Ashot or Ashod () is an Armenian given name.
Notable persons with the name include:
Kings of the Bagratuni dynasty
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Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826), Armenian prince
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Ashot I of Armenia
Ashot I (; c. 820 – 890) was a king of Armenia who oversaw the beginning of Armenia's second golden age (862 – 977). He was the son of Smbat VIII the Confessor and was a member of the Bagratuni dynasty.
Life
Early life
Ashot was born aroun ...
(Ashot the Great, 820–890), ruled 885–890
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Ashot II
Ashot II the Iron (; died 929) was king of Bagratid Armenia from 914 to 929. He was the son and successor of King Smbat I. His reign was filled with rebellions by vassals and pretenders to the throne, as well as foreign invasions, which Ashot fo ...
Yerkat (Ashot the Iron, died 929), ruled 914–929
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Ashot II Bagratuni
Ashot II Bagratuni () was the presiding prince of medieval Armenia, Armenia in 685–690, when the country was contested between the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyad Caliphate.
Ashot Bagratuni's father was named Biurat or Smbat. Ashot became presi ...
, 7th-century Armenian monarch
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Ashot III Bagratuni (690–762), Armenian nobleman of the Bagratuni dynasty
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Ashot III
Ashot III () was a king of Armenia, ruling the medieval kingdom of Bagratid Armenia from 952/53–77. Known as Ashot III the Merciful (Աշոտ Գ Ողորմած) and acknowledged by foreign rulers as the ''Shahanshah'' (king of kings) of ''Me ...
Voghormats (Ashot the Merciful, died 977), ruled 953–977
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Ashot IV
Ashot IV (, died c. 1040–41), surnamed Kaj (), i.e. "the Brave, the Valiant", was the younger son of King Gagik I of Armenia.
Life
When his eldest brother Hovhannes-Smbat (known also as Smbat III) was enthroned as King of Armenia as the legal ...
Qadj (Ashot the Brave), ruled 1021–1039/1040
Kings of Tao-Klarjeti
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Ashot I of Iberia
Ashot I the Great ( ka, აშოტ I დიდი ) (died 826/830) was a presiding prince of Iberia (modern Georgia), first of the Bagratid family to have attained to this office c. 813. From his base in Tao-Klarjeti, he fought to enlarge the B ...
(Ashot I Kuropalates, died 830), King of Tao-Klarjeti
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Ashot II of Tao
Ashot II ( ka, აშოტ II, tr) (died 25 January 954) was a Georgian prince of the Bagratid dynasty of Tao-Klarjeti with the Byzantine title of curopalates.
Ashot was the second son of Adarnase IV, king of Iberia/Kartli and younger brother ...
Kuropalates, King of Tao-Klarjeti 937–954
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Ashot the Immature (''Kukhi''), Eristavt Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-Klarjeti
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Ashot the Swift Ashot the Swift ( ka, აშოტ კისკასი, tr; died in 939) was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty from Tao-Klarjeti. He was nicknamed ''Kiskas'', meaning "the Swift"
Ashot was a son of Bagrat I of Klarjeti. He was married ...
(died 939), Georgian prince
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Ashot the Beautiful (died 867), Georgian prince
Kings of Vaspurakan
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Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan
Ashot-Sahak Artsruni (died 991) was the fourth 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, as the eldest, retained the royal tit ...
(died 991)
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Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan
Derenik-Ashot Artsruni (; died 958/959) was the second King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty, succeeding his father, Gagik I, on the latter's death. He died childless in 958/959 and was succeeded by his younger brother Abusahl-Hamazas ...
(died 958/959)
Other people
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Ashot ibn Shavur
Ashot ibn Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl was a Shaddadid prince, the second son of Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl. During the captivity of his older brother Fadl ibn Shavur by the Kingdom of Georgia, Georgians in 1068, he ruled in his stead as emir of ...
