Levon
Levon or Lévon, is an Armenian given name (in Armenian Լևոն or in Western Armenian Լեւոն) equivalent to Leon.
Levon may refer to:
Persons
- Given name
- King Leo (disambiguation), a series of individuals known as King Levon (in Armenian)
- Levon Altonian, Lebanese Armenian football (soccer) player
- Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955), Armenian classical violinist and conductor
- Levon Ananyan (1946–2013), Armenian journalist and translator
- Levon Aronian (born 1982), Armenian chess Grandmaster
- Levon Babujian (born 1986), Armenian chess Grandmaster
- Levon Chailakhyan (1928-2009), Russian physiologist, biophysicist, and embryologist of Armenian origin
- Levon Chaushian (born 1946), Armenian composer, vice-president of the Armenian Composers’ Union and chairman of the Armenian Composers Assembly
- Levon Chilingirian (born 1948), UK-based Armenian violinist, founder of the Chilingirian Quartet
- Levon Chookaszian (born 1952), Armenian art historian and the UNESCO Chair of Armenian Art History
- Levon Davidian (1944-2009), Iranian-Armenian politician, member of Iranian parliament
- Levon Geghamyan (born 1977), Armenian Greco Roman wrestler
- Levon Ashotovich Grigorian (1947–1975), Soviet Armenian chess player
- Levon Hayrapetyan (born 1989), Armenian football player
- Levon Helm (1940–2012), American rock musician and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band
- Levon Ichkhanian, Lebanese Armenian Canadian guitarist of stringed instruments specialist, in Jazz, World and Traditional music
- Levon "Bo" Jones, American former death row inmate for 15 years, convicted and sentenced to death in 1993 with conviction overturned in 2006, released from prison in 2008
- Levon Julfalakyan (born 1964), Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Levon Kemalyan (1907–1976), Armenian-American model railroading entrepreneur
- Levon Kendall (born 1984), Canadian basketball player
- Levon Khechoyan (1955–2014), Armenian writer and novelist
- Levon Khachigian (born 1964), Lebanese-Armenian Australian medical scientist in vascular cell and molecular biology, cardiovascular pathology, and cancer pathology
- Levon Kirkland (born 1969), American football linebacker in the National Football League
- Levon Larents (1875-1915), or levon Kirisciyan, Ottoman Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher. During the Armenian Genocide, deported and killed
- Levon Louis, electronic musician, sound designer, record producer, and video game audio director
- Lévon Minassian, French-Armenian duduk player
- Levon Mirzoyan, Secretary of Communist Party of the Azeri SSR (1926-1929) and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1936-1938) executed during the Great Purge
- Levon Mkrtchyan (born 1953), Armenian film and documentary film director
- Levon Orbeli (1882–1958), or Leon Orbeli, Armenian physiologist
- Levon Pashalian (1868-1943), Ottoman Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, novelist, and politician
- Levon Pogosian, Canadian Armenian professor of astrophysics
- Lévon Sayan (born 1934), or Levon Sanosyan, French-Armenian impresario and producer, operatic tenor
- Levon Shant (1869-1951), Armenian playwright, novelist, poet, and founder of the Hamazkayin National Cultural Foundation
- Levon Sharafyan (born 1947), Armenian film actor
- [[Levon Telian}} (1935-2014) Longest serving Sheriff of Delaware Co NY, established the county mounted division and an equestrian school for training officers in Downsville NY
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- Levon Ter-Petrosyan (born 1945), Armenian politician. First President of Armenia from 1991 to 1998
- Levon Zourabian (born 1964), Armenian politician
- Middle name
- Robert Levon Been (born 1978), American indie rock bass guitarist, guitarist, and singer
- Family name
- August Alexander Levón (1820-1875), Finnish entrepreneur and businessman
- Elen Levon (born 1994), Ukrainian-born Australian singer, songwriter, and dancer
Music
- "Levon" (song), a song by Elton John named after Levon Helm
- Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band
- Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/singer Levon Helm of The Band
See also
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