# Hakobyan

Hakobyan (Armenian: Հակոբյան (reformed); Յակոբեան (classical)) is an Armenian surname with the meaning "son of Hakob" (Armenian for Jacob). This surname has multitudes of transliterations into Latin alphabet, including Acopian, Acopyan, Agopian, Agopyan, Akobian, Akobyan, Akopyan, Hagopian, Hagopyan, Hakobian, and others. A Russified version of this surname is Akopov. A variant is Hakobyants, Hagopiantz (Armenian: Հակոբյանց (reformed); Յակոբեանց (classical)), with similar variations of rendering in the Latin alphabet.

## A
### Acopian

* Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), Armenian-American inventor, industrialist, environmentalist

### Agopian

* Krikor Agopian, Lebanese-Canadian painter

### Agopyan

* Simon Agopyan (1857–1921), Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter

### Akobian

* Varuzhan Akobian, Armenian-American chess Grandmaster

### Akopian

* Arthur Akopian, Soviet Armenian gymnast and coach (also Artur Akopian, Arthur Akopyan, Arthur Akopian
* Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Russian pianist of Armenian descent
* Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess Grandmaster

### Akopyan

* Amayak Akopyan (born 1956), Soviet and Russian Armenian illusionist, actor, circus artist
* Arkadi Akopyan, Russian Armenian football player
* Armen Akopyan, Ukrainian Armenian football player
* Olena Akopyan (born 1969), Ukrainian Armenian Paralympic swimmer
* Olga Akopyan (born 1985), Russian handball player
* Setrak Akopyan (born 1999), Russian Armenian football player

### Akopyants

* Andrey Akopyants, Uzbekistani football player of Armenian descent

## H
### Hagopian

* Anne Hagopian van Buren (1927–2008), American art historian
* Clara Hagopian, maiden name of the (adopting) mother of Steve Jobs
* Dean Hagopian, Armenian-Canadian actor, radio personality and musician, voice actor and record producer
* Frances Hagopian, political scientist.
* Hagop Der Hagopian (1884–1983), birth name of Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), an Armenian activist and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis, a campaign of revenge against officials of the former Ottoman Empire who instigated the Armenian Genocide during World War I. He is also a writer and a thinker
* Hagop Hagopian (militant), nom de guerre of Harutiun Takoshian, an Armenian military commander and guerilla, leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
* Harold Hagopian, Armenian-American violinist, entrepreneur, record producer and founder of Traditional Crossroads world music record label
* J. Michael Hagopian (1913–2010), Armenian-born American filmmaker
* Richard Hagopian (born 1937), Armenian-American oud player and a traditional Armenian musician
* Robert Hagopian (1911–1995), Armenian-American attorney, government official, and politician
* Seta Hagopian, or Seta Agobian, Iraqi Armenian singer
* V. H. Hagopian (died 1916), Ottoman Armenian author and professor of Ottoman Turkish and Persian in Anatolia College
* Yenovk Der Hagopian (1900–1966), American-Armenian artist, sculptor and musician

### Hakobian

* Hakob Hakobian (painter) or Hakob Hakobyan, also spelled Hagop Hagopian (1923–2013), modern Armenian painter
* Hakob Hakobian (poet) often transliterated from Russian as Akop Akopian (1866–1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletarian poetry
* Hakob Melik Hakobian (1835–1888), Armenian author, novelist and leading figure in 19th-century Armenian literature, better known by his pen name Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի; Persian: رافی)

### Hakopian

* Michael Andrew Hakopian Armenian-American drummer of the Deli Creeps, Giant Robot II, and the Cornbugs a.k.a. Pinchface

### Hakobyan

* Andranik Hakobyan (born 1981), Armenian-Swiss boxer
* Andranik Hakobyan (poet) (born 1959), Armenian poet, publicist, statesman and public figure
* Anna Hakobyan (born 1978), Armenian journalist, wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan
* Ara Hakobyan (born 1980), Armenian football player
* Ara H. Hakobyan (born 1973), Armenian artist, art critic
* Aram Hakobyan (born 1979), Armenian football player
* Davit Hakobyan (born 1993), Armenian football player
* Felix Hakobyan (born 1981), Armenian football player
* Gor Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian rapper, broadcaster and actor
* Taguhi Hakobyan Soviet Armenian actress known as Hasmik
* Hayk Hakobyan (born 1980), Armenian football player
* Hayk Hakobyan (singer) (born 1973), Armenian singer better known as Hayko
* Hranush Hakobyan, Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly of Armenia and Minister of the Diaspora
* Joseph Hakobyan (born 1931), Russian Armenian scientist
* Karen Hakobyan, American-Armenian pianist, composer and conductor
* Kristine Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian football player
* Leonid Hakobyan (1936–2002), Soviet Armenian economist
* Mariam Hakobyan (born 1949), Armenian sculptor
* Mihran Hakobyan (born 1984), Armenian sculptor
* Movses Hakobyan (born 1965), Armenian military official and the former commander of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Defense Army
* Silva Hakobyan (born 1988), Armenian pop singer
* Tatul Hakobyan (born 1969), Armenian reporter and political analyst
* Vagharshak Hakobyan (born 1991), Armenian Turkologist and politician, Member of the National Assembly of Armenia
* Vahe Hakobyan (politician, born 1971), Armenian politician
* Vahe Hakobyan (politician, born 1977), Armenian politician
* Versand Hakobyan (1950–2022), Armenian oligarch and politician