5th century

• Mesrop Mashtots — theologian
• Movses Khorenatsi
  Movses Khorenatsi
  Moses of Chorene, also Moses of Khoren, Moses Chorenensis, or Movses Khorenatsi , or a 7th to 9th century date) was an Armenian historian, and author of the History of Armenia....
  
   — historian
• Ghazar Parpetsi
  Ghazar Parpetsi
  Ghazar Parpetsi was a 5th to 6th century Armenian chronicler and historian. He had close ties with the powerful Mamikonian noble famiily and is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia, History of Armenia, sometime in the early sixth century.-Life:...
  
   — historian
• Faustus of Byzantium
  Faustus of Byzantium
  Faustus of Byzantium was an Armenian historian of the 5th century. He wrote a six volume history, of which the first two volumes are lost. He described in details the reign of Arshak II and his son Pap of Armenia...
  
   — historian
• Agathangelos
  Agathangelos
  Agathangelos , appropriately so named, was a supposed secretary of Tiridates III, King of Armenia, under whose name there has come down a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator, who died about 332. It purports to exhibit the deeds and discourses of Gregory, and has reached us...
  
   — historian
• Yeghishe — historian
• Koryun
  Koryun
  Koryun was the earliest Armenian-language historian. Writing in the fifth century, his "Life of Mesrob" contains many details about the evangelization of Armenia and the invention of the Armenian alphabet.Some Armenian and European scholars, such as G.Alishan, O.Torosyan, G.Fintigliyan, A.Sarukhan,...
  
   — historian
• Yeznik of Kolb — theologian
• Hovhan Mandakuni — hymnographer
• Mambre Vertsanogh — author of treatise
• Stepanos Syunetsi — poet

6th century

• David Anhaght — philosopher Neo-Platonist
• Atanas Taronatsi — chronograph
• Petros Syunetsi — author of treatise
• Abraham Mamikoneits — historian

7th century

• Sebeos
  Sebeos
  Sebeos was a 7th century Armenian bishop and historian who participated in the first Council of Dvin in 645.The history of Sebeos contains detailed descriptions from the period of Sassanid supremacy in Armenia up to the Islamic conquest in 661...
  
   — author of treatise
• Hovhan Mamikonyan
  John Mamikonean
  John Mamikonean is the author of the 7th century History of Taron, a continuation of the account of Zenob Glak. John is not known from any source other than his History, and in the colophon self-identifies as the 35th bishop of Glak after Zenob.-External links:*...
  
   — author of treatise
• Anania Shirakatsi
  Anania Shirakatsi
  Anania Shirakatsi was an Armenian mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He is commonly attributed to having written the Geography .-Life:Scholars are split on where exactly Anania was born...
  
   — geographer
• Davtak Kertogh
  Davtak Kertogh
  Davtak Kertogh was a 7th century Armenian poet, the first secular writer in Armenian literature. He is the author of "Elegy on the Death of the Great Prince Jevansher", dedicated to the first Sassanid Persian prince of Caucasian Albania, who accepted Christianity and was murdered.The only...
  
   — poet
• Komitas Aghtsetsi
  Komitas Aghtsetsi
  Komitas Aghtsetsi or Komitas I of Aghdznik also known as Komitas Shinogh . Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians, poet and musician. He was instrumental in realisation of several architectural projects. He completely renovated the Cathedral at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin and...
  
   — author of religious poetry
• Atanas Vardapet — historian
• Sahak Dzoraportsi — author of religious poetry
• Hovhan Mayrivanetsi — author of treatise
• Vrtanes Kertogh — author of treatise
• Grigor Grzik — hymnographer
• Ashot Bagratuni — hymnographer

8th century

• Ghevond — historian
• Stepanos Syunetsi — hymnographer
• Sahakduxt
  Sahakduxt
  Sahakduxt was an Armenian composer of hymns, poet, and pedagogue who lived in the 8th century. An ascetic, she lived in a cave in the Garni Valley, near present-day Yerevan; there she produced ecclesiastical poems as well as liturgical chants. Of these, the only one to survive is Srbuhi Mariam ,...
  
