Hakobyan ( hy, Հակոբյան, hyw, Յակոբեան) is an

Armenian surname An Armenian name comprises a given name and a surname. First names According to Armenia's National Statistical Service, the most commonly used names for newborn boys in Armenia, , were Davit, Narek, Gor, Hayk, Alex, Erik, Arman, Samvel, Tigr ...

with the meaning "son of Hakob" (Armenian for Jacob). This surname has multitudes of transliterations into

Latin alphabet The Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered with the exception of extensions (such as diacritics), it used to write English and th ...

, including Acopian, Acopyan, Agopian, Agopyan, Akobian, Akobyan, Akopyan, Hagopian, Hagopyan, Hakobian, and others. Similar Russified surname: Akopov. Variants: Hakobyants, Hagopiantz ( hy, Հակոբյանց, hyw, Յակոբեանց) (with similar variations of rendering in Latin alphabet). The surname may refer to:

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Acopian

* Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), Armenian-American inventor, industrialist, environmentalist

Agopian

Krikor Agopian Krikor Agopian is a Canadian-Armenian painter. Career As a youth educated in Canada, he took courses on commercial, fashion, industrial, and furniture design. His designs earned him an acceptance at Concordia University as an applicant for an ...

, Lebanese-Canadian painter * Ştefan Agopian, Romanian writer

Agopyan

Simon Agopyan Simon Agopian or Simon Hagopian at times Simon Agopyan ( hy, Սիմոն Հակոբյան; Western Armenian Սիմոն Յակոբեան, 1857 - 16 May 1921) was a prominent Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter. Life Simon Agopian was ...

(1857-1921), Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter * Vahan Agopyan, Turkish-born Armenian-Brazilian engineer and rector of the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...

Akobian

Varuzhan Akobian Varuzhan Akobian ( hy, Վարուժան Հակոբյան, born 19 November 1983 in Yerevan, Soviet Union) is an Armenian-born American chess Grandmaster. Originally from Armenia, he now resides in St. Louis. He played on the bronze-medal-winni ...

, Armenian-American chess Grandmaster

Akopian

* Alex Akopian, Armenian entrepreneur *

Arthur Akopian Artur Akopyan ( hy, Արթուր Հակոբյան born September 28, 1961) is an Armenian-American gymnastics coach for the USA Gymnastics National Team and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team. He is credited as the first athlete ...

, Soviet Armenian gymnast and coach (also Artur Akopian, Arthur Akopyan,

Nelly Akopian-Tamarina Nelly Akopian-Tamarina (born in Moscow) is a Russian pianist. Akopian-Tamarina had performed Haydn concertos publicly with orchestras by age 9. She studied with Anaida Sumbatyan at the Moscow Central Music School. At the Moscow Conservatory she ...

, Russian pianist of Armenian descent * Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess Grandmaster

Akopyan

* Amayak Akopyan (born 1956), Soviet and Russian Armenian illusionist, actor, circus artist * Arkadi Akopyan, Russian Armenian football player *

Armen Akopyan Armen Akopyan ( ua, Армен Акопян, born 15 January 1980 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian football midfielder of Armenian descent. He last played for FC Poltava. Akopyan spent most of his career playing for Ukrainian team ...

, Ukrainian Armenian football player * Karen Akopyan, Russian Armenian football player *

Olena Akopyan Olena Hrachykivna Akopyan ( uk, Олена Грачиківна Акопян, born 4 October 1969) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S5 events. She is also one of the rare sportswomen to have competed in both the ...

(born 1969), Ukrainian Armenian Paralympic swimmer * Olga Akopyan (born 1985), Russian handball player * Setrak Akopyan (born 1999), Russian Armenian football player * Stepan Yegorovich Akopyan, Prime Minister of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1937)

Akopyants

* Andrey Akopyants, Uzbekistani football player of Armenian descent

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Hagopian

* Anne Hagopian van Buren (1927–2008), American art historian *Clara Hagopian, maiden name of the (adopting) mother of Steve Jobs * Dean Hagopian, Armenian-Canadian actor, radio personality and musician, voice actor and record producer *Frances Hagopian, political scientist. * Hagop Der Hagopian (1884–1983), birth name of Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), an Armenian activist and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis, a campaign of revenge against officials of the former Ottoman Empire who instigated the Armenian Genocide during World War I. He is also a writer and a thinker * Hagop Hagopian (militant), nom de guerre of Harutiun Takoshian, an Armenian military commander and guerilla, leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) *

Harold Hagopian Harold G. Hagopian is an American violinist, entrepreneur, record producer and founder of Traditional Crossroads world music record label in 1993. Biography Hagopian is the son of Armenian-American oud virtuoso Richard Hagopian. His paternal g ...

, Armenian-American violinist, entrepreneur, record producer and founder of Traditional Crossroads world music record label * J. Michael Hagopian (1913–2010), Armenian-born American filmmaker * Richard Hagopian (born 1937), Armenian-American oud player and a traditional Armenian musician * Robert Hagopian (1911-1995), Armenian-American attorney, government official, and politician *

Seta Hagopian Seta Hagopian ( ar, سيتا هاكوبيان; born July 28, 1950, in Basra, Iraq) is an Iraqi singer of Armenian origin. Her singing career began in 1968 which led to much success for she is known to be the "Warm voice of Iraq" and has been d ...

