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