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36 famous people named Tigran found on Wikipedia.
343 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
5975-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
4143-th in year 2009
Tigranes (sometimes Tigran or Dikran; Armenian: Տիգրան; Ancient Greek: Τιγράνης) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia.
The earliest Tigranes is mentioned in the Cyropaedia and in Armenian historical sources. He was a king of Orontid Armenia and an ally of Cyrus the Great. One of his sons was also named Tigranes. This son is usually assumed to have succeeded his father, but nothing is known about him.
By far the best known Tigranes is Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, who founded a short-lived Armenian empire. His father, who ruled from 115 to 95 BC, was also named Tigranes, as were several later kings of Armenia. There is some lack of consistency in assigning dynastic numbers to these kings. The earliest Tigranes and his son are usually not included, making Tigranes I the father of Tigranes the Great. However, Tigranes the Great is also sometimes known as Tigranes I, in his capacity as a successor to the Seleucid dynasty.
Another Tigranes was a member of the Achaemenid family who, according to Herodotus, commanded the Medes in the army of Xerxes during the invasion of Greece. Tigranes is the Hellenized form of the name, found in classical sources. Tigran and Dikran are closer to local Armenian usage.
The satirist Lucian, in his True History, describes Homer (probably 8th century BC) as a Babylonian called Tigranes, who assumed the name Homer when taken "hostage" (homeros) by the Greeks.
Fighting with arrows.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Tigran Petrosian | 1929 | Soviet Georgian Armenian chess player and chess writer |
2 | Tigran Hamasyan | 1987 | Armenian musician |
3 | Tigran Sargsyan | 1960 | Economist, politician |
4 | Tigran L. Petrosian | 1984 | Armenian chess player |
5 | Tigran Mansurian | 1939 | Composer |
6 | Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan | 1988 | Weightlifter |
7 | Aram Tigran | 1934 | Armenian singer |
8 | Tigran Keosayan | 1966 | Soviet film director, actor and television presenter |
9 | Tigran Barseghyan | 1993 | |
10 | Tigran Tsitoghdzyan | 1976 | Painter |
11 | Tigran Chukhajian | 1837 | Armenian conductor |
12 | Tigran Vardan Martirosyan | 1983 | Weightlifter |
13 | Tigran Khzmalyan | 1963 | Armenian film director |
14 | Tigran Maytesian | 1970 | Russian-Belgian musician |
15 | Tigran Vardanjan | 1989 | Figure skater |
16 | Tigran Ouzlian | 1968 | Olympic boxer |
17 | Tigran Yesayan | 1972 | Footballer |
18 | Tigran Torosyan | 1956 | Armenian politician |
19 | Tigran Gyokchyan | 1965 | |
20 | Tigran Gharamian | 1984 | Chess player |
21 | Tigran Martirosyan | 1983 | Armenian tennis player |
22 | Tigran Hekekyan | 1959 | Armenian professor of music |
23 | Tigran Gharabaghtsyan | 1984 | Footballer |
24 | Tigran Mkrtchyan | 1978 | |
25 | Tigran Davtyan | 1978 | |
26 | Tigran Levonyan | 1936 | |
27 | Tigran Kotanjian | 1981 | Armenian chess grandmaster |
28 | Tigran Gazarjan | 1994 | Dutch association football player |
29 | Tigran Karapetyan | 1945 | |
30 | Tigran Petrosyants | 1973 | Footballer |
31 | Tigran Martirossian | 1970 | |
32 | Tigran Dzampayev | 1997 | |
33 | Tigran Abramowitsch Alichanow | 1943 | Russian music educator, university teacher and pianist |
34 | Tigran Bajgoric | 1983 | |
35 | Tigran Bekzadyan | ||
36 | Tigran Kamalyan | 1982 |