Poghossian

Poghossian, Pogossyan, Poghosyan, Poghosian, Pogosyan, etc., (Armenian: Պողոսյան) is an Armenian surname. Also Ter-Pogossian, Der-Pogossian, and variants. Ter/Der indicates priesthood descent. The Western Armenian equivalent is Boghossyan. It is a patronymic from the first name Poghos (Armenian: Պողոս), equivalent to Paul, making the name effectively equivalent to Paulson. It may refer to:

• Armen Poghosyan, conductor of "Sofia" Russian private orchestra
• Armen Poghosyan (military musician), Armenian military musician
• David Pogosian, Olympic wrestler
• Gevorik Poghosyan, Armenian weightlifter
• Gilbert Pogosyan, American soccer player
• Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Culture of Armenia
• Manvel Ter-Pogosyan, a.k.a. Amurai, American trance music producer
• Metakse Poghosian, Armenian poet
• Michael Poghosyan, Armenian film and theatre actor and judge on the Armenian version of Pop Idol
• Mihran Poghosyan, Armenian businessman
• Mikhail Pogosyan, Russian aerospace engineer
• Ann Ter-Pogossian, American artist
• Michel Ter-Pogossian, American physicist
• Poghos Poghosyan, killed by President Kocharyan's bodyguards
• Sofya Poghosyan, Armenian broadcaster, psychologist and actress
• Stefan Pogosyan, Russian chess master
• Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan
• Yura Poghosyan, a National Hero of Armenia
• Genrikh Poghosyan, Soviet party leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
• Zhirayr Poghosyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Poghossian.
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