Gevorg ( hy, Գևորգ), also spelled Gevork and pronounced and transliterated as Kevork in

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based ...

, is the Armenian version of the name

George George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

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Gevorg Bashinjaghian Gevorg Bashinjaghian ( hy, Գևորգ Բաշինջաղյան; – 4 October 1925) was an Armenian painter who had significant influence on Armenian landscape painting. Life Bashinjaghian was born on 16 September 1857 in a small town of S ...

(1857–1925), painter *

Gevorg Emin Gevorg Emin (, September 30, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator. Biography Emin, the son of a school teacher, was born in the town of Ashtarak. In 1927, his family moved to Yerevan, the capital of Sovie ...

(1918–1998), writer *

Gevorg Karapetyan (footballer, born 1963) Gevorg Zhorzhiki Karapetyan (; ; born 15 December 1963) is a professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of club Ansar. Born in Armenia, Karapetyan played as a defender or midfielder. He moved to Lebanon in 1993 ...

, Lebanese-Armenian footballer *

Gevorg Karapetyan Gevorg Gagik Karapetyan ( hy, Գևորգ Գագիկի Կարապետյան; born 10 June 1990) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Youth From 2007 to 2008, Karapetyan competed in the Armenian First League as par ...

(born 1990), Armenian footballer *

Gevorg Ghazaryan Gevorg Ghazaryan ( hy, Գևորգ Ղազարյան; born 5 April 1988) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for the Armenia national team. Ghazaryan has participated in 73 international matches ...

(born 1988), football player ;Gevork *

Gevork Kotiantz Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz ( hy, Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց; russian: Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц; 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire – 28 August 1996 in S ...

(1909–1996), painter *

Gevork Vartanian Gevork Andreevich Vartanian ( hy, Գևորգ Վարդանյան, russian: Гево́рк Андре́евич Вартаня́н; 17 February 1924 – 10 January 2012) was a Soviet intelligence officer. He was primarily responsible, together w ...

(1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent ;Kevork *

Kevork Ajemian Kevork Vartani Ajemian (''Adjemian'') (in Armenian Գևորգ Աճեմյան, in Western Armenian Գէորգ Աճեմեան) (May 23, 1932 – December 27, 1998) was a prominent Lebanese-Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public ac ...

(Adjemian) (1932–1998), Armenian writer, journalist, novelist, theorist and public activist, one of the founders of ASALA *

Kevork Aslan Kevork Aslan was an Armenian engineer born in 1849 who graduated from École Centrale de Paris in 1872 and later became chief engineer in the Aydin province (Turkey). In 1909, he published a historical study of the Armenian Armenian may refer to: ...

, Armenian historian *

Kevork Chavush Kevork Ghazarian ( hy, Գէորգ Ղազարեան; 1870 – 28 May 1907), commonly known as Kevork Chavush or Gevorg Chaush ( hy, Գէորգ Չաւուշ or Գևորգ Չաուշ), was an Armenian '' fedayee'' leader in the Ottoman Empire and a ...

(1865–1907),

Armenian fedayi ''Fedayi'' (Western hy, Ֆէտայի ''Fedayi''; Eastern hy, Ֆիդայի ''Fidayi''), also known as the Armenian irregular units or Armenian militia, were Armenian civilians who voluntarily left their families to form self-defense units and ...

in the Ottoman Empire *

Kevork Hovnanian Kevork S. Hovnanian (1923 – September 24, 2009) was an Armenian-American businessman and home builder, who founded Hovnanian Enterprises in 1959. He remained the president and chief executive officer of Hovnanian Enterprises until his retirement i ...

(1923–2009), Iraqi-born Armenian-American businessman and home builder, who founder of ''Hovnanian Enterprises'' in 1959 *

Kevork Malikyan Kevork Malikyan (born 2 June 1943) is an English-Armenian actor and teacher. He is known for his roles as Kazim in the film ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989), Max Papandrious in the television sitcom ''Mind Your Language'' (1977– ...

(born 1943), English character actor of Armenian descent; played Kazim in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''

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