Sahakian
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Sahakian (Armenian: Սահակեան) or Sahakyan (Սահակյան) is a fairly common surname in Armenia originating from the patronymic Armenian equivalent to Isaac. Sahakian translates to Isaacson, Son of Isaac, or descendant of Isaac.
The surname can refer to the following people:
Sahakian
Barbara Sahakian (born 1952), American-born neuroscientist, based in Cambridge, UK
Henry D. Sahakian (1937–2021), an Iranian-American businessman, the founder of Uni-Mart
Jack Sahakian (1931–1995), an American actor
Mariana Sahakian (born 1977), an Armenian table tennis player
Oshin Sahakian (born 1986), an Iranian basketball player
Vahram Sahakian (sometimes as Vahram Sahakyan) (born 1968), Armenian dramatist, film director and actor
William S. Sahakian (1922–1986), an American philosopher
Sahakyan
Adam Sahakyan (1996–2016), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, killed in the Four-Day War
Anushavan Sahakyan (born 1972), Armenian Freestyle wrestler
Aramais Sahakyan (1936–2013), an Armenian poet and translator
Avetik Sahakyan (1863–1933), former Parliamentary President of Armenia
Bako Sahakyan (born 1960), former president of Artsakh
Galust Sahakyan (1949–2022), Armenian politician, MP and the former President of the National Assembly of Armenia
Gevorg Sahakyan (born 1990), Polish Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian descent
Kamsar-Kamo Sahakyan (born 1961), an Armenian painter
Norayr Sahakyan (born 1987), an Armenian football player
Sahak Sahakyan (1929–2010), an Armenian sculptor, artist and participant in World War II
Tatshat Sahakyan (1916–1999), an Armenian historian, Armenologist, teacher and professor
Varvara Sahakyan, an Armenian politician
Saakian
Sumbat Saakian (1951–1993), a politician in the Government of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic
Saakyan
Mariya Saakyan (1980–2018), Russian film director
Ter-Sahakyan
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (born 1993), Armenian chess grandmaster
Sahakyants
Sahakyants is an archaized form of Sahakyan (as is the case with other Armenian surnames ending with -ts).
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