Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929-11-23
- Died
- 2003-10-26
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mutluluk Elinizde
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Film & TV
Acting · Hamedan, Iran
Viguen was born into an Iranian-Armenian family of eight children in the western Iranian city of Hamadan. His father died of complications related to pneumonia when Viguen was only eight years old.He was raised by his older brother, Zaven and his mother after moving away from the family property because of a disagreement with her father. Karo Derderian, Viguen's older brother was a well known…
Known for
- Confession1966
- The Bride of the Sea — Habib1965
- Fear and Darkness1963
- Gloriosa Lily1962
- Tomorrow Is Bright1960
- Arshin Mal Alan — Askar1960
- Lover's Spring1960
- The Naughty Girl1957
- Khoon va sharaf1955
- The Hill of Love
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,783
- Total plays
- 81,753
Tags
PersianpopIranianjazziran
Vigen Derderian (in other spellings: Viguen, Persian: ویگن) (November 23, 1929 - October 26, 2003), known as "Sultan of Persian Pop" and "Sultan of Persian jazz", was a hugely popular Armenian-Iranian pop music singer. He is famous throughout the Near East. Born into a relatively poor family of 8 children in city of Hamadān, Iran. Vigen was brought up by his older brother, after his father died when he was seven. During the second world war, his family moved to the northern city of Tabriz then u
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Recent publications · Crossref
4 total works indexed
- Equilibrage dynamique complet des mecanismes
· 1998 · cited 16x
- Equilibrage des manipulateurs manuels
· 1998 · cited 6x
- A High Power Density Power System Electronics for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
· 2009
- Équilibrage dynamique des mécanismes spatiaux
· 2000
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Key dates
- Born
- 23 November 1929
- Died
- 26 October 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Hamadan
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Vigen.jpg
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