Turan (name)

Turan is a personal name of differing origins, it may refer to:

Given name

Turan (mythology), in Etruscan mythology, the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of Vulci
Turan-Shah (d. 1180), Ayyubid prince (emir) of Yemen, Baalbek, Damascus, Alexandria
Al-Muazzam Turanshah (d. 1250), son of Sultan As-Salih Ayyub
Turan Akalın (born 1984), Turkish wheelchair tennis player and wheelchair curler
Turan Dursun (1934–1990), Turkish mufti
Turan Güneş, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1974
Turan Mirzayev (born 1979), Azerbaijani weightlifter
Turan Sofuoğlu (born 1965), