Garo Kahkejian (24 March 1962 – 26 June 1993) was a famed Armenian military commander and participant in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Victor Maghakian, also known as Captain Victor "Transport" Maghakian (December 30, 1915 – August 17, 1977), was an Armenian American member of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Having received over two dozen medals and awards, he is considered one of the most decorated American soldiers of the war.

Tiridates III (circa AD 250 – circa 330), also known as Tiridates the Great (Trdat Mets), or Tiridates IV, to distinguish him from another Tiridates thought to have ruled several years earlier, was the king of Arsacid Armenia (298 – circa 330).

Ashot Ghulyan (6 October 1959 – 24 August 1992), also known as Bekor (Shard), was an Armenian military leader during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. He was awarded the Hero of Artsakh honorary title.

Hrant Dink (15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of Agos, journalist and columnist.

Missak Manouchian (1 September 1906 – 21 February 1944) was a French-Armenian poet and communist activist.

Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian or in Western Armenian Kourken Mgrditch Yanigian (December 24, 1895 – February 27, 1984) was an armed militia and an Armenian Genocide survivor best known for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials, Los Angeles Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir, in California in 1973.

Movses Gorgisyan (3 December 1961 – 19 January 1990) was an Armenian politician and national hero, one of the leaders of the Nagorno-Karabakh movement.