Famous Armenians

Byzantine emperors

Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus
Flavius Heraclius Augustus
Flavius Heraclius Constantinus
Heraclius II
Constantinus II
Constantinus IV
Justinian II
Leontios
Tiberius III
Philippicus Bardanes
Anastasius II Artemius
Theodosius III
Leo III
Constantine V
Artabasdos
Leo IV
Constantinus VI
Irene
Nikephoros I
Staurakios

Theodora
Michael IV
Michael V
Constantine IX Monomachos
Michael VI Bringas
Isaac I Komnenos
Constantine X Doukas
Michael VII Doukas
Romanos IV Diogenes
Nikephoros III Botaneiates
Alexios I Komnenos
John II Komnenos
Manuel I Komnenos
Alexios II Komnenos
Andronikos I Komnenos
Isaac II Angelos
Alexios III Angelos
Alexios IV Angelos
Alexios V Doukas
Constantine XI Palaiologos
Theodore I Laskaris

John III Doukas Vatatzes
Theodore II Laskaris
John IV Laskaris
Michael I Rangabe
Leo V (The Armenian)
Constantine Simbat
Michael II
Theophilos
Theodora Mamikonian
Michael III
Basil I Macedonian
Leo VI
Constantine VII
Romanos I Lekapenos
Christopher
Romanos II
Basil II
Constantine VIII
Nikephoros II
John I Tzimiskes
Romanos III Argyros

Uitvinders

Michel M. Ter-Pogossian –
was an Armenian-American physicist who is one of the fathers of positron emission tomography (PET), the first functional brain imaging technology.

Stephan Stepanian –
invented the Truck Mounted Revolving Concrete Drum Mixer, which revolutionized the concrete industry.

Raymond Vahan Damadian –
is an Armenian-American medical practitioner and inventor of the first MR (Magnetic Resonance) Scanning Machine.

Luther George Simjian –
was an Armenian-American inventor of numerous devices and owner of over 200 patents.

Peter Vosbikian –
was an Armenian – American inventor. His most famous invention is the automatic, self-wringing sponge mop.

Boris Artashesovich Babayan –
is an Armenian supercomputer architect, notable as the pioneering creator of supercomputers in the Soviet Union.

Dr. Albert Kapikian –
is an Armenian-American virologist who developed the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants.

Ed Iskenderian –
invented the first hydraulic racing camshaft.

Varazdat Kazanjian –
father and pioneer of plastic surgery.

Alexander “Alex” Manoogian –
was an Armenian-American industrial engineer, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist whose greatest business achievement came with his redesign of the Delta faucet.

Ardashes Aykanian –
invented the bendy straw, spoon straw, first form of tupperware, strip on car windshields, Coca-Cola plastic bottle production machine, extracted uranium.

Roger Edward Collingwood Altounyan –
invented the pressured inhaler and cromolyn sodium therapy used for asthma, allergies, nasal sprays and eye drops.

Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan –
was a Soviet aircraft designer of Armenian descent. In partnership with Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft. Mikoyan invented “MIG” Military aircraft.

Arthur Bulbulian –
invented the A-14 oxygen mask used in WWII by US Army and air force.

Jirayr Tezel –
invented the hair follicle plug transplantant device.

Semyon Davidovich Kirlian –
was a Russian inventor and researcher of Armenian descent discovered and developed Kirlian photography, using high voltage, high frequency fields.

Ruben Eksergian –
invented a US anti-aircraft gun mount and recoil used in WWII.

Hovhannes Adamyan –
invented the principles of black and white and color television broadcasting, and the first video player.

Asatour Sarafian (Oscar H. Banker) –
was an Armenian American inventor who patented a number of works, including the automatic transmission for automobiles, the needleless inoculation gun, the primary controls of the first Sikorsky helicopter, and power steering. He is considered the “father of automatic transmission. Some have accredited Banker as the inventor of automatic transmission.

Emik Avakian –
was an Armenian American inventor and owner of numerous patents including breath-operated computer, a mechanism that facilities putting wheelchairs on automobiles, and a self operating robotic wheel that converts manual wheel chairs into automatic.

Gabriel Kazanjian –
invented the hair dryer.

Christopher Ter-Serobyan –
invented the green color on the US Dollar bills that could not be replicated.

Designers

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