   — hymnographer
• Khosrovidukht — hymnographer
• Hovhan Oznetsi — author of treatise and hymnographer
• Abraham Vanakan — historian
• Khosrovik Targmanich — author of treatise

9th century

• Tovma Artsruni
  Tovma Artsruni
  Tovma Artsruni was a ninth century to tenth century Armenian historian and author of the History of the House of Artsrunik...
  
   — historian
• Hamam Areveltsi — author of treatise and hymnographer
• Aharon Vanandetsi — historian
• Stepanos Aparantsi — hymnographer
• Esayi Abu-Muse
  Esayi Abu-Muse
  Esayi Abu-Muse was an Armenian prince of southern Artsakh, who ruled a major part of Arran in the mid-9th century and is considered the founder of the House of Dizak.-Name and Origins:...
  
   — hymnographer
• Anonymous Hymnographer — hymnographer

10th century

• Hovhanes Draskhanakertsi — historian
• Ukhtanes
  Ukhtanes of Sebastia
  Ukhtanes of Sebastia was an Armenian historian and prelate.Educated at the Monastery of Narek under the tutelage of its founder Anania, he eventually attained to the bishopric of Sebastia and probably also of Urha...
  
   — historian
• Movses Kaghankatvatsi
  Movses Kaghankatvatsi
  Movses Kaghankatvatsi , or Movses Daskhurantsi , is the reputed author of a 10th-century Old Armenian historiographical work on Caucasian Albania, known as The History of the Country of Albania .- Authorship :...
  
   — historian
• Movses Daskhuranetsi — historian
• Pseudo Shapuh Bagratuni — historian
• Anonymous Artsuni — historian
• Anania Mokatsi — author of treatise
• Anania Narekatsi — author of treatise

11th century

• Grigor Narekatsi — poet
• Stepanos Taronatsi
  Stepanos Asoghik
  Stepanos Asoghik , also known as Stepanos Taronetsi , was an Armenian historian of the 11th century. His dates are unknown but he came from Taron and earned the nickname Asoghik . He wrote a Universal History in three books...
  
   — historian
• Aristakes Lastivertsi
  Aristakes Lastivertsi
  Aristakes Lastivertsi was a medieval Armenian historian and chronicler. The author of many works, Aristakes' most valuable contribution in the field of the historiography was his History: About the Sufferings Visited Upon by Foreign Peoples Living Around Us , which described Armenia's relations...
  
   — historian
• Mateos Urhaetsi
  Matthew of Edessa
  Matthew of Edessa was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa . Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank' , near the town of Kessoun, east of Marash , the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne...
  
   — historian
• Grigor Magistros — author
• Hovhanes Sarkavag — poet
• Hakob Sanahnetsi — historian
• Anonymous Historian — historian
• Vardan Anetsi — poet

12th century

• Nerses Shnorhali — poet
• Nerses Lambronatsi
  Nerses of Lambron
  Saint Nerses of Lambron was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who is remembered as one of the most significant figures in Armenian literature and ecclesiastical history.-Life:...
  
   — poet
• Mkhitar Gosh
  Mkhitar Gosh
  Mkhitar Gosh was an Armenian scholar, writer, public figure, thinker, and priest. He was born in the city of Gandzak. He got his early education from public institutions. When he reached his adolescence he decided to dedicate his life to church...
  
   — historian, author
• Samuel Anetsi — historian
• Mkhitar Anetsi — historian
• Grigor Yerets — historian
• Vahram Rabuni — historian
• Vardan Haykazn — poet
• Grigor Tgha — poet
• Grigor Marashetsi — poet
• Khachatur — poet

13th century

• Kirakos Gandzaketsi
  Kirakos Gandzaketsi
  Kirakos of Gandzak was an Armenian historian of the 13th century and author of the History of Armenia, a summary of events from the 4th to the 12th century and a detailed description of the events of his own days. The work concentrates primarily on the history of Medieval Armenia and events...
  
