Poghossian

Poghossian, Pogossyan, Poghosyan, Poghosian, Pogosyan, etc., (Պողոսյան) is an Armenian surname. Also Ter-Pogossian, Der-Pogossian, and variants. Ter/Der indicates priesthood descent. The Western Armenian equivalent is Boghossyan. It is a patronymic from the first name Poghos (Armenian: Պողոս), equivalent to Paul, making the name effectively equivalent to Paulson. It may refer to:


 * Armen Poghosyan, conductor of "Sofia" Russian private orchestra
 * Armen Poghosyan (military musician), Armenian military musician
 * David Pogosian, Olympic wrestler
 * Gevorik Poghosyan, Armenian weightlifter
 * Gilbert Pogosyan, American soccer player
 * Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Culture of Armenia
 * Manvel Ter-Pogosyan, a.k.a. Amurai, American trance music producer
 * Metakse Poghosian, Armenian poet
 * Michael Poghosyan, Armenian film and theatre actor and judge on the Armenian version of Pop Idol
 * Mihran Poghosyan, Armenian businessman
 * Mikhail Pogosyan, Russian aerospace engineer
 * Ann Ter-Pogossian, American artist
 * Michel Ter-Pogossian, American physicist
 * Poghos Poghosyan, killed by President Kocharyan's bodyguards
 * Sofya Poghosyan, Armenian broadcaster, psychologist and actress
 * Stefan Pogosyan, Russian chess master
 * Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan
 * Yura Poghosyan, a National Hero of Armenia
 * Genrikh Poghosyan, Soviet party leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
 * Zhirayr Poghosyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh