title: Papian
text: # Papian
  
  Papian (Armenian: Պապյան), also transliterated as Papyan, is an Armenian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Ara Papian (born 1961), Armenian lawyer, historian and diplomat
  * Hasmik Papian (born 1961), Armenian soprano
  * Lernik Papyan (born 1966), Soviet and Armenian boxer
  * Ruben Papian (born 1962), para-scientist specializing in metaphysics and parapsychology
  