Hovhannisyan or Hovannisyan ( hy, Հովհաննիսյան ) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of

Hovhannes Hovhannes ( (reformed); ( classical)), also spelled Hovhanes, Hovannes or Hovanes is Armenian for John. (Compare with Ioannes in Greek or Johannes in Latin.) People with the given name Hovannes * Hovannes Adamian (1879–1932), Soviet Armenian ...

", the Armenian equivalent of John, thus making it equivalent to Johnson. It is the most common surname in Armenia. Variants of the name in Armenian and Western Armenian include Hovhannesian, Hovannesian, Hovannisian, Hovhannisian and

Oganessian Oganessian (and similar transliterations) a variant of Hovhannisyan is a surname of Armenian origin derived from the Armenian given name Ohannes. People with such names include: * Alina Oganesyan (born 2004), German rhythmic gymnast * Armen Ogane ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Armen Hovhannisyan Armen Levoni Hovhannisyan ( hy, Արմեն Լևոնի Հովհաննիսյան; June 30, 1994 – January 20, 2014) was a junior sergeant in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Courage for noticing ...

(1994–2014), Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army soldier *

Art Hovhannisyan Artyom "Art" Hovhannisyan (born 16 November 1981 in Gyumri, Armenia) is a retired Armenian professional boxer. He fought in the super featherweight division. Amateur career Hovhannisyan started amateur boxing at the age of 13. He was taught ...

, Armenian-American boxer *

Artak Hovhannisyan Artak Hovhannisyan ( hy, Արտակ Հովհաննիսյան, born 1 October 1993) is an Armenian Freestyle wrestler. He won the 2009 Cadet European Championship. Hovhannisyan competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore Sing ...

, Armenian sport wrestler * Artsrun Hovhannisyan, press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defense. *

Ashot Hovhannisyan Ashot Garegini Hovhannisian ( hy, Աշոտ Գարգինի Հովհաննիսյան; russian: Ашот Гарегинович Иоаннисян, ''Ashot Gareginovich Ioannisyan''; June 17, 1887June 30, 1972) was an Armenian Marxist historian, theo ...

, Armenian politician *

Azat Hovhannisyan Azat Hovhannisyan (born 15 August 1988) is an Armenian professional boxer who challenged for the WBC super-bantamweight title in 2018. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active super-bantamweight by BoxRec, ninth by '' Th ...

, Armenian boxer *

Edgar Hovhannisyan Edgar Hovhannisyan, Hovhannisian or Oganesian ( hy, Էդգար Հովհաննիսյան; January 14, 1930, Yerevan – December 28, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, Professor of Composition at the Yerevan State Conservatory, People's ...

, Armenian composer * Khoren Hovhannisyan, Armenian football midfielder * Lilit Hovhannisyan, Armenian singer * Lusine Hovhannisyan, Armenian footballer * Robert Hovhannisyan, Armenian chess Grandmaster *

Sargis Hovhannisyan Sargis Hovhannisyan ( hy, Սարգիս Հովհաննիսյան, born 17 August 1968), is an Armenian football coach and a former defender, who mostly spent his club career at FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He works for Lokomotiv as a scout. Hovhannisy ...

, Armenian football defender * Vahan Hovhannisyan (1956–2014), Armenian politician and minister *

Vardan Hovhannisyan Vardan Hovhannisyan is an Armenian director and producer. From 1988 to 1991, Vardan Hovhannisyan was a freelance cameraman and covered the hot regions and ethnic conflicts related to the post-Soviet transition for the international news. He was t ...

, Armenian director and producer *

Zhirayr Hovhannisyan Zhirayr Hovhannisyan ( hy, Ժիրայր Հովհաննիսյան, born 11 July 1981) is an Armenian Freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 66 kg division and won a bronze medal at the 2009 Europe ...

