Hormizd (sometimes spelled Hormuzd and Graecized Hormisdas or Ormisdas) is an

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

name derived from the name of the god

Ahura Mazda Ahura Mazda (; ; or , ),The former is the New Persian rendering of the Avestan form, while the latter derives from Middle Persian. also known as Horomazes (),, is the only creator deity and Sky deity, god of the sky in the ancient Iranian ...

. It may refer to: Any of the several kings and members of the

Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

dynasty of Persia: *

Hormizd I Hormizd-Ardashir, better known by his dynastic name of Hormizd I (also spelled Hormozd I or Ohrmazd I; ), was the third Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') of Iran, who ruled from May 270 to June 271. He was the third-born son of Shapur I (), ...

(272–273), Sasanian king *

Hormizd II Hormizd II (also spelled Hormozd or Ohrmazd; ) was king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire. He ruled for six years and five months, from 303 to 309. He was a son and successor of Narseh (). During his reign, the Kingdom of Armenia had recently decla ...

(302–310), Sasanian king *

Hormizd III Hormizd III (; New Persian: ), was the seventeenth king (shah) of the Sasanian Empire, ruling briefly from 457 to 459. He was the son and successor of Yazdegerd II (). His reign was marked by the rebellion of his younger brother Peroz I, who wit ...

(457–459), Sasanian king *

Hormizd IV Hormizd IV (also spelled Hormozd IV or Ohrmazd IV; ) was the Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 579 to 590. He was the son and successor of Khosrow I () and his mother was a Khazar princess. During his reign, Hormizd IV had the high aristoc ...

(579–590), Sasanian king *

Hormizd V Farrukh Hormizd or Farrokh Hormizd (), also known as Hormizd V, was an Iranian prince, who was one of the leading figures in Sasanian Empire, Sasanian Iran in the early 7th-century. He served as the military commander (''spahbed'') of northern Iran ...

(593), Sasanian king * Hormizd VI (631–632), Sasanian king * Hormizd (son of Hormizd II) (), defected and fled to Constantinople * Hormizd of Sakastan, Sasanian prince * Hormizd I Kushanshah (270–295), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire * Hormizd II Kushanshah (295–300), ruler of the east of the Sasanian empire Other people with the name Hormizd or Hormisdas: *

Pope Hormisdas Pope Hormisdas (;"Hormisdas, St." in William Darrach Halsey, ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' Volume 12, Macmillan Educational Company, 1984, p. 244. c. 450 – 6 August 523) was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His pa ...

(c. 450 – 523), saint *

Hormizd the Martyr Hormizd, the Persian Martyr is a Catholic saint of the fifth century (c. 420). Theodoret, in his ''Historia Ecclesiastica (disambiguation), Historia Ecclesiastica'' presents the history of the life and the martyrdom of Hormizd, the Persian (c. 420). ...

(d. c. 420), saint * Rabban Hormizd, 7th century Assyrian saint *

Yohannan Hormizd Yohannan VIII Hormizd (often referred to by European missionaries as ''John Hormez'' or ''Hanna Hormizd'') (1760–1838) was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line of the Church of the East and the first patriarch of a united Chaldea ...

(1760–1838), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Hormuzd Rassam Hormuzd Rassam (; ; 182616 September 1910) was an Assyriologist and author. He is known for making a number of important archaeological discoveries from 1877 to 1882, including the clay tablets that contained the ''Epic of Gilgamesh,'' the world ...

(1826–1910), Assyrian assyriologist * Hormazd Narielwalla (born 1979), Indian-born collage artist * Hormasji Maneckji Seervai (1906–1996), Indian lawyer * Hormasji Kanga (1880–1945), Indian cricketer * Hormasji Vajifdar (1894–1961), Indian cricketer * Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (1838–1911), Indian businessman in Hong Kong * Naval Hormusji Tata (1904–1989), Indian businessman * Noshir Hormasji Antia (1922–2007), Indian plastic surgeon * Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (1914–2008), Field Marshal of the Indian Army Other uses: *

Rabban Hormizd Monastery Rabban Hormizd Monastery () is an important convent to the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church, founded about 640 AD by the Church of the East, carved out in the mountains about 2 miles from Alqosh, Iraq, 28 miles north o ...

, an ancient monastery in Iraq * Mar Hormiz Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Angamaly *

Boukoleon Palace The Palace of Boukoleon () or Bucoleon was one of the Byzantine palaces in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul in Turkey.) The palace is located on the shore of the Sea of Marmara, to the south of the Hippodrome and east of the Little Hagia So ...

in Constantinople, sometimes called the Hormisdas Palace after the son of Hormizd II * Khurdad (son of Hurmuzd-Afarid), Persian student in Constantinople

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