Bayan (given name)
Bayan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Bayan I, khagan of the Avar Khaganate 562–602
- Bayan II, khagan of the Avar Khaganate 602–617
- Bayan (son of Kubrat), or Batbayan, ruler of the Khazarian Bulgars 667–690
- Bayan of the Baarin, Mongol general of the Yuan Dynasty
- Bayan of the Merkit, Mongol general of the Mergid clan and official in the Yuan Dynasty
- Bayan (khan), a khan of White Horde
- Bayan ibn Sam'an al-Tamimi, founder of 8th-century Bayaniyya sect of Shi'a Islam
- Bayan Aman, Saint Lucian footballer
- Bayan Fenwick, English footballer
- Bayan Jumah, Syrian swimmer
- Bayan Khatib, founder of the Syrian Canadian Foundation
- Bayan Khutugh or Bayan Qudu, empress consort of the Yuan dynasty
- Bayan Lewis, American police chief
- Bayan Mahmoud Al-Zahran, Saudi female lawyer
- Bayan Mahmud, Ghanaian footballer
- Bayan Northcott, English music critic and composer
- Bayan Nouri, Kurdish Iraqi politician
- Bayan Nuwayhed, Palestinian journalist, academic and politician
- Bayan Qulï, puppet khan of the Chagatai Khanate 1348–1358
- Bayan Sadagah, Saudi footballer
- Bayan Sirrullah, second Sultan of Ternate in Maluku
- Bayan Tal, Jordanian media specialist
- Bayan Yessentayeva, Kazakhstani producer, TV presenter, actress, and singer