Samvel () is an Armenian name. It is the Armenian equivalent of Samuel. It may refer to: *

Samvel Aleksanyan Samvel Limindri Aleksanyan (Armenian: Սամվել Լիմինդրի Ալեքսանյան; born August 19, 1968, Yerevan, Armenian SSR), former deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, oligarch and businessman. Biography Samvel Aleksanyan was ...

(born 1968), Armenian oligarch, politician and parliamentarian *

Samvel Alumyan Samvel Alumyan (; 1941 – 1987) was a Soviet-Armenian classical pianist, winner of the George Enescu International Piano Competition in 1967 (a prize shared ex-aequo with Radu Lupu). He was a student of Yakov Flier at the Moscow Conservatory (gra ...

(1941–1987), Soviet Armenian violinist *

Samvel Aslanyan Samvel Ovikovich Aslanyan (; born 23 February 1986) is a Russian handball player who plays for Steaua București. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is ...

(born 1986), Russian handball player *

Samvel Babayan Samvel Andraniki Babayan (; born 5 March 1965) is an Armenians, Armenian military officer and politician. He was one of the founders and main commanders of the Artsakh Defence Army during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and became a war hero amon ...

(born 1965), leader of the Dashink political party in Artsakh *

(born 1971), Uzbek football coach of Armenian descent *

Samvel Balasanyan Samvel Balasanyan is an Armenian politician. He was the mayor of Gyumri and a former Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Armenia. Early life Balasanyan was born on October 12, 1954, in Gyumri, which was named Leninakan at the time. Mr. Bal ...

(born 1954), Armenian politician and parliamentarian * Samvel Danielyan (born 1971), Armenian Russian wrestler *

Samvel Darbinyan Samvel Darbinyan () is an Armenian football coach who is currently the manager of Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan (), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenia, Armenian professional Association football, football club based ...

(born 1952), Armenian football coach *

Samvel Gasparov Samvel Vladimirovich Gasparov (; 7 June 1938 – 26 May 2020) was a Russian film director and short story writer. He worked for some time at the Odesa Film Studio. He was buried at Khovanskoye Cemetery. Career Gasporov was one of the Russian ...

(1938–2020), Soviet/Russian film director and short story writer *

Samvel Gasparyan Samvel Gasparyan is an Armenian retired weightlifter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 102kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the two gold medal in European championships the men's 102kg ev ...

, Armenian weightlifter * Samvel Gezalian (born 1970), Armenian ice dancer *

Samvel Grigoryan Samvel Avanesovich Grigoryan (; April 20, 1907 in Shushikend, Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh (, ; ) is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karab ...

(1907–1987), Soviet Armenian poet and translator *

Samvel Karapetian Samvel Karapetian (; 30 July 1961 – 27 February 2020) was an Armenian historian, researcher, author, and expert of medieval architecture, specializing in the study of the historical monuments of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of th ...

(1961–2020), Armenian historian, researcher, and architecture expert * Samvel Karapetyan (born 1965), Armenian Russian billionaire * Samvel Karapetyan (born 1962), Armenian general * Samvel Kocharyants (1909–1993), Soviet Armenian nuclear scientist * Samvel Manukyan (born 1974), Armenian wrestler *

Samvel Melkonyan Samvel Melkonyan (, born on 15 March 1984 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Armenian former footballer who played as a winger. Samvel was also a member of the Armenia national football team, participated in 29 international matches ...

(born 1984), Armenian football midfielder *

Samvel Mkrtchyan Samvel Suren Mkrtchyan (''Armenian: Սամվել Մկրտչյան'') (25 February 1959 – 7 December 2014) was an Armenian translator, editor and writer. Early life Mkrtchyan was born in Talin in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. He ...

(1959–2014), Armenian writer *

Samvel Mnatsyan Samvel Mnatsyan (5 March 1990 – 6 October 2019) was a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. Throughout his career, he competed in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), playing for teams such as Barys Astana, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, and ...

(1990–2019), Armenian Russian ice hockey player * Samvel Nikoyan (born 1957), Armenian politician and parliamentarian *

Samvel Petrosyan Samvel Petrosyan (, ; born on 27 September 1954) in Yerevan, is a former Soviet football striker. Now is manager who has worked as the coach of several Armenian teams among which FC Pyunik, the Armenia U-21 team and FC Gandzasar Kapan. He bec ...

(born 1954), Armenian football manager *

Samvel Sevada Samvel Sevada Grigoryan (; born September 12, 1949), is an Armenian artist, photographer and poet. Biography Sevada was born in the city of Gyumri, Armenia. In 1974, he graduated from Yerevan's State Fine Arts and Theater Institute. Since 1980 ...

(born 1949), Armenian artist, photographer and poet * Samvel Shoukourian (born 1950), computer scientist, academician of

NAS RA The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri azgayin akademia'') is the Armenian national academy, functioning as the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activ ...

Samvel Shahramanyan Samvel Sergeyi Shahramanyan (born 1 December 1978) is an Armenian politician who served as the 5th and final president of the Republic of Artsakh from 10 September 2023 to 21 May 2025. He also served as the leader of the Republic of Artsakh gove ...

(born 1978), Armenian politician and 5th President of Artsakh *

Samvel Ter-Sahakyan Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (; born 19 September 1993) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. Career He won the 2003 Under 10 and 2009 Under 18 European Youth Chess Championship. He completed the Grandmaster requirements on 18 September 2008 during the ...

(born 1993), Armenian chess Grandmaster *

Samvel Tumanyan Samvel Tumanyan (born 25 February 1949) is an Armenian politician. He attended Yerevan State University. Tumanyan served as a People's Party and National Unity member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 1999 to 2003. He was awarded the Ord ...

(born 1949), Armenian politician *

Samvel Yervinyan Samvel Yervinyan (, born January 25, 1966) is an Armenian Violin, violinist and composer. Biography Yervinyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He began studying at the age of 9 in Alexander Spendiarian, Spenderian Music School under the tutoring ...

(born 1966), Armenian musician and composer * ''Samvel'', an Armenian novel by the writer

Raffi Raffi Cavoukian (, born July 8, 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's music. In 1992, ''The Washington Post'' called him "the most p ...

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