Levon or Lévon is an Armenian

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Leon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

. It is also a

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. Notable people with the name include:

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Levon

* King Leo (disambiguation), a series of individuals known as King Levon (in Armenian) * Levon Abrahamian (born 1947), Armenian anthropologist and historian * Levon Aghababyan (1887–1915), Armenian mathematician and teacher * Levon Aghasyan (born 1995), Armenian triple jumper * Levon Altonian (1936–2020), Lebanese football player * Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955), Armenian classical violinist and conductor *

Levon Ananyan Levon Ananyan (; 13 October 1946 – 2 September 2013) was an Armenian journalist and translator. Biography Born in Koghb, Tavush, Levon Ananyan was a graduate of the Yerevan State University, Department of Philology. He worked for a number ...

(1946–2013), Armenian journalist and translator *

Levon Aronian Levon Grigori Aronian (; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster who has represented the United States since 2021. A chess prodigy, he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at the age of 17. He is a former world rapid and blit ...

(born 1982), Armenian chess Grandmaster *

Levon Babujian Levon Babujian (; born May 8, 1986) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. Babujian was born in Yerevan. He attended the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport and is the director of a chess school in the Malatia-Sebastia District ...

(born 1986), Armenian chess Grandmaster * Levon Garabed Baljian (1908–1994), Armenian Supreme Patriarch * Levon Bayramyan (born 1998), Russian footballer of Armenian descent * Levon Alexander Boyadjian (1921–2002), Armenian Egyptian photographer * Levon Chailakhyan (1928–2009), Russian physiologist, biophysicist, and embryologist of Armenian origin * Levon Chaushian (born 1946), Armenian composer, vice-president of the Armenian Composers' Union and chairman of the Armenian Composers Assembly * Levon Chilingirian (born 1948), UK-based Armenian violinist, founder of the Chilingirian Quartet * Levon Chookaszian (born 1952), Armenian art historian and the UNESCO Chair of Armenian Art History * Levon Chorbajian (born 1942), American sociologist * Levon Davidian (1944–2009), Iranian-Armenian politician, member of Iranian parliament * Levon Geghamyan (born 1977), Armenian Greco Roman wrestler * Levon Ghulyan, Armenian politician * Levon Ashotovich Grigorian (1947–1975), Soviet Armenian chess player * Levon Harutyunyan (1927–2007), Armenian biologist and scholar * Levon Harutyunyan (born 1967), Armenian actor *

Levon Hawke Levon Roan Thurman Hawke (born January 15, 2002) is an American actor. He is the son of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, and brother of actress Maya Hawke. Early life Levon was born in 2002, the younger of two children born to actors Ethan Hawke a ...

(born 2002), American actor * Levon Hayrapetyan (born 1989), Armenian football player *

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Hel ...

(1940–2012), American rock musician, singer and actor; member of The Band * Levon Ichkhanian (born 1964), Lebanese Armenian Canadian guitarist of stringed instruments specialist * Levon Ishtoyan (born 1947), Soviet Armenian footballer * Levon "Bo" Jones, American former death row inmate for 15 years * Levon Julfalakyan (born 1964), Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler * Levon Kemalyan (1907–1976), Armenian-American model railroading entrepreneur * Levon Kendall (born 1984), Canadian basketball player * Levon Khechoyan (1955–2014), Armenian writer and novelist * Levon Khachigian (born 1964), Armenian Australian medical scientist * Levon Khachikyan (1918–1982), Soviet Armenian historian and philologist *

Levon Kirkland Lorenzo Levon Kirkland (born February 17, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 11 years in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A two-time All-Pro and two-time ...

(born 1969), American football linebacker * Levon Lachikyan (born 1955), Armenian art critic and graphic artist * Levon Larents (1875–1915), or Levon Kirisciyan, Ottoman Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher * Levon Malkhasyan (born 1945), Armenian jazz musician * Levon Manaseryan (1925–2019), Armenian artist and professor * Levon Marashlian (born 1948), American historian, professor and scholar * Lévon Minassian, French-Armenian duduk player *

Levon Mirzoyan Levon Isayevich Mirzoyan (; ) (14 November 1897 – 26 February 1939) was the List of heads of state of Azerbaijan, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920), Communist Party of the Azerbaijan from 21 Janu ...

(1897–1939), Soviet politician; Secretary of Communist Party of the Azeri SSR (1926–1929) and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1936–1938) *

Levon Mkrtchyan Levon Mkrtchyan (; ; born February 25, 1953, in Leninakan (now Gyumri) is an Armenian director, known for his documentary films about Armenian culture and history, such as ''Davit Anhaght'', ''Charents: Known and Unknown Sides'', ''Jean Garzu'', ...

(born 1953), Armenian film and documentary film director * Levon Mnatsakanyan (born 1965), Armenian politician * Levon Orbeli (1882–1958), or Leon Orbeli, Armenian physiologist * Levon Pachajyan (born 1983), Armenian footballer * Levon Pashabezyan (born 1986), Armenian taekwondo practitioner *

Levon Pashalian Levon Pashalian (; 1868 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - 1943 in Vichy, France), was an Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, novelist, and politician. Biography Levon Pashalian was born in 1868 in Üsküdar, a district of Constan ...