   — historian
• Stepanos Orbelyan — historian
• Smbat Sparapet
  Sempad the Constable
  Sempad the Constable was a noble in Cilician Armenia, an older brother of King Hetoum I. He was an important figure in Cilicia, acting as a diplomat, judge, and military officer, holding the title of Constable or Sparapet, supreme commander of the Armenian armed forces...
  
   — historian
• Mkhitar Ayrivanetsi — historian
• Enok Maghakia — historian
• Hovhanes Avagerets Lehatsi — historian
• Stepanos Episkopos — historian
• Vardan Areveltsi
  Vardan Areveltsi
  Vardan Areveltsi was a thirteenth century Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator. In addition to establishing numerous schools and monasteries, he also left behind a rich contribution to Armenian literature...
  
   — historian, author
• Hovhanes Tavushetsi — historian
• Anonymous Historian — historian
• Frik
  Frik
  Frik was an Armenian poet of the 13th century and 14th century. He lived in the time of Mongolian occupation of Armenian land.His verses are written in the spirit of religious Fatalism; at the same time, he criticized clergy for hypocrisy.-External links:...
  
   — poet
• Vardan Aigektsi
  Vardan Aigektsi
  Vardan Aygektsi was an Armenian author, and priest.Among his works are his Fables and a Geography, both of which have been mistakenly attributed by some to Vardan Areveltsi....
  
   — writer of fables
• Kostandin Erznkatsi — poet
• Hovhannes Erznkatsi
  Hovhannes Erznkatsi
  Hovhannes Erznkatsi was nicknamed Blouz, probably because of his short stature.The little that has reached us of his voluminous works reveal an exceptionally gifted scholar, with treasured knowledge of vast scope. Living mostly in the latter part of the thirteenth century, he was also the last of...
  
   — poet
• Grigor Skevratsi — poet, author of sermons
• Hovanes Arkaeghbayr — poet
• Khachatur Kecharetsi — poet

14th century

• Grigor Tatevatsi
  Grigor Tatevatsi
  Grigor Tatevatsi was a 14th Century Armenian philosopher and theologian.A monument to Tatevatsi was unveiled on October 16, 2010 in Goris, Armenia....
  
   — philosopher and theologian
• Hovhan Vorotnetsi — philosopher and theologian
• Hetum — historian
• Nerses Balients
  Nerses Balients
  Nerses Balients, also Nerses Balienc or Nerses Bagh'on, was a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century. He is mainly known for writing a history of the Kingdom of Cilician Armenia...
  
   — historian
• Hovhanes Arjishetsi — historian
• Sebastatsi — historian
• Hohanes Tlkurantsi — poet
• Anonymous Syunetsi — poet
• Kirakos Erznkatsi — poet

15th century

• Tovma Metsopetsi
  Thomas of Metsoph
  Thomas of Metsoph was an Armenian churchman and chronicler who left an account of Timur’s invasions of the Caucasus . What we know of Thomas’s life comes from a biography written by his own student Kirakos Banaser as well as a number of 15th-century colophons.Born in Aghiovit, north of Lake Van,...
  
   — historian
• Anonymous Historian — historian
• Kirakos Banaser — theologian
• Mkrtich Naghash — poet
• Grigor Khlatetsi — poet
• Arakel Baghishetsi — hymnographer
• Grigor Artsketsi — hymnographer
• Hovhanes Manuk Khlatetsi — gusan
• Abraham Ankyurantsi — hymnographer
• Arakel Syunetsi — hymnographer
• Hakop Netrarents — poet
• Martiros Erznkatsi — historian

