EducationAmerican University of Beirut (physics)

Notable personal detailsHovhannes John Armenian is a No Party Preference candidate for U.S. House (California’s 30th Congressional District) in the 2026 election cycle. He has described himself as an aerospace technologist and entrepreneur with decades of work on U.S. national defense-related aerospace technologies and an R&D background, including NASA recognition for contributions related to the Hubble Space Telescope. He was born in Beirut and has stated he studied physics at the American University of Beirut and Tufts University and later earned an MBA from the University of Southern California.