Sarkis Explained

Sarkis is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

People with the mononym

Sargis the General or Sarkis the Warrior, a 4th century martyr and military saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi, in Armenia
Sarkis, the name of three Armenian patriarchs of Jerusalem
Sarkis I of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 992–1019
Sarkis II the Relic-Carrier, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1469–1474
Aïbeg and Serkis, 13th century Mongol envoys
Sergius and Bacchus, or variant spellings, 4th century Syrian Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints

Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, and humanitarian
Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo (born 1962), Iraqi Assyrian politician and government minister in Iraqi Kurdistan
Sarkis Assadourian (born 1948), Armenian-Canadian politician and MP in the Canadian Parliament (House of Commons)
Sarkis Assadourian (fencer) (born 1948), Iranian-Armenian fencer
Sarkis Balasanian (born 1978), musical artist
Sarkis Diranian (1854–1918), Armenian orientalist painter
Sarkis Djanbazian (1913-1963), Iranian-Armenian artist
Sarkis Hayrapetyan (born 1992), Armenian figure skater
Sarkis Ordyan (1918–2003), Ukrainian-Armenian painter
Sarkis Soghanalian (1929–2011), nicknamed Merchant of Death, an international private arms dealer
Sarkis Zabunyan better known as just Sarkis, Armenian-Turkish-French conceptual artist
Sarkis Zeitlian (died 1985), Lebanese Armenian politician and journalist

Abe Sarkis (1913–1991), American mobster (Boston)
Angela Sarkis (born 1955), American businesswoman
Elias Sarkis, President of Lebanon from 1976 to 1982
Inanna Sarkis (born 1993), Assyrian-Bulgarian YouTuber
Joseph Sarkis (born 1949), Lebanese politician and government minister
Joseph Elian Sarkis (Born 1856), Syrian writer and translator
Hashim Sarkis (born 1964), Lebanese architect
Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, specialist in the treatment of ADD/ADHD and medical writer