Hagop

Hakob or Hagop (Armenian: Հակոբ; Eastern Armenian pronunciation: hɑˈkɔpʰ, Western Armenian pronunciation: hɑˈɡɔpʰ) is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb, equivalent to English Jacob.[1] A common diminutive form is Hakobik (Հակոբիկ or Յակոբիկ).[1] The common Armenian surname Hakobyan/Hagopian (Հակոբյան or Յակոբեան) is derived from this name.[1]

Notable people named Agop

  • Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Turkish-Armenian linguist and specialist in Turkic languages
  • Agop Donabidian (born 1981), Lebanese footballer and coach
  • Agop Jack Hacikyan (1931–2015), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer
  • Agop Handanyan (1834–1899), Ottoman Armenian physician, writer, translator and professor
  • Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006), Bulgarian science fiction writer
  • Agop Terzan (1927–2020), Armenian-French astronomer

Surname

Notable people named Hagop

  • Hagop S. Akiskal (1944–2021), Armenian-American psychiatrist and professor
  • Hagop Baronian (1843–1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century
  • Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), Armenian scholar
  • Hagop Bogigian (1856–1931), Armenian American entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Hagop Barsoumian (1936–1986), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found
  • Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan, 20th-century Turkish Armenian professor
  • Hagop Chirishian (born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin
  • Hagop Der Hagopian, real name of Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), Armenian writer and revolutionary, and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
  • Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film My Son Shall Be Armenian
  • Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian) (1951–1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
  • Hakob Melik Hakobian, birth name of Armenian novelist Raffi (1835–1888)
  • Hagop Ishkanian (born 1938), Armenian American sculptor
  • Hagop Kantarjian, Armenian American oncologist
  • Hagop Kassarjian (born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister
  • Hagop Kazazian Pasha (1833–1891), high-ranking Ottoman official of Armenian origin who served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Privy Treasury during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
  • Hagop Kevorkian (1872–1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector
  • Hagop Oshagan (or Hakob Oshakan) (1883–1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic
  • Hagop Pakradounian (born 1956), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP
  • Hagop Panossian (born 1946), Armenian American aerospace engineer, academic and philanthropist
  • Hagop Sandaldjian (1931–1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor
  • Hagop Shahveledian (1856–1931), Armenian Protestant pastor, public figure and journalist
  • Hagop Tchaparian (born 1978), British Armenian musician
  • Hagop Terzian (1879–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer and pharmacist

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Notable people named Hakob

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). "YAKOB". Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran (in Armenian). Vol. III. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. pp. 481–516.
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