Mkhitaryan
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Mkhitaryan, Mkhitarian or Mekhitarian (Armenian: Մխիթարյան, Western Armenian Մխիթարեան) is an Armenian surname. See Մխիթարյան for the origin.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]Notable people with the surname include:
Artists
[edit | edit source]- Anahit Mekhitarian (born 1969), Armenian operatic soprano
- Gor Mkhitarian (born 1973), Armenian singer and songwriter
Politicians
[edit | edit source]- Arzik Mkhitaryan (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of Artsakh
Sportspeople
[edit | edit source]- Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959–2010), Armenian head of the National weightlifting team of Armenia
- Hamlet Mkhitaryan (1962–1996), Soviet/Armenian footballer who played as a striker
- Hamlet Mkhitaryan (born 1973), Armenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan (born 1989), Armenian footballer who plays as a midfielder
- Krikor Mekhitarian (born 1986), Brazilian chess master of Armenian descent
- Oganez Mkhitaryan (born 1962), Armenian football coach and former player
See also
[edit | edit source]- Mechitarists (Armenian: Մխիթարեաններ), also spelled Mekhitarists, or Mekhitarian Fathers (Armenian: Մխիթարեան հայրեր), headquartered in Venice and Vienna, congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste.
