Mkhitar or Mekhitar or Mechitar or Latinized Mechitarius () is a common

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n male given name. See wikt:Մխիթար, Մխիթար for more on the origin of the name. The surname Mkhitaryan is from this name.

Persons

Notable people bearing this name include: ;Historical * Mekhitar of Sebaste (1676–1749), founder of the Mekhitarists * Mekhitar of Ayrivank (1222–1307), compiler of a canon of holy books, composer officer. * Mkhitar Gosh (1130–1213), a scholar, writer, public figure, thinker, and priest. * Mkhitar Sparapet (?-1730), a military commander * Mkhitar Heratsi, an Armenian physician of the 12th century ;Contemporary * Mkhitar Djrbashian (1918–1994), a notable Armenian mathematician. * Mkhitar Manukyan (born 1973), an Armenian wrestler * Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan (born 1950), Armenian politician and minister

Others

* Mkhitar Sebastatsi Educational Complex, a public school in Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, Armenia

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