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Hovhannes

Hovhannes , also spelled Hovannes or Hovanes is Armenian for John. (Compare with Ioannes in Greek or Johannes in Latin.)

People with the given name:

  • Hovhannes Bagramyan (1897–1982), Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union
  • Hovhannes, Catholicos of Armenia or John V the Historian, Catholicos of Armenia from 897 to 925
  • Hovhannes Erznkatsi (c. 1250–1326), Armenian scholar
  • Hovannes "Ivan" Gevorkian (1907–1989), prominent Armenian surgeon and scientist
  • Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, (1864–1929), Armenian poet, translator and educator
  • Hovhannes I of Ani, King of Ani (1020–1040)
  • Hovhannes Katchaznouni (1868–1938), the first Prime Minister of the First Republic of Armenia
  • Hovhannes Mkrtchyan (born 1991), Armenian figure skater
  • Hovhannes Shiraz (1915–1984), Armenian poet
  • Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869–1923), Armenian poet and writer