Gasparyan () is an Armenian surname. Gasparyan, Gasparian, Gasparjan in

Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian () 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, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...

, or Kasparian, Kasparyan or Kasbarian (in

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...

) are all Latin alphabet variants of the same name, the spelling of which depends on what kind of

romanization of Armenian There are various systems of romanization of the Armenian alphabet. Transliteration systems Hübschmann-Meillet (1913) In linguistic literature on Classical Armenian, the commonly used transliteration is that of Hübschmann-Meillet (1913). ...

has taken place. It may refer to the following:

People

Gasparyan

Djivan Gasparyan Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; , ; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the d ...

, an Armenian musician and composer * Edgar Gasparyan, an Armenian footballer *

Gohar Gasparyan Gohar Mikayeli Gasparyan (14 December 192416 May 2007, ), also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer. Life Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Egypt, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city. In 1948, she ...

, an Egypt-born Armenian opera singer *

Gohar Gasparyan (entertainer) Gohar Gaspari Gasparyan (; is an Armenian TV personality, journalist, and model who currently works at Public Television of Armenia. From 2010 to 2018, she was head of the Armenian delegation in Eurovision and Junior Eurovision Song Contest. ...

, an Armenian television announcer and journalist *

Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, ; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian inactive tennis player. Betov ...

, a Russian tennis player

Gasparian

* Fernando Gasparian, a Brazilian publisher and politician * Scott Gasparian, aka 1Sky, an American-born Artist/Inventor

Kasparian

Ana Kasparian Anahit Misak Kasparian (; born July 7, 1986) is an American independent political commentator, media host, and journalist. She is a host and producer of the online news show ''The Young Turks'', having begun working as a fill-in producer for th ...

, American political talk show host

Kasparyan

Genrikh Kasparyan Genrikh Kasparyan (Surname also spelled Kasparian) (27 February 1910 – 27 December 1995) was an Armenian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Kasparyan became a national master i ...

, chess grandmaster *

Yuri Kasparyan Yuri Dmitriyevich Kasparyan (, born 24 June 1963) is a Russian musician best known for his time as the guitarist of the Soviet rock band Kino and as a member of Vyacheslav Butusov's group U-Piter. Early life Kasparyan was born on 24 June ...

, guitarist

Kasbarian

Michael Petros III Kasparian Michael Petros III Kasbarian (in Armenian Միքայէլ Պետրոս Գ. Գասպարեան ) was a member of the Order of St. Antoine, from Aleppo, Syria. During his time at Bzommar there was not a church. All the big events took place at th ...

, 3rd Catholicos-Patriarch of the

Armenian Catholic Church The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church. It accepts the papal supremacy, leadership of the bishop of Rome, and is therefore in full communion with ...

* Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 18th Catholicos-Patriarch of the

* Anahit 'Ana' Kasparian, television producer and host * Sarkis Kasparian, former president of

ASA Issy Association Sportive Ararat Issy is a French Association football, football club founded in 1975 in sports, 1975 based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Managed by Franck Toutoundjian, A.S.A Issy (or A.S Ararat Issy) plays in the championnat de France Amate ...

French football club

Kasparov

Kasparov is a Russified version of the same surname *

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess Elo rating system, ra ...

, former world chess champion *

Gevorg Kasparov Gevorg Kasparov (, born 25 July 1980) is an Armenian Goalkeeping coach (UEFA B Licence) and former professional goalkeeper. Club career Dvin Artashat Before playing in Dvin, Kasparov is a graduate of the Yerevan football school. As a youth, he ...

, an Armenian goalkeeper