Hakob or Hagop (; Eastern Armenian pronunciation: , Western Armenian pronunciation: ) is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek ἸñúÃÂò, Iaká¹Âb, equivalent to English Jacob. A common diminutive form is Hakobik ( or ). The common Armenian surname Hakobyan/Hagopian ( or ) is derived from this name.
Notable people named Agop
- Agop Dilaçar (or Hagop Martayan) (1895âÂÂ1979), Turkish-Armenian linguist and specialist in Turkic languages
- Agop Donabidian (born 1981), Lebanese footballer and coach
- Agop Jack Hacikyan (1931âÂÂ2015), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer
- Agop Handanyan (1834âÂÂ1899), Ottoman Armenian physician, writer, translator and professor
- Agop Melkonyan (1949âÂÂ2006), Bulgarian science fiction writer
- Agop Terzan (1927âÂÂ2020), Armenian-French astronomer
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Notable people named Hagop
- Hagop S. Akiskal (1944âÂÂ2021), Armenian-American psychiatrist and professor
- Hagop Baronian (1843âÂÂ1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century
- Hagop Barsoumian (1936âÂÂ1986), Armenian scholar
- Hagop Bogigian (1856âÂÂ1931), Armenian American entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Hagop Barsoumian (1936âÂÂ1986), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found
- Hagop Vahram ÃÂerçiyan, 20th-century Turkish Armenian professor
- Hagop Chirishian (born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin
- Hagop Der Hagopian, real name of Shahan Natalie (1884âÂÂ1983), Armenian writer and revolutionary, and member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
- Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film My Son Shall Be Armenian
- Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian) (1951âÂÂ1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
- Hakob Melik Hakobian, birth name of Armenian novelist Raffi (1835âÂÂ1888)
- Hagop Ishkanian (born 1938), Armenian American sculptor
- Hagop Kantarjian, Armenian American oncologist
- Hagop Kassarjian (born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister
- Hagop Kazazian Pasha (1833âÂÂ1891), high-ranking Ottoman official of Armenian origin who served as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of the Privy Treasury during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II
- Hagop Kevorkian (1872âÂÂ1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector
- Hagop Oshagan (or Hakob Oshakan) (1883âÂÂ1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic
- Hagop Pakradounian (born 1956), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP
- Hagop Panossian (born 1946), Armenian American aerospace engineer, academic and philanthropist
- Hagop Sandaldjian (1931âÂÂ1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor
- Hagop Shahveledian (1856âÂÂ1931), Armenian Protestant pastor, public figure and journalist
- Hagop Tchaparian (born 1978), British Armenian musician
- Hagop Terzian (1879âÂÂ1915), Ottoman Armenian writer and pharmacist
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Notable people named Hakob
- Hakob Arshakyan (born 1985), Armenian politician
- Hakob Gyurjian (1881âÂÂ1948), Armenian sculptor
- Hakob Hakobian (painter) (1923âÂÂ2013), modern Armenian painter
- Hakob Hakobian (poet) (1866âÂÂ1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletary poesia
- Hakob Hakobyan (born 1997), Armenian footballer
- Hakob Hakobyan (1963âÂÂ2021), Armenian politician
- Hakob Hovnatanyan (1806âÂÂ1881), Armenian artist
- Hakob Karapents (1925âÂÂ1994), Iranian Armenian author
- Hakob Kojoyan (1883âÂÂ1959), Armenian artist
- Hakob Manandian (1873âÂÂ1952), Armenian philologist and historian
- Hakob Meghapart, first Armenian printer, founder of Armenian printing in the 16th-century
- Hakob Melkumyan (1885âÂÂ1962), Soviet Armenian general
- Hakob Mkrtchyan (born 1997), Armenian weightlifter
- Hakob Pilosyan (born 1973), Armenian weightlifter
- Hakob Sanasaryan (born 1950), Armenian environmentalist campaigner and chemist
- Hakob Ter-Petrosyan (born 1971), Armenian footballer
- Hakob Zavriev (1866âÂÂ1920), Armenian politician
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