Vardanyan ( arm, Վարդանյան), also spelled Vardanean or Vardanian, and in Western Armenian spelled Vartanian or Vartanyan, is an Armenian surname, from the Armenian given name Vardan and Vartan with the addition of -ian.

Persons

Notable people with the surname include:

Vardanyan

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Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian ( ''arevelahayeren'') is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, as we ...

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Ani Vardanyan Ani Vardanyan ( hy, Անի Վարդանյան, born May 15, 1991) is an Armenian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in t ...

(born 1991), Armenian figure skater * Ara Vardanyan (administrator) (born 1977), executive director of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund *

Ara Vardanyan (weightlifter) Ara Vardanyan ( hy, Արա Վարդանյան, born December 21, 1974, in Bambakashat, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter. Vardanyan won a silver medal at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1974), Armenian weightlifter *

Armen Vardanyan Armen Frunzekovych Vardanyan ( hy, Արմեն Վարդանյան, uk, Армен Фрунзікович Варданян, born 30 November 1982) is an Armenian-Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Ch ...

(born 1982), Armenian sport wrestler *

Erik Vardanyan Erik Vardanyan ( hy, Էրիկ Վարդանյան; born 7 June 1998) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Pyunik On 24 October 2019, Vardanyan extended his contract with Pyunik. On 27 October 2019, Va ...

(born 1998), Armenian footballer *

Ernest Vardanean Ernest Vardanean is a journalist and political scientist who lives in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. He was arrested on 7 April 2010 by the self-proclaimed forces in Tiraspol charged of high treason in favor of the Republic of Mold ...

(born 1980), Moldovan journalist * Gegham Vardanyan (born 1988), Armenian figure skater * Gevork Vartanian (1924−2012), Soviet spy * Gor Vardanyan (born 1972), Armenian actor * Greta Vardanyan (born 1986), Armenian powerlifter and Para-alpine skier * Harutyun Vardanyan (born 1970), Armenian footballer *

Knarik Vardanyan Knarik Grigori Vardanyan (; 1914–1996) was an Armenian Soviet artist, best known as a painter, and printmaker. She was awarded the title, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967). Biography Knarik Vardanyan was born on 24 November 1914 in ...

(1914–1996), Soviet Armenian painter and printmaker *

Norayr Vardanyan Norayr (Norik) Vardanyan ( hy, Նորայր Վարդանյան, born 15 May 1987 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR) is an Armenian and American weightlifter. Norayr is the son of legendary Soviet weightlifter Yurik Vardanyan (1956-2018). Vardanian ini ...

(born 1987), Armenian weightlifter *

Ruben Vardanyan (politician) Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan (, ; born May 25, 1968) is a Russian-Armenian politician who has served as the State Minister of Artsakh, an unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, since November 4, 2022. Prior to his political career, Vardanyan w ...

(born 1968), Armenian businessman *

Ruben Vardanyan (wrestler) Ruben Vardanayn ( hy, Ռուբեն Վարդանյան, 26 May 1929 – 21 December 1996) is a well known Armenian wrestler, Champion of the Republic of Armenia, Champion of the USSR, Honored Coach of the Republic of Armenia, Honorary member of t ...

(1929–1996), Armenian sport wrestler * Yurik Vardanyan (1956−2018), Soviet Armenian weightlifter *

(born 2004), insurance broker

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Mariam Vardanian Mariam Vardanian (also known as Maro Nazarbek) (1864–1941) was an Armenian people, Armenian political activist and revolutionary in the Russian Empire. She was one of the founders of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party. From Tiflis, where s ...

(1864−1941), Armenian political activist and revolutionary

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( Western Armenian) * Gevork Vartanian (1924−2012), Soviet intelligence officer *

Hrag Vartanian Hrag Vartanian ( hy, Հրակ Վարդանեան)(born ) is an Armenian-American arts writer, art critic, and art curator. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the arts online magazine, '' Hyperallergic''. Life and work Vartanian was born ...

(born 1973/74), American writer *

Mark Vartanian Sammy Couch, also known as 'Psycho' Sam Cody, is a retired professional wrestler. Couch wrestled for Dale Mann in Kentucky in the late 1970's and early 1980's as the Destroyer. He was partnered with Terry Herron, The Superdestroyer, and the two ...

, American professional wrestler *

(1864−1941), Armenian activist and revolutionary *

Ara Vartanian Ara Vartanian (born 1975) is a Brazilian- Armenian jeweller and best known as the founder of his eponymous jewellery house. Early life and education Vartanian was born into a family of jewellers in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent his early life ...

(born 1975), Brazilian jeweler * Sylvie Vartan (born 1944), born Vartanian

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Aksel Vartanyan Aksel Tatevosovich Vartanyan (russian: Аксель Татевосович Вартанян; born January 8, 1938) is a Soviet and Russian journalist, sports historian and native of Tbilisi. Vartanyan graduated from the Historical-Philological Depa ...

(born 1938), Georgian-Russian journalist and sports historian *

Eduard Vartanyan Eduard Vartanyan (born June 11, 1991) is a Russian mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA). In July 2023, after he won the grand prix of Lightweight division of ACA, he reached #14 ...

(born 1991), Russian mixed martial artist * Gaik Vartanyan (born 1979), Armenian-Moldovan politician

Vardanjan

* Gurgen Vardanjan (born 1963), Armenian-Hungarian figure skating coach * Tigran Vardanjan (born 1989), Hungarian figure skater of Armenian descent

Vardanean

, Armenian-Moldovan journalist and political scientist

Places

Vardanjan Rural District Vardanjan Rural District ( fa, دهستان وردنجان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a co ...

, in Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran **

Vardanjan, Iran Vardanjan ( fa, وردنجان, also Romanized as Vardanjān; also known as Vardangūn, Vardaniān, and Wardangun) is a city in Vardanjan Rural District, Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population wa ...

, a village in Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran (aka Vardaniān, Vardangūn and Wardangun) ** Vardanjan, Farsan, a village in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran