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List of Americans of Armenian descent

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Armenian-Americans are people who are born, raised or live in the United States who are of Armenian origin. There has been sporadic emigration from Armenia to the US since the late 19th century, with the biggest influx coming after the Armenian Genocide. The majority are based in Los Angeles, other major cities include Boston, New York, Detroit and New Jersey. During the United States 2000 Census, 385,488 Americans indicated either full or partial Armenian ancestry[1].

This is a list of prominent Armenian-Americans.

Academia

Actors

Art

Business

Banking and finance

Entertainment

Journalists


Lawyers

Media and movie industry

Music

Military

Politicians

Sciences

Sports

Writers

See also

References

  1. ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP13&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on
  2. ^ [1] "I'm Armenian... So truthfully I'm only half Armenian but it's the half I was raised in." [2] "Half French-Canadian and half Armenian, she grew up in California during the 1950s." [3] "Almost every family has suffered persecution at some time. My family's Armenian, we were the first genocide of the [last] century -- even before Hitler..." [4] "The book begins with her as a child, half Armenian..."
  3. ^ [5] "at home being Armenian was a badge of honor, instilled in the younger generation at large extended family gatherings."
  4. ^ [6] "To understand why Cher undertook this journey, it helps to remember that behind the leather and lace costumes and the club-scene poses, she is still Cherilyn Sarkisian, the only black-haired member in a family of Southern California blonds.
  5. ^ [7] "Connors, an Armenian-American born Krekor Ohanian in Fresno, Calif."
  6. ^ [8] "Born Arlene Francis Kazanjian on October 20, 1907, in Boston, Massachusetts... Her father was an Armenian immigrant, a refugee from the Turkish massacres of 1905-06, who became a successful painter and photographer, and her mother was the daughter of actor Alfred Davis, who instilled in the young Arlene a love of performing that came to shape her entire life."
  7. ^ [9] "Illusion has thrust into the spotlight a new and fresh Armenian-American talent, Michael Goorjian"
  8. ^ [10] "Haig has been a performer for as long as he can remember. Born in 1939 in the heart of Fresno's Armenian community (his birth name is Sid Mosesian; Haig is his father's first name), he was taking dance classes at age 7."
  9. ^ [11] " was born in Portland, Maine on January 15, 1947 of Armenian heritage. Her grandfather, whose last name was Papazian, emigrated from Ottoman Turkey in the early 1900s, changing his name to Martin when he settled in Maine."
  10. ^ [12] "Although we think of him in roles as Spanish or Hispanic, he was actually an Armenian. Short and stocky with dark hair, thick eyebrows over intense eyes, often with a black mustache, he was cast in a variety of ethnic roles as both hero and heavy."
  11. ^ http://www.armeniandrama.org/show.php?w=armenianfilm&a=0 "In order to see films of quality produced or directed by Armenians in America, we must turn our attention to the new generation whose members have studied cinematography in the best American universities. Among the best-known producers are Howard Kazanjian with The Return of the Jedi..."
  12. ^ http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/foga/1999/spring99/mamoulian.shtml "The son of Armenian parents, Mamoulianâs father, Zachary, was a bank president in Tiflis, Georgia who served with distinction in the Russian Army in World War I. He lived a long, rewarding life and reached the age of 100. Mamoulianâs mother, the former Virginia Kalantarian, was for many years President of the Armenian Theater in Tiflis."
  13. ^ http://www.tribute.ca/bio.asp?id=1830"Zaillian, whose background is Armenian, lives in Los Angeles..."
  14. ^ http://www.cilicia.com/armo_article_cherarmeniatrip.html "To understand why Cher undertook this journey, it helps to remember that behind the leather and lace costumes and the club-scene poses, she is still Cherilyn Sarkisian, the only black-haired member in a family of Southern California blonds. Cher, who grew up with one half sister, is the daughter of a mother, Georgia, with Irish, English, German and Cherokee bloodlines, and a father, John, whose parents left Armenia after the Armenian Genocide which was conducted by the Ottoman Turks in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians perished."
  15. ^ Abrahamyan - [13] "TATEV ABRAHAMYAN (born Jan-13-1988) Armenia (citizen of United States of America)"
  16. ^ [14] "Eskandarian joined more than 1,000 Armenian-Americans in front of the Turkish Embassy... Eskandarian's soft exterior belies his hard Armenian roots. His father is Andranik Eskandarian, a hellion defender who played in the 1978 World Cup for Iran and for the New York Cosmos from 1979 to 1984... Growing up in the Armenian Christian church, attending an Armenian school from nursery school through eighth grade -- "I had classes in a trailer," he said, "only eight kids were in my grade" -- Eskandarian's Armenian identity was nurtured from birth. Nothing enraptured him more, though, than his grandfather's life story."
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