List of people on the postage stamps of Armenia

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This is a list of people honoured on the postage stamps of Armenia.^[1][2]

1994-1997[]

• Ghevond Alishan, writer (1995)
• Grigor Artsruni, writer (1995)
• Arno Babajanian, composer (1997)
• Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Chief Marshal of the Armored troops of the USSR (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• Ivan Baghramian, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1995)
• Yeghishe Charents, poet (1997)
• , soldier (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• Alexander Griboyedov, writer (1996)
• Khrimian Hayrik, Catholikos (1996)
• Hovhannes Isakov, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union (1995)
• Jivani, folk singer (1997)
• , soldier (1995)
• Sergey Khudyakov, Marshal of Aviation (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• Rouben Mamulian, film director (1997)
• Frunzik Mkrtchyan, actor
• Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic explorer (1996)
• Yervant Odian (1994)
• Tigran Petrosian, chess champion (1996)
• , soldier (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• , admiral (1996)
• Levon Shant (1994)
• , soldier (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• , soldier (1995)
• Vazgen I, Catholicos (1995)
• Franz Werfel, writer (1995)
• , soldier (1995)

1998-2006 (incomplete)[]

• Diana, Princess of Wales
• Hovsep Pushman, US Armenian artist
• Vakhtang Ananyan, Writer
• Mher Mkrtchyan

2007[]

• Tigranes the Great - Ancient Armenian king
• Gusan Sheram - musician
• - brandy/konyak maker
• Gevorg Bashinjaghyan - artist
• Jean Carzou - artist
• Norair Sisakian - chemist
• - engineer
• - photojournalist

2008[]

• Alexander Shirvanzade - playwright and novelist
• William Saroyan - Pulitzer Prize winning author
• Victor Ambartsumian - Soviet Armenian Astrophysicist
• Andranik Ozanyan - Military general
• Peyo Yavorov - Bulgarian poet

2009[]

• Daniel Varuzhan - poet
• Hrant Shahinyan - Olympic gymnast
• Igor Novikov - Olympic sportsman
• Albert Azaryan - Olympic gymnast
• Khachatur Abovyan - writer

2010[]

• Genrikh Kasparyan - Grandmaster of Chess Composition
• Vladimir Yengibaryan - Olympic sportsman
• Faina Melnik - Olympics Champion (Ukraine)
• Yuri Vardanyan - Olympic weightlifter
• Leo - Historian
• Raffi - writer

2011[]

• Ruben Sevak - writer
• Vahan Terian - poet
• Leonid Engibarov - actor
• Andronik Iosifyan - space engineer
• Yuri Gagarin - astronaut
• Hovhannes Tumanyan - writer
• Valeri Bryusov - Russian writer/translator
• Fridtjof Nansen - Norwegian
• Krikor Zohrab - writer

2012[]

• Garegin Nzhdeh - Military and political leader
• Misak Metsarents - writer
• Eduard Azaryan - Olympic sportsman
• Levon Julfalakyan - Olympic wrestler
• Oksen Mirzoyan - Olympic weightlifter
• Aleksandr Myasnikov - Soviet leader of Soviet Byelorussia and Soviet Armenia
• Samvel Kocharyants - nuclear engineer
• Hrachya Petikyan - Olympic Sportsman
• Israel Militosyan - Olympic weightlifter
• Mnatsakan Iskandaryan - Olympic Sportsman
• Armen Nazaryan - Olympic wrestler
• Lusine Zakaryan - singer
• Perch Proshyan - writer
• Iosif Orbeli - Historian
• Hayk Bzhishkyan - Military Historian and Professor of Military Art
• Ashot Hovhannisyan - scientist
• Dikran Çuhacıyan - first opera composer in Turkey
• Tadevos Minasyants - minister of communication

2013[]

• Johannes Lepsius
• James Bryce - British humanitarian
• Aurora Mardiganian - actress
• Anton Kochinyan - Soviet Armenian politician
• Benjamin Markarian - Astrophysicist
• Hakob Kojoyan - artist
• George Byron - British poet
• Vahram Papazyan - actor
• Leon III - King of Cilician Armenia
• Keran of Lampron - Queen consort of Armenia

2014[]

• Hamo Sahyan - poet
• Stepan Zoryan, poet
• Hunan Avetisyan - WW2 hero
• Toros Toramanian - architect
• Nicholas Marr - historian
• John Kirakosyan - historian
• Karen Jeppe - Danish missionary
• Maria Jacobsen - Danish missionary
• Yakov Davydov - first head of Soviet foreign intelligence
• Ivan Agayants - intelligence officer
• Gaik Ovakimian - intelligence officer
• Ashot Hakobyan - intelligence officer
• Gevork Vartanian - intelligence officer

2015[]

• Vladimir Visotsky - Russian singer
• Missak Manouchian - National Hero of France
• Henry Morgenthau - US diplomat
• Anatole France - French writer (1921 Nobel Laureate)
• Panos Terlemezyan - Artist

2016[]

• Anna Hedvig Büll - Estonian missionary
• Ptolemy - Greek geographer
• Voskan Yerevantsi - book publisher, celebration of 350th anniversary of his Bible print
• Srpouhi Dussap - feminist writer (1840-1901)
• Arshak Fetvadjian - artist
• Tatevik Sazandaryan - opera singer, mezzo-soprano
• Pope Francis

2017[]

• Alexander Mantashev - Armenian philanthropist
• Marguerite Barankitse - Burundian humanitarian, Aurora Prize recipient
• Artur Aleksanyan - Olympic champion, wrestler
• Hamo Beknazarian - Film-maker
• - Artist
• Ivan Aivazovsky - Artist
• Sergey Aganov - Soviet Engineering Marshal
• Kirk Kirkorian - Philanthropist and Entrepreneur
• George V of Armenia - Catholics of All Armenians
• Yuri Oganessian - Nuclear physicist (one of the only two living persons who had ever had chemical elements named after them, in his case Oganesson, Og)
• St Gregory of Narek - Doctor of Armenian and Roman Catholic Church

2018[]

• - Armenian Actor
• Tom Catena - Medical Doctor, Aurora Prize recipient
• Charles Aznavour - French Singer, Armenian Ambassador
• Hovhannes Zardaryan - Armenian Artist
• Bros. Misak and Sarkis Koçunyan - founders of daily Jamanak
• George VI of Armenia - Catholicos of All Armenians
• Hagop Baronian - Playwright, journalist, educator

2019[]

• Silva Kaputikyan - Poet, anti-Soviet dissident
• Hovhannes Tumanyan - National Poet of Armenia
• Calouste Gulbenkian - Businessman and Philanthropist
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Professional footballer
• Mahatma Gandhi - Father of the Nation in India and Political ethicist
• Vahan Totovents - Writer
• Aram Khachaturian - Composer and conductor
• Gevorg Emin - Poet
• Kyaw Hla Aung - 2018 Aurora Prize Laureate
• Komitas - Founder of the Armenian national school of music
• - poet
• Ivan Isakov - Soviet-Armenian Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union

See also[]

• Postage stamps and postal history of Armenia
• HayPost

References[]