Alkan (name)
Alkan is a surname and a masculine given name among Jews. In Turkish, it means "red blood" and also refers to a commander of the Seljuk fleet based in İznik.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Ahmet Alkan, Turkish economist
- Akın Alkan, Turkish football player
- Alphonse Alkan, French printer, bibliographer, and author
- Banu Alkan, Turkish-Croatian actress
- Céleste Alkan, French musician
- Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer known for his virtuosity as a pianist
- Ender Alkan, Turkish football player
- Engin Alkan, Turkish actor
- Erden Alkan, Turkish actor
- Erol Alkan, British DJ
- Erol Erdal Alkan, Turkish football player
- Gökhan Alkan, Turkish actor
- Hüseyin Alkan, Turkish Paralympian goalball player
- İlayda Alkan, Turkish female volleyball player
- Napoléon Alkan, French composer
- Okan Alkan, Turkish football player
- Siegfried Alkan, German composer
- Yakup Alkan, Turkish football player
- Yüksel Alkan, Turkish basketball player
Given name
- Alkan Chaglar, Turkish Cypriot journalist and columnist
- Alkan Tololo, Papua New Guinean diplomat