title: Arakelyan
text: # Arakelyan
  
  Arakelyan (Armenian: Առաքելյան), also transliterated as Arakelian, is an Armenian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  ## Arakelyan
  
  * Ararat Arakelyan (Armenian: Արարատ Առաքելյան) (born 1984), Armenian footballer
  * Babken Arakelyan (Armenian: Բաբկեն Առաքելյան) (1912–2004), Armenian historian
  * Eduard Arakelyan (Armenian: Էդուարդ Առաքելյան) (born 1950), Armenian painter
  
  ## Arakelian
  
  * Artashes Arakelian (Armenian: Արտաշես Առաքելյան) (1909–1993), Armenian economist
  * Hambardzum Arakelian (Armenian: Համբարձում Առաքելյան) (1865–1918), Armenian journalist, writer and activist
  * Marat Arakelian (Armenian: Մարատ Արսեն Առաքելյան) (1929-1983), Armenian astrophysicist
  