Oganessian (and similar transliterations) a variant of

Hovhannisyan Hovhannisyan or Hovannisyan ( hy, Հովհաննիսյան ) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Hovhannes", the Armenian equivalent of John, thus making it equivalent to Johnson. It is the most common surname in Armenia. Variants of the nam ...

is a surname of Armenian origin derived from the Armenian given name

Ohannes Ohannes is a male given name with Armenian roots. Spelling variants include Hovannes, Oganes, and Ohan. The surnames Oganezov and Oganessian are derived from it. Notable people with the name include: People *Loris Ohannes Chobanian (born 1933), Ame ...

. People with such names include: * Alina Oganesyan (born 2004), German rhythmic gymnast *

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 (1947-2015), Armenian chess player, writer and organiser *

Khoren Oganesian Khoren Oganesian ( hy, Խորեն Հովհաննիսյան; born 10 January 1955), also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan, is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and current manager and coach. He was awarded the Mas ...

(born 1955), Soviet footballer *

Yuri Oganessian Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian (russian: Юрий Цолакович Оганесян ; ''Yuri Ts'olaki Hovhannisyan'' . Oganessian is the Russified version of the Armenian last name Hovhannisyan. The article on Oganessian in the ''Armenian Sovie ...

(born 1933), Russian-Armenian nuclear physicist (element

Oganesson Oganesson is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Og and atomic number 118. It was first synthesized in 2002 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, near Moscow, Russia, by a joint team of Russian and American scient ...

is so named honoring him) * Marina E. Oganesian (born 1954) Armenian botanist

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