Aram Satyan (also Satian) (born 23 May 1947) is an Armenian classical composer and popular music songwriter.

Aram Satyan was born in Yerevan (Armenia) into the second generation of a musical family. His father Aram Satunc (Satyan) and uncle Ashot Satyan were also notable composers. He studied at the Romanos Melikian Music College under Armenian composer and educator Edvard Baghdasaryan and then later at the Armenian State Conservatory with Edvard Mirzoyan and Alexander Arutiunian. In 1970 Satyan went on to postgraduate study at the Moscow Conservatory with Tikhon Khrennikov. At the time, Khrennikov was Chairman of the Union of Soviet Composers. On his advice, Satyan joined the union in 1971.

His awards include First Prize in the 1969 Young Composers Review held in Moscow, for his Symphonic Variations. He went on to win national competitions in 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977 and 1979. In 1981, he won the Armenian Communist Union State Award. In addition to his symphonies and concertos, he has also composed over 300 songs, music for film and theatre productions, and two pop operas: Lilit and Little Cakhes. Lilit was composed in 1983 and described as the first Armenian work ever composed in this style.

Satyan resides in Armenia and is still actively engaged as a composer and performer.