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

• August Alexander Levón (1820-1875), Finnish entrepreneur and businessman
• Elen Levon (born 1994), Ukrainian-born Australian singer, songwriter, and dancer

See also

• LaVon (given name)
• Leon (given name)
• Levin (given name)

Name list

This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.