Kaan (name)
Kaan is a masculine given name and surname meaning "ruler", "King of Kings".
The name finds its origins in multiple languages, mainly Mongolian and Turkish.
Given names
- Kaan Altan, Turkish rock guitarist
- Kaan Ayhan, Turkish footballer
- Kaan Aykutsun, Turkish Olympian boxer
- Kaan Esener, Turkish diplomat
- Kaan İnce, Turkish poet
- Kaan Kahriman, Turkish weightlifter
- Kaan Tangöze, Turkish rock singer, writer and guitarist
- Kaan Tayla, Turkish swimmer
- Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Turkish actor
- Kaan Üner, Turkish basketball player
Surname
- Demir Kaan, Turkish name of Damir Mršić, basketball player from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fred Kaan, Anglo-Dutch clergyman and hymnwriter
- Heinrich Kaan, 19th-century Russian physician
- Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder who claimed to be the original model for Superman
Science and technology
- TAI TF Kaan, a twin-engine, fifth generation air superiority fighter built by the Turkish Aerospace Industries for the Turkish Air Force
Fictional characters
- Marty Kaan, the lead character in the Showtime comedy TV series House of Lies portrayed by Don Cheadle
- Kaz Kaan, protagonist in the animated series Neo Yokio
- Kaan, young warrior, central character in video game Kaan: Barbarian's Blade
- Lord Kaan in the Star Wars Expanded Universe