# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hovhannes-masehyan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:48:25.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hovhannes-masehyan"
name: "Hovhannes Masehyan"
slug: "hovhannes-masehyan"
description: "Hovhannes Khan Masehian was an Iranian Armenian translator and diplomat, well known as the translator of Shakespeare's and Byron's works into Armenian. In 1912, he became the Ambassador of Persia to Germany. From 1927 to 1929 he was the Ambassador of Persia to Great Britain. He was the first Ambassador of Persia in Japan."
tagline: "Iranian politician, writer and translator (1864-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hovhannes_Massehian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1864-02-11"
deathDate: "1931-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             2.547169811320755
  historical:           6.809576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Masehyan"
    title: "Hovhannes Masehyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ايڤانيس خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Khan_Massehian"
    title: "Hovhannes Khan Massehian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Masehyan"
    title: "Hovhannes Masehyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "هوهانس خان ماسحیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaness_Khan"
    title: "Avaness Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B0%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Հովհաննես Մասեհյան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D4%B7%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "ՅովհաննԷս Մասեհեան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1631654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump