List of Egyptian Armenians
Encyclopedia
Politics
- Nubar PashaNubar PashaNubar Pasha was an Egyptian politician and the first Prime Minister of Egypt. He served as Prime Minister three times during his career. His first term was between August 1878 and February 23, 1879. His second term was served from January 10, 1884 to June 9, 1888...
, politician and the first Prime Minister of EgyptPrime Minister of EgyptThe Prime Minister of Egypt is the head of the Egyptian government. According to the constitution, the prime minister is the leader of the largest political party in the Egyptian Parliament....
. - Boghos NubarBoghos NubarBoghos Nubar also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha was a Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly, liberal, the son of Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of the Armenian General Benevolent Union on April 15, 1905.He was the...
, son of Nubar Pasha, politician and co-founder of the Armenian General Benevolent UnionArmenian General Benevolent UnionThe Armenian General Benevolent Union abbreviated as AGBU, is a non-profit Armenian organization. It was established in Cairo, Egypt in 1906...
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Business
- Hagop Yacoubian, businessman and millionaire responsible for the Yacoubian Building (Cairo)Yacoubian Building (Cairo)Yacoubian building is an edifice in Cairo, Egypt, built in 1937. It was the home of the crème de la crème of Egyptian society who lived in the building during the city's heydays of the 1930s and 1940s. Located on No...
. - Yusuf al-Armani, A businessman during the time of Muhammed Ali. He bought and brought with him mandarin saplings from the Island of Malta, and planted it in Muhammed Ali's orchard. The fruit became popular and its production was so lucrative that it was named Yusuf Effendi.
Arts
- Garbis AprikianGarbis AprikianGarbis Aprikian is a musician from the Armenian Diaspora. He composed many vocal and instrumental works in which Western musical technique marries Armenian melodies. As a performer, Garbis Aprikian has directed for about fifty years the Armenian mixed chorus of Paris Sipan-Komitas...
, musician. - ArmandArmand (photographer)Armenak Arzrouni , who worked under the mononym Armand, was an Armenian photographer based in Egypt.Born in August 1901 in Erzurum, then part of the Ottoman Empire, he came with his father to Alexandria, Egypt in 1907. At school, he had a passion for drawing. He started working as an apprentice...
, photographer. - Gohar GasparyanGohar GasparyanGohar Gasparyan also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer.Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city...
, opera singer. - Edmond KirazEdmond KirazEdmond Kiraz is an French cartoonist and illustrator.-Biography:Born in Cairo of Armenian descent, Kiraz began his career as a political cartoonist after emigrating to post-World War II Paris. In 1959, while he was working for the French magazine Jours de France, his boss, Marcel Dassault, had...
, cartoonist. - Hagop SandaldjianHagop SandaldjianHagop Sandaldjian was an Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor, best known for his tiny art pieces displayed at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California...
, musician and sculptor. - Alexander SaroukhanAlexander SaroukhanAlexander Saroukhan was an Egyptian-Armenian cartoonist / caricaturist whose drawings have appeared in a number of Arabic and international newspapers and magazines. He is considered one of the best and most famous caricaturists in the Arab world....
, cartoonst / caricaturist. - Ohan Hagob Justinian, (1913–2001) was the first manufacturer of cameras for cinema production and preparation of Cinema studios in Cairo and Alexandria
- Carnig Zouloumian / Carzou, famous lithographe and painter
- Shant Avedissian, famous painter
- Ashod Zorian, famous painter
- Yertvart Yaghjian, famous painter
- FeyrouzFeyrouz (actress)Perouz Artin Kalfayan is a famous Egyptian film child actress of Armenian origin. She is the older sister of Nelly ....
, Perouz Artin child actress in the 1950s and 1960s - NellyNelly (entertainer)Nelly Artin Kalfayan better known as Nelly is an Egyptian actress, singer, comedienne, dancer, television personality, and all-around entertainer.-Family background:...
, Nelly Artin Kalfaian, actress, performer and entertainer. - Lubluba, Nonia Kupelian, Egyptian actress.
- Foad Al-Zahery, was one of the most famous Egyptian composers and musician. He composed the Shadow music of 350 Egyptian movies.
- AnoushkaAnoushkaKartanios Garbis Slim , better known by her stage name Anoushka , is an Egyptian singer and actress.She was born to an Egyptian father and an Armenian mother...
, a well-known Armenian Egyptian singer - Atom EgoyanAtom EgoyanAtom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
, Canadian filmmaker of Armenian Egyptian origin - RaffiRaffi (musician)Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC , better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter, author, essayist and lecturer...
, Canadian Egyptian children's singer and songwriter of Armenian origin (Raffi Cavoukian)
Community
- Zareh NubarZareh NubarZareh Nubar was son of Boghos Nubar, the founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union and grandson of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha....
, president of the Armenian General Benevolent UnionArmenian General Benevolent UnionThe Armenian General Benevolent Union abbreviated as AGBU, is a non-profit Armenian organization. It was established in Cairo, Egypt in 1906...
. - Sona Simonian-Zeitlian, An award winning educator and author with a long career of community activism and leadership in Cairo, Beirut, and Los Angeles.
- Boghos Bey Yusufian, instrumental in establishing Egypt's first school at the Citadel for the sons of the ruling family and high ranking officials. Consequently, a number of the citadel graduates were Armenians.
- Artin Cherakian, who had studied civil administration, organized the School of Engineering, or Madrasat al-Handasah, at Bulaq, with the help of Yusuf Bey Hekekian, who had studied engineering in England. In September of the same year, he started the Bookkeeping and Accounting School, or Madrasat al-Idara. In 1835, he joined with Sdepan Demirdjian, who had studied diplomacy, in organizing the School of Civil Administration and Translation at the Citadel. In his turn, Yusuf Hekekian organized the School of Mines, which later became a division of the School of Engineering.
- Ya’cub Artin Pasha, A former Egypt's Education Minister and son of Artin Bey Cherakian, inaugurated Egypt's first school for girls in 1873.
Nursing
- Alice Reizian, recognized for her educational service to Egypt. She is Professor at the faculty of Nursing University of Alexandria, and serves as board member to several key educational organizations in Egypt.