Aslan (name)
Aslan is a Turkish surname and given name literally meaning "lion". Variants: Arslan, Arsalan. Notable people with the surname include:
People
Given name
- Aslan Abashidze, former leader of Adjara
- Aslan Atem, Turkish wrestler
- Aslan-Beg Abashidze, Muslim Georgian nobleman and general
- Aslan Khan Daghestani, Safavid official
- Aslan bey Gardashov, Azerbaijani statesman
- Aslan bey Safikurdski, Azerbaijani statesman
- Aslan-Bey Shervashidze, Prince of the Principality of Abkhazia from 180810
- Aslan Dashayev, Russian footballer
- Aslan Datdeyev, Russian footballer
- Aslan Doguzov, Russian footballer
- Aslan Dudiyev, Russian footballer
- Aslan Dyshekov, Russian footballer
- Aslan Dzeytov, Russian footballer
- Aslan Dzharimov, former president of the Republic of Adygea, Russia
- Aslan Goplachev, Russian footballer and coach
- Aslan Karatsev, Russian tennis player
- Aslan Khan Daghestani, early-18th-century Safavid dynasty official in Persia
- Aslan Kerimov, footballer, most capped member of the Azerbaijan National Football Team
- Aslan Khuriyev, Russian footballer
- Aslan Mashukov, Russian footballer
- Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen leader
- Aslan Musin, former Speaker of the Parliament of Kazakhstan
- Aslan Tkhakushinov, President of the Republic of Adygea, Russia
- Aslan Tlebzu, Russian folk musician of Adyghe origin
- Aslan Usoyan, Russian outlaw of Kurdish origin
- Aslan Zaseev, Russian footballer
Surname
- Ahmet Aslan, Turkish musician
- Ali Aslan, Syrian general and politician
- Ana Aslan, Armenian-Romanian biologist, physician, and inventor
- Berkin Kamil Aslan, Turkish footballer
- Beyzanur Aslan, Azerbaijani women's footballer
- Ercüment Aslan, Turkish boxer
- Emil Aslan, Czech political scientist
- Faramarz Aslani, Iranian singer-songwriter
- Farhad Aslani, Iranian actor
- George Aslan, Turkish politician
- Grégoire Aslan, Armenian actor
- Hamdi Aslan, Turkish footballer and coach
- Hatice Aslan, Turkish actress
- Hidir Aslan, executed Turkish rebel
- Juan Contino Aslán, Cuban politician
- Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
- Kevork Aslan, Armenian historian
- Madalyn Aslan, American astrologer
- Metin Aslan, Austrian footballer of Turkish origin
- Murat Aslan, Turkish volleyball player
- Nora Aslan, Argentine artist
- Raoul Aslan, Austrian actor of Greek-Armenian ancestry
- Reza Aslan, Iranian-American author
- Yasin Aslan, Turkish author
- Yiğit Aslan, Turkish swimmer
Nickname
- Aslan (artist), French painter, sculptor, and pin-up artist
- Nihat Bekdik, Turkish footballer
- Kevork Chavush, Armenian fedayi leader and Armenian Revolutionary Federation member
- Ali Pasha of Ioannina, pasha of western Rumelia