, or Seta Agobian, Iraqi Armenian singer * V. H. Hagopian (died 1916), Ottoman Armenian author and professor of Ottoman Turkish and Persian in Anatolia College * Yenovk Der Hagopian (1900–1966), American-Armenian artist, sculptor and musician

Hakobian

* Hakob Hakobian (painter) or Hakob Hakobyan, also spelled Hagop Hagopian (1923–2013), modern Armenian painter *

Hakob Hakobian (poet) Hakob Hakobian ( hy, Հակոբ Հակոբյան; often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian; 29 May 1866, in Elisavetpol – 13 November 1937, in Tbilisi), was a Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry. Communist ...

often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian (1866–1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry * Hakob Melik Hakobian (1835–1888), Armenian author, novelist and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature, better known by his pen name Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի; Persian: رافی)

Hakopian

* Michael Andrew Hakopian Armenian-American drummer of the Deli Creeps, Giant Robot II, and the Cornbugs a.k.a.

Pinchface Michael Andrew Hakopian, better known as Pinchface is the drummer of the Deli Creeps, Giant Robot II, and the Cornbugs. He has also appeared on numerous Buckethead albums, such as '' Population Override'' and '' Giant Robot'' (tracks "I Come ...

* Raffi Hakopian, Armenian-American violinis

Hakobyan

* Andranik Hakobyan (boxer), Andranik Hakobyan (born 1981), Armenian-Swiss boxer * Andranik Hakobyan (poet) (born 1959), Armenian poet, publicist, statesman and public figure * Anna Hakobyan (born 1978), Armenian journalist, wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan * Ara Hakobyan (born 1980), Armenian football player * Ara H. Hakobyan (born 1973), Armenian artist, art critic *

Aram Hakobyan Aram Hakobyan ( hy, Արամ Հակոբյան; born 15 August 1979) is an Armenian football coach and a former striker. Club career Aram was a top scorer in the Armenian Premier League 2006 season, scoring with 25 goals. He was also voted the ...

(born 1979), Armenian football player * Davit Hakobyan (born 1993), Armenian football player * Felix Hakobyan (born 1981), Armenian football player * Gor Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian rapper, broadcaster and actor * Taguhi Hakobyan Soviet Armenian actress known as Hasmik, * Hayk Hakobyan (born 1980), Armenian football player * Hayk Hakobyan (singer) (born 1973), Armenian singer better known as

Hayko Hayk "Hayko" Hakobyan ( hy, Հայկ Հակոբյան; 25 August 1973 – 29 September 2021) was an Armenian singer and songwriter. Biography Hayko was born on 25 August 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union). He studied at Y ...

* Hayk Hakobyan (weightlifter), Armenian weightlifter *

Hranush Hakobyan Hranush Hrant Hakobyan ( hy, Հրանուշ Հրանտի Հակոբյան) is an Armenian politician who is the longest-serving woman in the National Assembly of Armenia and among the only seven women members of Armenia's Parliament. She was th ...

, Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly of Armenia and Minister of the Diaspora * Joseph Hakobyan (born 1931), Russian Armenian scientist * Karen Hakobyan, American-Armenian pianist, composer and conductor * Kristine Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian football player * Leonid Hakobyan (1936-2002), Soviet Armenian economist * Mariam Hakobyan (born 1949), Armenian sculptor *

Mihran Hakobyan Mihran Hakobyan ( hy, Միհրան Հակոբյան; born February 18, 1984) is an Armenian sculptor. He created the 2014 ''Wikipedia Monument'' in Słubice, the first one of its type. Biography Mihran Hakobyan was born in Stepanakert. His ...

(born 1984), Armenian sculptor *

Movses Hakobyan Movses Hranti Hakobyan ( hy, Մովսես Հրանտի Հակոբյան; born 4 February 1965) is a former senior Armenian military official and the former commander of NKR Defense Army and former Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Arme ...

(born 1965), Armenian military official and the former commander of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Defense Army * Silva Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian pop singer *

Tatul Hakobyan __NOTOC__ Tatul Ashiki Hakobyan ( hy, Թաթուլ Աշիկի Հակոբյան; born December 29, 1969) is an Armenian reporter and an independent political analyst. Early life and education Hakobyan was born in the village of Dovegh in northe ...

(born 1969), Armenian reporter and political analyst * Vagharshak Hakobyan (born 1991), Armenian Turkologist and politician, Member of the National Assembly of Armenia * Vahe Hakobyan (politician, born 1971), Armenian politician * Vahe Hakobyan (politician, born 1977), Armenian politician *

Vahtang Hakobyan Vahtang Hakobyan (born 15 August 1975) is a retired football player. Hakobyan made one substitute's appearance for the Armenia national football team in a 2003 friendly against Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِ� ...

(born 1975), Armenian football player *

Versand Hakobyan Versand Francikovich Hakobyan (; 15 September 1950 – 19 July 2022) was an Armenian aviation executive, oligarch, and politician who served in the National Assembly of Armenia as a member of Prosperous Armenia from 2007 until 2012. Biography ...

(1950–2022), Armenian oligarch and politician {{surname Armenian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names