Taran (name)
Taran is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Taran of the Picts, a 7th-century king of the Picts
- Taran Adarsh, Indian film critic
- Taran Alvelo, female American softball player
- Taran Armstrong, Australian basketball player
- Taran Davies, American film producer and director
- Taran Killam, American comic actor
- Taran King, former editor of Phrack
- Taran Kozun, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Taran Noah Smith, former American child actor
- Taran Svami, founder of the Taran Panth religious sect
Surname
- Alexander Taran, Russian convict
- Alla Taran, Ukrainian violinist
- Andriy Taran, Ukrainian lieutenant general
- Igor Taran, Uzbekistani footballer
- Ionuț Țăran, Romanian luger
- Lidiya Taran, Ukrainian television presenter
- Maricica Țăran, Romanian rower
- Oleh Taran, Ukrainian footballer
- Pavel Taran, Soviet-Ukrainian WWII pilot
- Ruslana Taran, Ukrainian sailor
- Tetiana Taran, Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist