Levon (name)

Levon or Lévon is an Armenian given name (in Armenian Լեւոն) equivalent to Leon. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• King Leo (disambiguation), a series of individuals known as King Levon (in Armenian)
• Levon Altonian (1936–2020), Lebanese football 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 Harutyunyan (born 1967), Armenian actor
• Levon Hayrapetyan (born 1989), Armenian football player
• Levon Helm (1940–2012), American rock musician, singer and actor; member of The Band
• Levon Ichkhanian (born 1964), Lebanese Armenian Canadian guitarist of stringed instruments specialist
• Levon "Bo" Jones, American former death row inmate for 15 years
• 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), Armenian Australian medical scientist
• Levon Kirkland (born 1969), American football linebacker
• Levon Larents (1875-1915), or Levon Kirisciyan, Ottoman Armenian writer, translator, journalist, editor, novelist, poet, and teacher
• Levon Louis, electronic musician, sound designer, record producer, and video game audio director
• Lévon Minassian, French-Armenian duduk player
• Levon Mirzoyan (1897–1939), Soviet politician; Secretary of Communist Party of the Azeri SSR (1926-1929) and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR (1936-1938)
• 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 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

Surname

• August Alexander Levón (1820-1875), Finnish entrepreneur and businessman
• Elen Levon (born 1994), Ukrainian-born Australian singer, songwriter, and dancer

See also

• LaVon (given name)
• Leon (given name)
• Levin (given name)