List of Iraqi Armenians

Iraqi Armenians are people born, raised, or residing in Iraq, with origins in the area known as the Armenian Highlands, which lies between the Caucasus Mountains and Anatolia.

List

Arts

• Apo Avedissian - filmmaker, painter, photographer, and writer

Business

• Calouste Gulbenkian - businessman and philanthropist
• Kevork Hovnanian - builder and businessman

Literature

• Shant Kenderian - writer

Music

• Seta Hagopian - singer
• Daron Malakian - guitarist and member of the band System of a Down
• Beatrice Ohanessian - pianist
• Aram Tajirian - violinist and composer
• Loris O. Chobanian - composer, guitarist, lutenist

Politics

• Esabelle Dingizian - politician
• Murad Artin - politician

Religion

• Torkom Manoogian - Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Avak Asadourian - Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Iraq

Science

• Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham - surgeon and politician

Various

• Silva Shahakian - beauty contestant

See also

• Armenians in Iraq
• List of Armenians

References