Poghossian, Pogossyan, Poghosyan, Poghosian, Pogosyan, etc., is an Armenian surname. Also Ter-Pogossian, Der-Pogossian, and variants. Ter/Der indicates priesthood descent. The Western Armenian equivalent is Boghossyan. It is a patronymic from the first name Poghos (Armenian: Պողոս), equivalent to Paul, making the name effectively equivalent to Paulson. It may refer to:
David Pogosian, Olympic wrestler
Gevorik Poghosyan, Armenian weightlifter
Gilbert Pogosyan, American soccer player
Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Culture of Armenia
Manvel Ter-Pogosyan, a.k.a. Amurai, American trance music producer
Metakse Poghosian, Armenian poet
Michael Poghosyan, Armenian film and theatre actor and judge on the Armenian version of Pop Idol
Mikhail Pogosyan, aviation constructor
Michel Ter-Pogossian, American physicist
Stepan Karapetovich Pogosyan
Yura Poghosyan, a National Hero of Armenia
Genrikh Poghosyan, Soviet party leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Zhirayr Poghosyan, Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh
