Baghdasarian
family name (Բաղդասարյան)
Bagdasarian, Bagdasaryan, Baghdasarian or Baghdasaryan (Armenian: Բաղդասարյան) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Baghdasar" (Armenian for Balthazar) that may refer to:
Bagdasarian / Bagdasaryan
Aleksandr Sergeevich Bagdasaryan (born 1946), Soviet Armenian radio and electronics engineer. 10002 Bagdasarian is a minor planet named after him
Arsen Bagdasaryan (born 1977), Turkmen-Armenian footballer
Prince Bagdasarian (born 1984), American film director, screenwriter, and editor
Ross Bagdasarian (1919–1972), creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
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