The Erzincan valley crossed by the upper Euphrates was the location of the most important pre-Christian shrine in Armenia, dedicated to the Armenian goddess Anahit.
Anahit Manasyan (in Armenian Անահիտ Մանասյան) graduated from the Law Faculty of Yerevan State University gaining a Master's degree in Constitutional Law in 2010.
Anahit Nersesyan (In Armenian: Անահիտ Ներսիսյան, по-русски: Анаит Нерсесян), a famous Armenian pianist was born in 1954 in Yerevan.