Mkhitaryan

Mkhitaryan, Mkhitarian or Mekhitarian (, Western Armenian Մխիթարեան) is an Armenian surname. See for the origin.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

Artists

• Anahit Mekhitarian (born 1969), Armenian operatic soprano
• Gor Mkhitarian (born 1973), Armenian singer and songwriter

Politicians

• Arzik Mkhitaryan (born 1946), member of the National Assembly of Artsakh

Sportspeople

• Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959–2010), Armenian head of the National weightlifting team of Armenia
• Hamlet Mkhitaryan, multiple people
• Henrikh Mkhitaryan (born 1989), Armenian footballer who plays as a midfielder
• Krikor Mekhitarian (born 1986), Brazilian chess master of Armenian descent
• Oganez Mkhitaryan (born 1962), Armenian football coach and former player
• Vahan Mkhitaryan (born 1996), Armenian swimmer

See also

• Mechitarists (), also spelled Mekhitarists, or Mekhitarian Fathers (), headquartered in Venice and Vienna, congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste.