Artin (name)
Artin is both a surname and a given name. It is an old Median name meaning pure and virtuous coming from the name of the Median king Phraortes (Fravartiš).[citation needed] Also, in the Armenian-speaking world, it is a variation of the given name Harutyun. Notable people with the name include:
People with the surname[]
- Emil Artin (1898–1962), Austrian mathematician
- Michael Artin (born 1934), American mathematician, son of Emil Artin
- Murad Artin (born 1960), Swedish politician
- Wendy Artin (born 1963), American painter
- Yacoub Artin (1842–1919), Armenian-Egyptian educator and writer
People with the given name[]
- Artin Boşgezenyan, an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era
- Artin Dadyan Pasha, Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1876 until 1901
- Artin Hindoğlu, 19th-century Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary
- Artin Penik (1921–1982), Turkish-Armenian protester who committed suicide by self-immolation
See also[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Surnames