, Shaddadid ruler of Arran from 1068–69
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Ashot III of Taron Ashot III (, ''Asotios''; Arabic: ''Ashūṭ ibn Ghirghūr'' and ''Ibn Ṭurnīq''; ) was the last independent ruler of the southern Medieval Armenia, Armenian region of Taron (historic Armenia), Taron from until his death in 967.
Ashot was a natu ...
(900–967), Armenian king of Taron
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Ashot G. Abrahamian (1903–1983), Soviet Armenian historian
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Ashot Adamyan
Ashot Karlosi Adamyan (, 14 February 1953 in Yerevan) is an Armenian film and stage actor.
Early career
Talented actor, director, and musician, Ashot Adamyan, is known not only in Armenia, but also in many other countries. He has had a major i ...
(born 1953), Armenian actor
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Ashot Anastasian
Ashot Anastasian (; 16 July 1964 – 26 December 2016) was an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He won two team bronze medals and one individual gold medal at Chess Olympiads. On the March 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2556,[Ashot Ariyan
Ashot Ariyan (, ; born April 3, 1973) is an Armenian composer and pianist, residing in Canada. He is the author of more than 25 compositions including an opera-ballet, two symphonies, a piano concerto, two symphonic frescos, and a number of chambe ...]
(born 1973), Armenian composer and pianist
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Ashot Arsenyan
Ashot Arsenyan: (born 14 November 1960) is an Armenian businessman and politician. He is the founder and director of the company “Jermuk Group” CJSC and served as a deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia during the 4th an ...
(born 1960), Armenian politician and businessman
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Ashot Avagyan
Ashot Avagyan (Armenian language, Armenian: Աշոտ Ավագյան; born May 20, 1958) is a modern Armenians, Armenian artist who lives and works in Sisian, Armenia.
The cornerstone of Avagyan's artistic work is the cultural heritage of his ho ...
(born 1958), Armenian artist
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Ashot Avedyan
Ashot Avedyan (, ) is an Iranian football forward who played for Iran. He also played for Docharkheh Savaran and Taj SC
Esteghlal Football Club (استقلال), commonly known as Esteghlal (meaning 'The Independence'), is the oldest Iran ...
, 20th-century Iranian Armenian footballer
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Ashot Beglarian
Ashot Beglarian (; born August 1, 1968) is an Armenian writer, journalist, and translator.
Biography
Ashot Beglarian was born in 1968 in the town of Stepanakert. He is the son of poet Ernest Beglarian.
He graduated with a degree in literature ...
(born 1968), Armenian writer, journalist and translator
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Ashot Bleyan
Ashot Shamkhali Bleyan (in Armenian Աշոտ Բլեյան, born in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic on 4 September 1955), is an Armenian politician, educator, government minister and school master.
Bleyan graduated from Yerevan State U ...
(born 1955), Armenian politician and educator
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Ashot Chilingarian
Ashot Chilingarian (; born 18 May 1949) is an Armenian physicist known for his contributions to the fields of high-energy astrophysics, space weather, and high-energy atmospheric physics. He is the head of the Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) and the d ...
(born 1949), Armenian physicist
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Ashot Egiazaryan (born 1965), deputy of the State Duma of Russia
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Ashot Danielyan (born 1974), Armenian weightlifter
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Ashot Ghazaryan (born 1949), Armenian singer, showman, presenter and actor
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Ashot Ghulian
Ashot Vladimiri Ghulian (; born 19 August 1965) was the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh between 2005 and 2020.
Early life
He was born on 19 August 1965 in the Khndzristan village, Askeran Region of Nagorno-Karaba ...
(born 1965), Armenian politician
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Ashot Hovakimian (born 1961), Armenian diplomat
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Ashot Hovhannisian
Ashot Garegini Hovhannisian (; , ''Ashot Gareginovich Ioannisyan''; June 17, 1887June 30, 1972) was an Armenian Marxist historian, theorist and Communist official.
Life and career Early life
Hovhannisian was born on 17 June 1887 in the city Shush ...
