Raffi

Raffi Cavoukian, CM OBC (Armenian: Րաֆֆի, born 8 July 1948), better known by his mononym Raffi, is an Egyptian-born Canadian singer-songwriter and author best known for his children's music. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, a vision for global restoration.

Personal life

Born in Cairo, Egypt, to Armenian parents, he spent his early years in Egypt before immigrating with his family to Canada in 1958, eventually settling in Toronto, Ontario. His mother named him after the Armenian poet Raffi. His father Arto Cavoukian was a well-known portrait photographer with a studio on Bloor Street in Toronto. His older brother Onnig Cavoukian, known as "Cavouk", is also a famous portrait photographer. His younger sister is Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's former Information and Privacy Commissioner. His parents died within 12 hours of each other, his mother dying first, of abdominal cancer.

Rafi (name)

Rafi or Raffi (Arabic: رفیع ‎ Persian: رافی‎‎ Urdu: رفیع‎) is a name of Arabic origin. The word rafi means "noble". Other common variants include "Rafee", "Rafie", "Rafiq", "Rafay" and "Raffy". Amongst Jews, Rafi is a common nickname for people called Rafael.

People named Rafi

Last name

First name

Raffi Boghosyan

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Raffi Boghosyan (in Bulgarian Рафи Бохосян, in Armenian Րաֆֆի Պողոսյան) or just the mononym Raffi or Rafi (Рафи) (born in Burgas, Bulgaria on 29 January 1993) is a Bulgarian singer and percussions player of Armenian origin who won the first-ever Bulgarian X Factor on the final held on 11 December 2011. He won a contract with Virginia Records and the chance to record a single with a foreign composer and producer in a studio outside Bulgaria.

Boghosyan (sometimes reported in Bulgarian media as Bohosyan) was born in Burgas to Aghasi and Elizabeth Boghosyan, both Armenians. He studied in Business in Burgas majoring in Economics and Management. He is a self-taught percussion player. He is also interested in photography, martial arts and activities and is the President of "Младежки глас" (Youth Voice) Cultural Association.

Singles and videography

(In parenthesis, peak positions on Bulgarian Top 40)