Ashot or Ashod () is an Armenian given name. Notable persons with the name include:
Kings of the Bagratuni dynasty Ashot Msaker (Ashot the Carnivorous) (died 826), Armenian prince Ashot I of Armenia (Ashot the Great, 820–890), ruled 885–890 Ashot II Yerkat (Ashot the Iron, died 929), ruled 914–929 Ashot II Bagratuni, 7th-century Armenian monarch Ashot III Bagratuni (690–762), Armenian nobleman of the Bagratuni dynasty Ashot III Voghormats (Ashot the Merciful, died 977), ruled 953–977 Ashot IV Qadj (Ashot the Brave), ruled 1021–1039/1040
Kings of Tao-Klarjeti Ashot I of Iberia (Ashot I Kuropalates, died 830), King of Tao-Klarjeti Ashot II of Tao Kuropalates, King of Tao-Klarjeti 937–954 Ashot the Immature (Kukhi), Eristavt Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-Klarjeti Ashot the Swift (died 939), Georgian prince Ashot the Beautiful (died 867), Georgian prince
Kings of Vaspurakan Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan (died 991) Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan (died 958/959)
Other people Ashot ibn Shavur, Shaddadid ruler of Arran from 1068–69 Ashot III of Taron (900–967), Armenian king of Taron Ashot G. Abrahamian (1903–1983), Soviet Armenian historian Ashot Adamyan (born 1953), Armenian actor Ashot Anastasian (1964–2016), Armenian chess Grandmaster Ashot Ariyan (born 1973), Armenian composer and pianist Ashot Arsenyan (born 1960), Armenian politician and businessman Ashot Avagyan (born 1958), Armenian artist Ashot Avedyan, 20th-century Iranian Armenian footballer Ashot Beglarian (born 1968), Armenian writer, journalist and translator Ashot Bleyan (born 1955), Armenian politician and educator Ashot Chilingarian (born 1949), Armenian physicist Ashot Egiazaryan (born 1965), deputy of the State Duma of Russia Ashot Danielyan (born 1974), Armenian weightlifter Ashot Ghazaryan (born 1949), Armenian singer, showman, presenter and actor Ashot Ghulian (born 1965), Armenian politician Ashot Hovakimian (born 1961), Armenian diplomat Ashot Hovhannisian (1887–1992), Soviet Armenian communist, Marxist historian and theorist Ashot Karagyan (born 1951), Soviet Armenian fencer Ashot Karapetyan (born 1999), Armenian alpine skier Ashot Khachatryan (born 1959), Armenian football defender Ashot Khachaturyants (born 1968), Armenian Russian oil executive, football administrator and philanthropist Ashot Manucharyan (born 1954), Armenian politician and educator Ashot Melikjanyan (1952–2001), Soviet Armenian actor Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist Ashot Melkonyan (born 1961), Armenian historian, professor and academic Ashot Mkhitaryan (1959–2010), Armenian weightlifting coach Ashot Nadanian (born 1972), Armenian chess player Ashot Navasardyan (1950–1997), Armenian politician, founder of the Republican Party of Armenia Ashot Petrosian (1950–1998), Soviet Armenian mathematician Ashot Potikyan (1946–2017), Russian Armenian snooker and Russian pyramid player Ashot Sahratyan (1936–2015), Russian Armenian poet, translator and artist Ashot Sarkisov (1924–2022), Russian nuclear scientist and engineer Ashot Satyan (1906–1958), Soviet Armenian composer and conductor Ashot Taronites, 10th-century Byzantine nobleman Ashot Ter-Matevosyan (born 1985), Armenian actor Ashot Voskanyan (born 1949), Armenian philosopher, diplomat and parliamentarian Ashot Yeghiazaryan (1943–2016), Armenian diplomat Ashot Yesayan (born 1951), Armenian politician Ashot Zorian (1905–1970), Turkish-born Egyptian painter and educator of Armenian ethnicity Ashot, Medieval Armenian architect, Caravanserai of Zor, E. Turkey, inscription reads, "Built by Ashot." Aramashot Papayan (1911–1998), Soviet Armenian playwright, screenwriter, actor and director Bekor Ashot (1959–1992), Armenian army officer
See also
Ashot Ashkelon, Israeli manufacturer
References