Levon (name) explained
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
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