Gurgen or Gourgen (Armenian: Գուրգեն, Georgian: გურგენ) is an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

n and Georgian masculine name of

Middle Persian Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

origin (''Gurgēn''), itself ultimately deriving from

Old Iranian The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau. The Iranian language ...

''Vṛkaina-''. It may refer to:

Georgian monarchs

Gurgen of Iberia Gurgen ( ka, გურგენი) also known as Gurgen Magistros, Gurgen II Magistros (also transliterated as Gourgen and in some sources Gurgan) of the Bagrationi dynasty, was King (''mepe'') of Iberia-Kartli with the title of the King of Kings ...

(died 1008), King of Georgia *

Gurgen I of Tao Gurgen I ( ka, გურგენ I) (died 891) was a Georgia (country), Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty, he ascended to the throne of Principality of Iberia, Iberia during a dynastic crisis and assumed the title of ''Kouropalates''. Than ...

(died 891), Georgian prince * Gurgen II of Tao (died 941), Georgian prince *

Gurgen I of Klarjeti Prince Gurgen I ( ka, გურგენ) (died 923) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti branch.Cyrille Toumanoff, Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle : Tables généalogiques e ...

(died 923), Georgian prince

Other people

Armenians

Gurgen-Khachik of Vaspurakan Gurgen-Khachik Artsruni (died 1003) was the fifth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty. On the death of his father Abusahl-Hamazasp in 968/969, the kingdom was divided among his three sons, and Ashot-Sahak, as the eldest, retained th ...

(died 1003), fifth Armenian king of the Artsruni dynasty * Gurgen I of Lori, Armenian King of Lori () *

Gurgen Askaryan Gurgen Ashotovich Askaryan (; or Гурген Аскарян) (14 December 1928 – 2 March 1997) was a prominent Soviet - Armenian physicist, famous for his discovery of the self-focusing of light, pioneering studies of light-matter interaction ...

(1928–1997), Soviet-Armenian physicist * Gurgen Baghdasaryan (born 1977), Armenian politician and parliamentarian * Gurgen Boryan (1915–1971), Armenian poet and playwright *

Gurgen Dalibaltayan Gurgen Harutyun Dalibaltayan (; 5 June 1926 – 1 September 2015) was an Armenian military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces during the 1992 Battle of Shusha, a battle to capture the city from Azerbaijan. He ...

(1926–2015), Armenian military commander *

Gourgen Edilyan Gourgen Edilyan (Arm.: ''Գուրգեն Էդիլյան'') (25 December 1885 – 18 January 1942) was an Armenian psychologist, a student of Wilhelm Wundt Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (; ; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologis ...

(1885–1942), Armenian psychologist * Gurgen Egiazaryan (1948–2020), Armenian politician and bureaucrat *

Gurgen Engibaryan Gurgen Vazgen Engibaryan (; ; born 19 March 1964) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the Armenian SSR, in the Soviet Union, Engibaryan moved to Lebanon in 1993, acquiring Lebanese nationality through naturalization in 1 ...

(born 1964), Lebanese footballer of Armenian descent *

Gurgen Hovhannisyan Gurgen Hovhannisyan (born February 19, 1998) is an Armenian professional boxer. Professional career Hovhannisyan made his debut in Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city ...

(born 1998), Armenian boxer *

Gurgen Mahari Gurgen Mahari (, born Gurgen Grigori Ajemian; , 1903 – June 17, 1969) was an Armenian writer of prose and poetry. His most significant works include the semi-autobiographical novella ''Barbed Wires in Blossom'' (1968) and the novel ''Burning ...

(1903–1969), Armenian writer and poet *

Gurgen Margaryan On 19 February 2004, Gurgen Margaryan (; 26 September 1978 – 19 February 2004), a lieutenant in the Armenian army, was murdered in Budapest, Hungary, by Ramil Safarov, a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani army. In September 2013, a monument dedica ...

(1978–2004), Armenian soldier *

Gurgen Nersisyan Gurgen Garniki Nersisyan (; born 15 October 1985) is an Armenian politician from the Republic of Artsakh. He was the State Minister of Artsakh from February to August 2023. He also served as the Prosecutor General of Artsakh from 2021 to 2023. Ea ...

(born 1985), Armenian politician *

Gourgen Paronyan Gourgen "Guros" Paronyan (; 1905–1981) was an Armenian painter, Honoured Artist of the Armenian SSR, and Member of the Armenian Artists' Union. Biography Guros was born in 1905 in the town of Goris to the famous family of Melik Ohanyans. M ...

(1905–1981), Armenian painter *

Gurgen Vardanjan Gurgen Vardanjan (, , born 18 October 1963) is an Armenian figure skating coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 Grand Prix International St. Gervais silver medalist and a two-time Prague Skate bronze medalist (1981, 19 ...

(born 1963), Soviet Armenian figure skater and coach *

Gourgen Yanikian Gourgen Mkrtich Yanikian (, December 24, 1895 – February 27, 1984) was an Armenian genocide survivor. He is best known for the assassination of two Turkish consular officials, Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir. The event to ...

(1895–1984), Armenian genocide survivor and assassin

Turks

Akif Gürgen Akif Gürgen (born September 23, 1967) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under orga ...

(born 1977), Turkish volleyball player *

Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk (1918 – 3 May 1970) was a Turkish footballer and Sailplane pilot. Career Football Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk was born in İzmir and played six seasons as forward for Galatasaray SK. In 1931 he visited Galatasaray SK ...

(1918–1970), Turkish footballer and seaplane pilot *

Kerem Gürgen Kerem Gürgen is a Turkish amateur boxer in the featherweight (57 kg) division. He is currently a member of the squad at Gençlik Spor İl Müdürlüğü (GSİM) in Siirt. Career Gürgen boxed a gold medal in the featherweight division a ...

, Turkish boxer *

Mehmet Gürgen Mehmet Gürgen (born 30 December 1968) is a Turkish boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded ...

(born 1968), Turkish boxer *

Kurken Alemshah Kurken M. Alemshah (; 22 May 1907 – 14 December 1947) was an Armenian composer and conductor. Biography Alemshah was born in Bardizag (now , near İzmit, Turkey). He began schooling in his own hometown, but during the Armenian Genocide his par ...

(1907–1947), Turkish Armenian composer and conductor *

Gürgen Öz Gürgen Öz (born 10 May 1978) is a Turkish actor. Life and career Öz was born on 10 May 1978 in Zonguldak. After finishing his middle and high school education at the TED Zonguldak College, he moved to Istanbul to continue his studies. After ...

(born 1978), Turkish actor

Places

Gürgan Gürgan (also, Gürgən and Gyurgyan) is a village in Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Ea ...

, Azerbaijan *

Gürgen, Dargeçit Gürgen () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dargeçit, Mardin Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They ar ...

, village in Mardin Province, Turkey *

Gürgən-Pirallahı Gürgən-Pirallahı is a municipality in the Khazar Rayon of Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia a ...

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