, Armenian sport wrestler *

Zhora Hovhannisyan Zhora Hovhannisyan ( hy, Ժորա Հովհաննիսյան, born 16 April 1987) is an Armenian footballer. Club career Hovhannisyan played for FC Pyunik before switching in July 2004 to Greek team Olympiacos. In January 2008, he moved on loan ...

, Armenian footballer

Hovanessian

Diana Der Hovanessian Diana Der Hovanessian (May 21, Year of birth unknown– March 1, 2018), Armenian American poet, translator, and author. Much of the subject of her poetry was about Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. She wrote and published over twenty-five books. ...

(????–2018), Armenian American poet, translator and author * Vartan Hovanessian (1896–1982), Iranian Armenian architect

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* Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1972), Armenian Marxist historian, theorist and Communist official *

Garin Hovannisian Garin K. Hovannisian (Armenian: Կարին Հովհաննիսյան; born 1986) is an Armenian American writer, filmmaker, and producer. He is the director of the award-winning films ''1915'' (2015), ''I Am Not Alone'' (2019), and ''Truth to Powe ...

(born 1986), Armenian American writer, filmmaker, and producer * Larisa Hovannisian (born 1988), Armenian-American social entrepreneur and founder of Teach For Armenia *

Raffi Hovannisian Raffi K. Richardi Hovannisian ( hy, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Հովհաննիսյան; hyw, Րաֆֆի Կ. Ռիչարդի Յովհաննէսեան; born 20 November 1959) is an Armenian politician, the first Foreign Minister of Armenia and t ...

, American-born Armenian politician, Foreign Minister of Armenia * Richard Hovannisian (born 1932), Armenian American historian and professor emeritus

Hovhannessian

Oganessian

Armen Oganesyan Armen Garnikovich Oganesyan (russian: Оганесян, Армен Гарникович; born April 4, 1954) is the CEO of Russian state radio station ''Voice of Russia Voice of Russia ( rus, Голос России, r=Golos Rossii), commonly abb ...

(born 1954), CEO of Russian state radio station Voice of Russia *

Gaguik Oganessian Gaguik Oganessian ( hy, Գագիկ Հովհաննիսյան; 21 April 1947 – 2015) was an Armenian chess player, chess official, journalist and writer. Born in Yerevan, he was awarded the title of FIDE International Organizer in 1996 and served a ...

(1947-2015), Armenian chess player, writer and organiser * Khoren Oganesian (born 1955), Soviet footballer * Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian-Armenian nuclear physicist

Real names

*Grigor Ter-Hovhannisian (1854–1908), real name of Armenian writer known by the pseudonym

Muratsan Grigor Ter-Hovhannisian ( hy, Գրիգոր Տեր-Հովհաննիսյան; December 1, 1854 – September 12, 1908), better known as Muratsan ( hy, Մուրացան), was a prolific Armenian writer, known best for writing '' Gevorg Marzpetuni'' ( ...

*Michael Hovhannisyan (1867–1933), Armenian writer known by the pseudonym

Nar-Dos Michael Hovhannisyan ( hy, Միքայել Հովհաննիսյան, March 1, 1867 – July 13, 1933), known by the pen name Nar-Dos ( hy, Նար-Դոս), was an Armenian writer. Biography Nar-Dos was born to a wool seller's family in Tbilisi ...

*Nikoghayos Ter-Hovhannisyan (1867–1914), Armenian fedayee from Karabakh known by his pseudonym

Nikol Duman Nikol Duman ( hy, Նիկոլ Դուման), born Nikoghayos Ter-Hovhannisyan ( hy, Նիկողայոս Տեր-Հովհաննիսյան; 12 January 1867 – 23 September 1914), was an Armenian fedayee from Karabakh. Early life Nikoghayos Ter-Hov ...

*Sargis Hovhannisian (1879–1919), Armenian revolutionary, statesman, and a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) party. He is widely regarded as the founder of the First Republic of Armenia * Zabel Hovhannessian, birth name of Ottoman Armenian writer Zabel Yesayan {{surname, Hovhannisyan Armenian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names