Van (given name)
Van is a masculine given name and nickname, sometimes a short form of Evan, Ivan, Vance, or the feminine Vanessa. It may refer to:
People
Given name
- Van Conner, American musician
- Van Alexander, American bandleader, arranger and composer
- Van T. Barfoot, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient
- Van D. Bell, American Marine officer, recipient of two Navy Crosses
- Van Fillinger, American football player
- Van Green, American football player
- Van Johnson, American actor
- Van Johnson (racing driver), American racing driver
- Van Miller, American sports announcer
- Van Lingle Mungo, American baseball player
- Van Nelson, American long-distance runner
- Van Patrick, American sportscaster
- Van Snider, American baseball player
- Van Tiffin, American football placekicker
- Van Van Wey, former NASCAR driver
- Van Winitsky, American tennis player
Nickname
- Van Braxton, 21st century American politician
- Van Cliburn, American pianist
- Ivan R. Gates, American aviator and entrepreneur, founder of the barnstorming Gates Flying Circus
- Van Hansis, American actor
- Van Heflin, American actor
- Van Jefferson, American football player
- Van Jones, American news commentator and activist
- Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer, songwriter, musician and producer
- Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician
Fictional characters
- Van, from the Pixar film Cars; see List of Cars characters
- Van, from the PlayStation game Chrono Cross; see Characters of Chrono Cross
- Van, from the anime Gun X Sword; see List of Gun Sword characters
- Van Arkride, from the Trails series
- Van Fanel, from the anime The Vision of Escaflowne; see List of The Vision of Escaflowne characters
- Van Flyheight, from the anime Zoids: Chaotic Century
- Van Garg, one of Gargamel's incarnations and the final antagonist appearing in The Smurfs
- Van Hohenheim, from the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise; see List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters
- Van Kleiss from Generator Rex
- Van Montgomery, from the TV series Reba; see List of Reba characters
- Van Veen, main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
- Van Wilder, protagonist of the film National Lampoon's Van Wilder
- Van Yamano, a main protagonist from the game and anime Little Battlers Experience
- Vanessa ‘Van’ Palmer, a character on the TV Series Yellowjackets