# Hagop

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**Hakob** or **Hagop** (Armenian: Հակոբ; [Eastern Armenian](/source/Eastern_Armenian) pronunciation: hɑˈkɔpʰ, [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian) pronunciation: hɑˈɡɔpʰ) is a common Armenian first name derived from Greek Ἰακώβ, *Iakṓb*, equivalent to English [Jacob](/source/Jacob_(name)).[1] A common diminutive form is Hakobik (Հակոբիկ or Յակոբիկ).[1] The common Armenian surname [Hakobyan/Hagopian](/source/Hakobyan) (Հակոբյան or Յակոբեան) is derived from this name.[1]

## Notable people named Agop

- [Agop Dilaçar](/source/Agop_Dila%C3%A7ar) (or Hagop Martayan) (1895–1979), Turkish-Armenian linguist and specialist in Turkic languages
- [Agop Donabidian](/source/Agop_Donabidian) (born 1981), Lebanese footballer and coach
- [Agop Jack Hacikyan](/source/Agop_Jack_Hacikyan) (1931–2015), Canadian-Armenian university Professor of Literary Studies, historian, academic and writer
- [Agop Handanyan](/source/Agop_Handanyan) (1834–1899), Ottoman Armenian physician, writer, translator and professor
- [Agop Melkonyan](/source/Agop_Melkonyan) (1949–2006), Bulgarian science fiction writer
- [Agop Terzan](/source/Agop_Terzan) (1927–2020), Armenian-French astronomer

### Surname

- [Armen Agop](/source/Armen_Agop) (born 1969), Egyptian artist
- [Rolf Agop](/source/Rolf_Agop) (1908–1998), German conductor and academic
- [Güllü Agop](/source/G%C3%BCll%C3%BC_Agop) (1840–1902), Ottoman Armenian theatre director
- [Adolphus Agopsowicz](/source/John_Vernon), (1932–2005) Canadian actor, stage name John Vernon

## Notable people named Hagop

- [Hagop S. Akiskal](/source/Hagop_S._Akiskal) (1944–2021), Armenian-American psychiatrist and professor
- [Hagop Baronian](/source/Hagop_Baronian) (1843–1891), influential Ottoman Armenian writer, satirist, educator, and social figure in the 19th century
- [Hagop Barsoumian](/source/Hagop_Barsoumian) (1936–1986), Armenian scholar
- [Hagop Bogigian](/source/Hagop_Bogigian) (1856–1931), Armenian American entrepreneur and philanthropist
- [Hagop Barsoumian](/source/Hagop_Barsoumian) (1936–1986), Armenian scholar and Armenology professor. Abducted in 1986, body never found
- [Hagop Vahram Çerçiyan](/source/Hagop_Vahram_%C3%87er%C3%A7iyan), 20th-century Turkish Armenian professor
- [Hagop Chirishian](/source/Hagop_Chirishian) (born 1989), American soccer player of Armenian origin
- [Hagop Der Hagopian](/source/Shahan_Natalie), real name of [Shahan Natalie](/source/Shahan_Natalie) (1884–1983), Armenian writer and revolutionary, and member of the [Armenian Revolutionary Federation](/source/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation)
- Hagop Goudsouzian, Armenian-Canadian film director known for film *[My Son Shall Be Armenian](/source/My_Son_Shall_Be_Armenian)*
- [Hagop Hagopian](/source/Hagop_Hagopian_(guerilla)) (or Agop Agopian) (1951–1988), founder and main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
- Hakob Melik Hakobian, birth name of Armenian novelist [Raffi](/source/Raffi_(novelist)) (1835–1888)
- [Hagop Ishkanian](/source/Hagop_Ishkanian) (born 1938), Armenian American sculptor
- [Hagop Kantarjian](/source/Hagop_Kantarjian), Armenian American oncologist
- [Hagop Kassarjian](/source/Hagop_Kassarjian) (born 1946), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP and minister
- [Hagop Kazazian Pasha](/source/Hagop_Kazazian_Pasha) (1833–1891), 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](/source/Hagop_Kevorkian) (1872–1962), Armenian-American archeologist, connoisseur of art, collector
- [Hagop Oshagan](/source/Hagop_Oshagan) (or Hakob Oshakan) (1883–1948), Armenian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and literary critic
- [Hagop Pakradounian](/source/Hagop_Pakradounian) (born 1956), Lebanese-Armenian politician, MP
- [Hagop Panossian](/source/Hagop_Panossian) (born 1946), Armenian American aerospace engineer, academic and philanthropist
- [Hagop Sandaldjian](/source/Hagop_Sandaldjian) (1931–1990), Egyptian-born Armenian American musician and microminiature sculptor
- [Hagop Shahveledian](/source/Hagop_Shahveledian) (1856–1931), Armenian Protestant pastor, public figure and journalist
- [Hagop Tchaparian](/source/Hagop_Tchaparian) (born 1978), British Armenian musician
- [Hagop Terzian](/source/Hagop_Terzian) (1879–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer and pharmacist

