Artin is both a surname and a given name. In the Armenian-speaking world, it is a variation of the given name

Harutyun Harutyun ( hy, Հարություն and in Western Armenian Յարութիւն) also spelled Haroutioun, Harutiun and its variants Harout, Harut and Artin is a common male Armenian name; it means resurrection in Armenian. People with the name H ...

. It has also been claimed to be an old Median name meaning pure and virtuous coming from the name of the Median king

Phraortes Phraortes ( peo, 𐎳𐎼𐎺𐎼𐎫𐎡𐏁, translit=Fravartiš; grc, Φραόρτης, translit=Phraórtēs; died c. 653 BC), son of Deioces, was the second king of the Median Empire. Like his father Deioces, Phraortes started wars agains ...

(''Fravartiš)''. even though there is no historic documented evidence of the Median usage nor a notable person . Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname

Emil Artin Emil Artin (; March 3, 1898 – December 20, 1962) was an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent. Artin was one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century. He is best known for his work on algebraic number theory, contributing lar ...

(1898–1962), Austrian mathematician *

Michael Artin Michael Artin (; born 28 June 1934) is a German-American mathematician and a professor emeritus in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology mathematics department, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.Murad Artin Murad Artin ( arm, Մուրադ Արթին, ar, مراد أرتين; born 6 January 1960 in Iraq) is a Swedish-Armenian politician and Left Party member who worked in the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges rik ...

(born 1960), Swedish politician * Wendy Artin (born 1963), American painter *

Yacoub Artin Yacoub Artin (15 April 1842 – 21 January 1919) was an ethnic Armenian educator and scholar working in Egypt. He was of Armenian descent, working for the Ministry of Public Education in 1888. It was noted in a period newspaper that he was one of ...

(1842–1919), Armenian-Egyptian educator and writer

People with the given name

Artin Boşgezenyan Artin Boshgezenian (1861-1923), was an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era. Life He was a left-leaning politician who supported ...

, an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era *

Artin Dadyan Pasha Artin Dadyan Pasha (1830 to 1901) was Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Ottoman Empire from 1880 until 1901, one of the highest ranking Armenians in the Ottoman state. He was the son of an Ottoman civil servant, and members of hi ...

, Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1876 until 1901 * Artin Hindoğlu, 19th-century Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary * Artin Penik (1921–1982), Turkish-Armenian protester who committed suicide by self-immolation

People with the surname

People with the given name

See also