Sarkis
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Sarkis is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
People with the mononym
[edit]- 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
People with the given name
[edit]- 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
People with the surname
[edit]- 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
See also
[edit]- Sarki (disambiguation)
- Sargis, a name in Armenian and Assyrian communities
- Sar Giz, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Sarkies (disambiguation)
- Sergia gens
- Sergius (disambiguation)
- Serkis, a surname
- St. Sarkis Church (disambiguation)
- Mar Sarkis (disambiguation)