16th century

• Nahapet Kuchak — poet
• Hovanesik Tsaretsi — historian
• Andreas Evdokatsi — historian
• Grigoris Akhtamartsi — poet
• Hakop Tokhattsi — hymnographer
• Hovasap Sebastatsi — poet
• Martiros Kharasantsi — poet
• Minas Tokhattsi — poet
• Martiros Kharberdtsi — hymnographer
• Zakaria Gnunetsi — hymnographer
• Simeon Aparantsi — historian and poet
• Tadeos Sebastatsi — poet
• Karapet Baghishetsi — hymnographer
• Stepanos Tokhattsi — poet
• Vrtanes Srnketsi — poet

17th century

• Arakel Davrijetsi
  Arakel of Tabriz
  Arakel Davrizhetsi or Arakel of Tabriz - Առաքել Դավրիժեցի was a 17th century Armenian historian, born in Tabriz, in the province of Atrpatakan of imperial Iran. In 1636 he was the custodian of the Hovhannavank Monastery, which he left to go to Echmiadzin...
  
   — historian
• Naghash Hovnatan — poet
• Zakaria Kanakertsi — historian
• Vardan Baghishetsi — historian
• David Baghishetsi — historian
• Avtustin Bejetsi — historian
• Hakob Grigorentsi — historian
• Zakaria Aguletsi — historian
• Grigor Daranaghtsi — historian
• Simeon Lehatsi — historian
• Stepanos Lehatsi — historian
• Eremia Chelebi Keomurchyan — historian
• Hovanes Kamentsi — historian
• Hakob Karnetsi — historian
• Khachatur Kafaetsi — historian
• Khachatur Yetovpatsi — historian
• Vardan Kafaetsi — hymnographer
• Martiros Ghrimetsi — historian and hymnographer
• Nerses Mokatsi — hymnographer
• David Saladzortsi — hymnographer
• Kosa Yerets — poet
• Hakob Artsketsi — poet
• Ghazar Sebastatsi — poet
• David Geghametsi — poet
• Martiros Kharberdtsi — poet
• Murad Khikar — poet
• Hovhannes Makvetsi — poet
• Parsam Taghasats — poet
• Simeon Kafaetsi — poet
• Khaspek Khachatur — poet
• Astvatsatur — poet
• Stepanos Dashtetsi — poet
• Khachgruz Kafaetsi — historian and poet

18th century

• Sayat-Nova
  Sayat-Nova
  Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova Sayat-Nova (born as Harutyun Sayatyan , was an Armenian poet, musician and ashik who had compositions in a number of languages. His adopted name Sayat Nova meant "Master of Songs" in Persian.- Biography :...
  
   — poet
• Mikayel Chamchian
  Mikayel Chamchian
  Mikayel Chamchian was an Armenian Mekhitarist monk and historian.-Career:Chamchian was born in Istanbul and trained as a jeweler by the imperial jeweler Mikayel Chelebi Diuzian. He joined the Mekhitarian order in Venice in 1762.In 1774 he was appointed instructor of Armenian language in the...
  
   — historian
• Esai Hasan-Jalalyan — historian
• Abraham Yerevantsi — historian
• Simeon Yerevantsi — historian
• Abraham Kretatsi
  Abraham III of Armenia
  Catholicos Abraham III was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737. Born in Heraklion, Crete, to a Greek mother, he was bishop of Rodosto, Thrace and then Armenian prelate of Thrace from 1708-1734...
  
   — historian
• Baghdasar Dpir
  Paghtasar Dpir
  Paghtasar Dpir . A leading figure during the revitalization period of Armenian culture as a poet, musician, scientist, printer, and a luminary of national and educational movements.-Biography:...
  
   — poet
• Tovmas Khojamalyan — historian
• Khachatur Jughaetsi — historian
• Grigor Oshakantsi — poet
• Hakob Naghash — poet
• Martiros de Arakel — historian
• Stepanos Yerets — historian
• Petros Kapantsi — poet
• Petros Nakhijevantsi — poet
• Sarkis Apuchekhtsi — hymnographer