people==
{{see also|:Category:People from Yerevan}}
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* [[Terter Yerevantsi]] (1290–1350), first person from Yerevan with fully known biography; [[scribe]] and poet; author of first known poems about Yerevan
* [[Voskan Yerevantsi]] (17th century), printer
* [[Simeon I of Yerevan]] (1710–1780), Catholicos of All Armenians
* [[Fazil Iravani]] (1782–1885), Shaykh al-Islām
* [[Khachatur Abovian]] (1809–1848), writer
* [[Irakli Gruzinsky]] (1826–1882), Prince of Georgia
* [[Jabbar Baghtcheban]] (1886–1966), Iranian educator
* [[Hamo Beknazarian]] (1891–1965), film director
* [[Silva Kaputikyan]] (1919–2006), poet
* [[Arno Babajanian]] (1921–1983), Soviet composer
* [[Grigor Khanjyan]] (1926–2000), artist and painter
* [[Karen Demirchyan]] (1932–1999), Soviet and Armenian politician
* [[Armen Dzhigarkhanyan]] (born 1935–2020), Soviet and Armenian-Russian actor
* [[Mikhail Piotrovsky]] (born 1944), Russian historian
* [[Ihor Tselovalnykov]] (1944–1986), Ukrainian cyclist
* [[Carlos Sayadyan]] (born 1948), painter
* [[Arthur Meschian]] (born 1949), composer and architect
* [[Têmûrê Xelîl]] (born 1949), Yazidi journalist
* [[Ruben Hakhverdyan]] (born 1950), singer/songwriter<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shoemaker|first=M. Wesley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gJoagP95cIC&q=Ruben+Hakhverdyan,+yerevan|title=Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States|date=2007-08-01|publisher=Stryker Post Publications|isbn=978-1-887985-87-1|language=en|page=190}}</ref>
* [[Khoren Oganesian]] (born 1955), football player
* [[William Weiner]] (born 1955), composer
* [[Vardan Petrosyan]] (born 1959), actor
* [[Hasmik Papian]] (born 1961), soprano
* [[Tata Simonyan]] (born 1962), pop singer
* [[Ruben Vardanyan (businessman)|Ruben Vardanyan]] (born 1968), entrepreneur and philanthropist
* [[Garik Martirosyan]] (born 1974), Russia-based comedian
* [[Arthur Abraham]] (born 1980), boxer, world champion<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/737579.html|title=Arthur Abraham is sure to win De Caroli|website=armenpress.am|date=23 October 2013 |access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=25 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125134824/https://armenpress.am/eng/news/737579.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Armenchik]] (born 1980), [[pop-folk]] singer<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography |url=http://armenmusic.com/news/?page_id=2 |publisher=Armenchik Official Website |access-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517041153/http://armenmusic.com/news/?page_id=2 |archive-date=17 May 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Levon Aronian]] (born 1982), chess player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/players/levon-aronian|title=Levon Aronian player profile|website=chess24.com|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206011751/https://chess24.com/en/read/players/levon-aronian|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Anna Chicherova]] (born 1982), Russian high jumper<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/patience-and-perseverance-pay-off-for-chicher1 Patience and perseverance pay off for Chicherova] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223063707/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/feature/patience-and-perseverance-pay-off-for-chicher1 |date=23 February 2020 }} She was actually born near Rostov, but registered in Yerevan</ref>
* [[Sergey Khachatryan]] (born 1985), [[violinist]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sergeykhachatryan.com/biography/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515190415/http://www.sergeykhachatryan.net/khachatryan_bio.php|title=biography|archive-date=15 May 2009|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Sirusho]] (born 1987), contemporary singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/sirusho|title=Sirusho - Armenia - Belgrade 2008|website=Eurovision.tv|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204080357/https://eurovision.tv/participant/sirusho|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]] (born 1989), football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/russia-love-man-utds-mkhitaryan/|title=To Russia with love for Man Utd's Mkhitaryan|date=26 September 2017|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110124003/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/russia-love-man-utds-mkhitaryan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Iveta Mukuchyan]] (born 1986), contemporary singer<ref name="bravo">{{cite magazine|last=Meytarjyan|first=Liana|script-title=hy:Իվետա Մուկուչյան|trans-title=Iveta Mukuchyan|url=http://www.bravo.am/news/%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1-%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6/|access-date=27 December 2012|date=9 November 2010|magazine=[[Bravo (magazine)|Bravo]]|language=hy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103151703/http://www.bravo.am/news/%D5%AB%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1-%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6|archive-date=3 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[Armen Adamjan]] (born 1989 or 1990), TikToker<ref name="The Times 27 May 2023">{{cite news |last1=Brzezinski |first1=Victoria |title=Meet @creative_explained, TikTok's king of plant hacks |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/meet-creative-explained-the-tiktok-king-of-plant-hacks-2j07zzgkg |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |date=27 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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