Hovhannes (Ivan) Abgari Adamian (Russian: Ованес Абгарович Адамян; Armenian: Հովհաննես Աբգարի Ադամյան; 5 February 1879 – 12 September 1932) was an Armenian engineer, an author of more than 20 inventions.

[2] Adamian was born in a family of an Armenian merchant and petrol businessman.

He designed systems of black and white, as well as color televisions.

[2] In 1925 in Yerevan, Adamian demonstrated "Eristavi", a device for broadcasting color images.

Supported by his friends and assistants from Armenia, he succeeded in demonstrating on a screen a number of color figures and patterns transferred from the laboratory next door.