Hovhannes
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Hovhannes (Armenian: Հովհաննես) is Armenian for John. (Compare with Ioannes in Greek or Johannes in Latin.)
People with the given name:
- Hovhannes Bagramyan (1897–1982), Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869–1923), Armenian poet and writer
- Hovhannes Shiraz (1915–1984), Armenian poet
- Hovhannes Mkrtchyan (born 1991), Armenian figure skater
- Hovhannes I of Ani, King of Ani (1020–1040)
- Hovhannes Katchaznouni (1868–1938), the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
- Hovhannes Erznkatsi (c. 1250–1326), Armenian scholar
- Hovhannes, Catholicos of Armenia or John V the Historian, Catholicos of Armenia from 897 to 925