(1887–1992), Soviet Armenian communist, Marxist historian and theorist
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Ashot Karagyan
Ashot Karagyan (; born 23 January 1951) is a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil and a bronze in the team épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Ol ...
(born 1951), Soviet Armenian fencer
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Ashot Karapetyan
Ashot Karapetyan (born 9 May 1999) is an Armenian alpine skiing, alpine skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
References
1999 births
Living people
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Armenian male alpine skiers
Olympic a ...
(born 1999), Armenian alpine skier
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Ashot Khachatryan
Ashot Sureni Khachatryan (; born 3 August 1959) is a retired football defender from Armenia. He obtained a total number of five caps for the national team. Khachatryan made his debut on 14 October 1992 against Moldova
Moldova, officially ...
(born 1959), Armenian football defender
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Ashot Khachaturyants
Ashot Rafailovich Khachaturyants (; born May 25, 1968, Kislovodsk, Stavropol Krai, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian football functionary, Philanthropist of Armenian origin, former vice president and member of the bureau of the executive committee of the ...
(born 1968), Armenian Russian oil executive, football administrator and philanthropist
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Ashot Manucharyan
Ashot Manucharyan (, born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, democratic socialist politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee. After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, he served as Minister ...
(born 1954), Armenian politician and educator
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Ashot Melikjanyan (1952–2001), Soviet Armenian actor
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Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist
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Ashot Melkonyan (born 1961), Armenian historian, professor and academic
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Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959–2010), Armenian weightlifting coach
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Ashot Nadanian
Ashot Nadanian (sometimes transliterated as ''Nadanyan''; ; born 19 September 1972) is an Armenian chess International Master (1997), chess theoretician and chess coach.
His highest achievements have been in opening theory and coaching. Two ...
(born 1972), Armenian chess player
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Ashot Navasardyan (1950–1997), Armenian politician, founder of the Republican Party of Armenia
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Ashot Petrosian (1950–1998), Soviet Armenian mathematician
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Ashot Potikyan (1946–2017), Russian Armenian snooker and Russian pyramid player
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Ashot Sahratyan (1936–2015), Russian Armenian poet, translator and artist
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Ashot Sarkisov (1924–2022), Russian nuclear scientist and engineer
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Ashot Satyan (1906–1958), Soviet Armenian composer and conductor
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Ashot Taronites, 10th-century Byzantine nobleman
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Ashot Ter-Matevosyan
Ashot Lemsiki Ter-Matevosyan ( born on 23 January 1985) is an Armenian actor. He is known for his roles in many Armenian TV-series airing on Shant TV, Armenia TV and Public Television company of Armenia. He works in ''Goy'' theater as an actor.
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(born 1985), Armenian actor
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Ashot Voskanyan Ashot Voskanyan (; born April 24, 1949) is an Armenian philosopher, former diplomat and member of parliament.
Biography
Voskanyan is a graduate of the faculty of philosophy of the Yerevan State University. He was a member of the Communist Party. H ...
(born 1949), Armenian philosopher, diplomat and parliamentarian
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Ashot Yeghiazaryan (1943–2016), Armenian diplomat
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Ashot Yesayan (born 1951), Armenian politician
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Ashot Zorian
Ashot Zorian (, ; 1905–June 4, 1970) was an Ottoman Empire-born Armenian Egyptian painter and educator. He was known for his Fauvist figure and still life paintings. He has many variations of his name in English and is also known as Ashot Zoryan ...
(1905–1970), Turkish-born Egyptian painter and educator of Armenian ethnicity
*Ashot, Medieval Armenian architect, Caravanserai of Zor, E. Turkey, inscription reads, "Built by Ashot."
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Aramashot Papayan (1911–1998), Soviet Armenian playwright, screenwriter, actor and director
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Bekor Ashot (1959–1992), Armenian army officer
See also
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Ashot Ashkelon, Israeli manufacturer
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Masculine given names