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Armenian Brazilians (Armenian: Բրազիլահայեր, romanized: Brazilahayer; Portuguese: armeno-brasileiro, armênio-brasileiro) are Brazilian persons who are fully, partially, or predominantly of Armenian descent, or Armenian immigrants in Brazil.^[4]

Migration history

Armenian immigrants in Brazil gathered mostly in and around the city of São Paulo, where there are churches, cultural centers, and even a metro station named "Armênia".^[5] The Armenian community maintains a strong presence in the city, albeit not in the country as a whole.

Notable Armenian Brazilians

• Aracy Balabanian – actress;
• Comendador Levy Gasparian – businessman;
• Ricardo Tacuchian – composer and conductor;
• Pedro Pedrossian – politician and civil engineer;
• Fiuk (Filipe Kartalian) – singer, composer, actor and model;
• Stepan Nercessian – actor and politician;
• Antonio Kandir – mechanical and production engineer, economist, university teacher and politician;
• Daniel Sarafian – MMA fighter;
• Ricardo Tacuchian – composer;
• Marcelo Djian – former soccer player;
• Sergio Kafejian – composer;
• Fábio Mahseredjian – personal trainer;
• Vahan Agopyan – civil engineer and rector of University of São Paulo;
• Krikor Mekhitarian – chess player;
• Marcos Pizzelli – professional soccer player;
• Mihran Latif-Latifyan – engineer;
• Fernando Gasparian – politician;

See also

• Armenia–Brazil relations
• Armenian diaspora
• Immigration to Brazil

References

Further reading

• Grün, Roberto (July 1996), "The Armenian Renaissance in Brazil", The Americas, 53 (1), Academy of American Franciscan History: 113–151, doi:10.2307/1007476, JSTOR 1007476, S2CID 143656550
• Grün, Roberto (1992), Negócios & famílias: armênios em São Paulo, Série Imigração, São Paulo: Editora Sumaré, ISBN 978-85-85408-08-4, OCLC 28799444

External links

• Website of Armenian Community in Brazil - Pari Yegadzek
• Tigran Ghanalanyan, Armenian Protestant communities in South America, http://noravank.am/eng/issues/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=5722