Altan (name)

Altan

Gender	Male & female
Origin
Language(s)	1. Turkic 2. Mongolian 3. Irish 4. Scottish Gaelic 5. Swedish 6. Danish
Meaning	1. "red dawn" 2. "golden" 3. "red rising sun"

Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden" in Mongolian and "red dawn" in Turkic. The related word "Altın" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name.

Given name

• Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player
• Altan Çelem (born 1969), Turkish painter
• Altan Çetin (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriter
• Altan Çilingiroğlu (1944–2021), Turkish archaeologist
• Altan Debter, an early, now lost history of the Mongols
• Altan Deliorman (1936–2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalist
• Altan Dinçer (1932–2010), Turkish basketball player
• Engin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actor
• Altan Erbulak (1929–1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalist
• Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor
• Altan Erol, a Turkish professional basketball player
• Altan Gördüm (born 1958), Turkish actor
• Altan Günbay (1931–2014), Turkish actor and director
• Altan Güneş (born 1986), Turkish football player
• Altan Güven (born 1938), Turkish retired diplomat
• Altan Karamanoğlu (1935–2012), Turkish ambassador
• Altan Karındaş (1928–2021), Turkish actor and voice actor
• Altan Kavak (born 1936), Turkish politician
• Altan Khan, a Mongol ruler (1507–1582)
• Altan Khan of the Khotgoid, a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th century
• Mehmet Altan Karapaşaoğlu (born 1940), Turkish industrialist
• Altan Öymen, a Turkish journalist, author and former politician
• Altan Tan (born 1958), Turkish writer and politician
• Altan Telgey, a Mongol earth goddess
• Altan Tobchi, a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan
• Altan Tuna (born 1941),Turkish bureaucrat
• Altan Urag, a Mongolian folk rock band

Surname

• Ahmet Altan (born 1950), Turkish journalist and author
• Alparslan Altan (born 1968), former member of Turkish Constitutional Court
• Berfin Altan (born 2003), Turkish women's goalball player
• Can Altan (born 1946), Turkish ambassador
• Çetin Altan (1927–2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliament
• Eyüp Altan (born 1940), Turkish businessman
• Hasan Altan (born 1948), Turkish politician
• İsmail Hakkı Altan (1871–1927), Turkish politician
• Kamil Altan(1924–2011), Turkish footballer.
• Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist and writer
• Özdemir Altan (born 1931), Turkish painter
• Francesco Tullio Altan (born 1942), Italian satire and comic book author
• Kaan Altan, a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal
• Saadet İkesus Altan (1916–2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director

See also

• Altan, Irish folk band
• Altan (disambiguation), other uses