Markarian (Armentian: Մարգարյան) or its
Eastern Armenian variant Margaryan, is a common Armenian family name.
Markarian may refer to:
Persons
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Benjamin Markarian
Benjamin "Benik" Egishevitch Markarian ( hy, Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a com ...
(1913–1985), Armenian astrophysicist
*Henri Markarian (1926–1985), better known as
Marc Aryan
Henri Markarian, better known as Marc Aryan (14 November 1926 in Valence, France – 30 November 1985 in Ohain, Belgium), was a French-Belgian singer, songwriter, and record producer of Armenian descent born as a French citizen, who also acq ...
, well-known Armenian-Belgian international singer
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Hrant Markarian
Hrant Hovsepi Markarian ( hy, Հրանտ Հովսեփի Մարգարյան; born 1958) is an Armenians, Armenian politician who previously served as the head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation party's top executive body, the ARF Bureau.
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(born 1958), Armenian politician and head of the ARF
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Roberto Markarian (born 1946), Uruguayan-Armenian mathematician, Rector of the University of the Republic 2014-2018
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Ronald Markarian (born 1931), United States Air Force Major General
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Sergio Markarián (born 1944), Uruguayan-Armenian football coach and coach of national football team of Greece
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Tatoul Markarian
Tatoul Markarian ( hy, Թաթուլ Խիկարի Մարգարյան; born April 1964) was appointed Armenian Ambassador to the United States on March 19, 2005, by President Robert Kocharian. He holds the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinar ...
(born 1964), Armenian Ambassador most notably to the United States
Space
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Markarian's Chain
Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781. The other galaxi ...
, a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster
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Markarian galaxies
The Markarian galaxies are a class of galaxies that have nuclei with excessive amounts of ultraviolet emissions compared with other galaxies. Benjamin Markarian drew attention to these types of galaxies starting in 1963. The nuclei of the gala ...
, including a list of galaxies that include the name ''Markarian''
See also
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Margaryan (disambiguation), Eastern Armenian variant of Markarian
{{disambiguation, surnames
Armenian-language surnames