Lan (name)
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Lan is a personal name, frequently used in Chinese and Vietnamese contexts as a feminine given name, which means "orchid." Lan may also be used as a surname.
However, in Vietnamese "Lân" with the accent denotes a masculine given name, which refers to Kỳ Lân, a mythical creature that appears only to protect the noble. See qilin.
Lan may refer to:
[edit] People
- Arnaud Le Lan (born 1978), French football player
- Bian Lan (born 1984), Chinese basketball player
- Chen Su Lan (1885–1972), Singaporean physician
- David Lan (born 1952), English playwright and theatre director
- Donald Lan, American politician
- Jiang Lan (born 1989), Chinese sprinter
- Lan Bale (born 1969), South African tennis player
- Lan Cao (born 1961), Vietnamese-born American novelist
- Lan Samantha Chang (born 1965), American writer
- Lan Kham Deng (1375–1427), Lao king
- Lan Han (died 398), Chinese official
- Lan Lixin (born 1979), Chinese runner
- Lan Medina, Filipino comic book artist
- Lan Roberts (1936–2005), American radio presenter
- Lan Wright (born 1923), British writer
- Lan Ying (1585–1664), Chinese painter
- Lan Yu (died 1393), Chinese general
- Law Lan (born 1934), Hong Kong actress
- Li Lan (born 1961), Chinese handball player
- Lu Lan (born 1987), Chinese badminton player
- Lu Mong Lan (born 1927), Vietnamese general
- Pauline Lan (born 1965), Taiwanese singer and actress
- Sang Lan (born 1981), Chinese gymnast
- Wang Lan (1922–2003), Taiwanese writer
- Yang Lan (born 1968), Chinese businesswoman and talk show host
- Zhang Lan (1872–1955), Chinese political activist
- Zhao Lan (born 1963), Chinese chess player
[edit] Fiction
- Lan Asuka, fictional character in the Devil Lady manga series
- Lan Di, fictional character in the video games Shenmue and Shenmue II
- Lan Hikari, fictional character in the MegaMan Battle Network series of video games
- Lan Mandragoran, fictional character in the Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan
- Lan Mao, fictional character in the animated television series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat
- Gabriel Lan, fictional character in the Marvel comics universe
- Lan Fan, a minor supporting character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga
- Lan Kellyan, a fictional character in the book Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac by Ernest Thompson Seton
[edit] See also
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