### Surname

- [Anton Hagop](/source/Anton_Hagop), Australian music producer / engineer

## Notable people named Hakob

- [Hakob Arshakyan](/source/Hakob_Arshakyan) (born 1985), Armenian politician
- [Hakob Gyurjian](/source/Hakob_Gyurjian) (1881–1948), Armenian sculptor
- [Hakob Hakobian (painter)](/source/Hakob_Hakobian_(painter)) (1923–2013), modern Armenian painter
- [Hakob Hakobian (poet)](/source/Hakob_Hakobian_(poet)) (1866–1937), Soviet Armenian poet, the founder of Armenian proletary poesia
- [Hakob Hakobyan](/source/Hakob_Hakobyan_(footballer)) (born 1997), Armenian footballer
- [Hakob Hakobyan](/source/Hakob_Hakobyan_(politician)) (1963–2021), Armenian politician
- [Hakob Hovnatanyan](/source/Hakob_Hovnatanyan) (1806–1881), Armenian artist
- [Hakob Karapents](/source/Hakob_Karapents) (1925–1994), Iranian Armenian author
- [Hakob Kojoyan](/source/Hakob_Kojoyan) (1883–1959), Armenian artist
- [Hakob Manandian](/source/Hakob_Manandian) (1873–1952), Armenian philologist and historian
- [Hakob Meghapart](/source/Hakob_Meghapart), first Armenian printer, founder of Armenian printing in the 16th-century
- [Hakob Melkumyan](/source/Hakob_Melkumyan) (1885–1962), Soviet Armenian general
- [Hakob Mkrtchyan](/source/Hakob_Mkrtchyan) (born 1997), Armenian weightlifter
- [Hakob Pilosyan](/source/Hakob_Pilosyan) (born 1973), Armenian weightlifter
- [Hakob Sanasaryan](/source/Hakob_Sanasaryan) (born 1950), Armenian environmentalist campaigner and chemist
- [Hakob Ter-Petrosyan](/source/Hakob_Ter-Petrosyan) (born 1971), Armenian footballer
- [Hakob Zavriev](/source/Hakob_Zavriev) (1866–1920), Armenian politician

## See also

- [Hakobyan](/source/Hakobyan) (including variants)
- [L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop](/source/L'%C3%89cole_Arm%C3%A9nienne_Sourp_Hagop), Armenian school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- [Saint Hakob of Akori Monastery](/source/Saint_Hakob_of_Akori_Monastery), Armenian monastery in Turkey
- [Saint Hakob Church of Kanaker](/source/Saint_Hakob_Church_of_Kanaker), church in Yerevan, Armenia
- [Surp Hagop Church](/source/Surp_Hagop_Church), Armenian Apostolic church in Aleppo, Syria
- [Istanbul Agop Cymbals](/source/Istanbul_Agop_Cymbals), manufacturing company of Turkey
- [Jacob (disambiguation)](/source/Jacob_(disambiguation))

## References

1. Achaṛyan, Hrachʻya (1948). ["YAKOB"](http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=35&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=1822) (in Armenian). *Hayotsʻ andznanunneri baṛaran*. Vol. III. Erevan: Petakan hamalsarani hratarakchʻutʻyun. pp. 481–516.

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