(1868–1943), Ottoman Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, novelist, and politician * Levon Pogosian, Canadian Armenian professor of astrophysics * Lévon Sayan (born 1934), or Levon Sanosyan, French-Armenian impresario and producer, operatic tenor *

Levon Shant Levon Shant (; born Levon Nahashbedian, then changed to Levon Seghposian; 6 April 1869 – 29 November 1951) was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society. Biography He was ...

(1869–1951), Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, and founder of the Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation * Levon Stepanyan (born 1971), Armenian footballer and coach *

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan (; born 9 January 1946), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician and historian who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998. A senior researcher at the Matena ...

(born 1945), Armenian politician; first President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998 * Levon Tourian (1879–1933), Armenian-American cleric * Levon Tumanyan (1869–1942), Russian politician and parliamentarian *

Levon Zekiyan Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (; born 21 October 1943 in Istanbul) is an armenology, Armenologist, philosopher, Professor of Armenian Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome and Istanbul Universi ...

(born 1943), Armenian scholar *

Levon Zourabian Levon Arami Zourabian () (born March 9, 1964) is an Armenian politician and vice-chairman of the Armenian National Congress political party. He was a member of parliament and the head of the Armenian National Congress's parliamentary faction from ...

(born 1964), Armenian politician

Leon/Léon

* Leon I of Abkhazia, 8th-century Armenian king *

Leon II of Abkhazia Leon II ( ka, ლეონ II), of the Anchabadze dynasty, was the hereditary prince ('' Eristavi'') from 767 to 778 and king ('' mepe'') of the Kingdom of Abkhazia from 778 to 828. He was the nephew and successor of Leon I and from maternal si ...

, 9th-century Armenian king * Leon III of Abkhazia, 10th-century Georgian king * Leon of Kakheti (1503–1574), Georgian king *

León Arslanián León Arslanián (born November 30, 1941) is an Argentine lawyer, jurist and public official who notably served as Chief Justice in the tribunal that presided over the 1985 Trial of the Juntas. Life and times León Carlos Arslanián was born in ...

(born 1941), Argentine lawyer, jurist and public official * Leon Chechemian (1848–1920), Armenian cleric *

Leon Czolgosz Leon Frank Czolgosz ( ; ; May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901) was an American wireworker and Anarchism, anarchist who assassination of William McKinley, assassinated President of the United States, United States president William McKinley on Septe ...

(1873–1901), American wireworker and anarchist * Leon Danielian (1920–1997), American ballet dancer and choreographer *

Alejandra León Gastélum Alejandra del Carmen León Gastélum (born 9 June 1976) is a Mexican politician who is currently Senator from the State of Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It ...

(born 1976), Mexican Armenian politician * Alexander Leon Gumuchian (stage name bbno$, born 1995), Canadian rapper and singer-songwriter * Léon Gurekian (1871–1950), Ottoman Armenian writer, architect and political activist * Pablo León Hakimian (1953–2024), Armenian Argentinian bishop * Leon Srabian Herald (1896–1976), Armenian-American poet * Leon Kalustian (1908–1990), Romanian journalist, essayist and memoirist * Leon Khachatourian (born 1936), Iranian Armenian boxer *

Leon Merian Leon Merian (17 September 1923 – 15 August 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter and teacher. Dizzy Gillespie described his playing as "one of the most beautiful sounds you'll ever hear". Merian was also a French teacher and public school admin ...

(1923–2007), American jazz trumpeter and teacher * Richard Leon Paniguian (1949–2017), Armenian British oil executive * Leon S. Peters (1905–1983), American businessman, engineer and philanthropist * Leon Petrosyan (born 1940), Russian mathematician and professor * Grant-Leon Ranos (born 2003), Armenian footballer *

Leon Redbone Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat (often a Panama), dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was ...

(1949–2019), Armenian-American jazz musician * Leon Sabua (born 2000), Russian footballer * Leon Surmelian (1902–1992), Armenian-American writer *

Leon Takhtajan Leon Armenovich Takhtajan (; , born 1 October 1950, Yerevan) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) mathematical physicist of Armenian descent, currently a professor of mathematics at the Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, and a leading researc ...

(born 1950), Russian-Armenian mathematical physicist * Leon Topalian, American businessman * Léon Arthur Tutundjian (1905–1968), Armenian painter

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* Robert Levon Been (born 1978), American indie rock bass guitarist, guitarist, and singer

Surname

August Alexander Levón August Alexander Levón (14 November 1820 – 30 August 1875) was a Finnish businessman. He started Finland's first steam-powered mill which first focused on milling rye for bread producers, in 1849. This mill was the beginning of Vaasan & Vaasa ...

(1820–1875), Finnish entrepreneur and businessman *

Elen Levon Elen Levon (born 13 July 1994, in Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-Australian singer, actress and dancer. Early life Elen Levon was born on 13 July 1994 in Ukraine and moved to Sydney, Australia with her family shortly after she was born. She started ba ...

(born 1994), Ukrainian-born Australian singer, songwriter, and dancer

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Levon

Leon/Léon

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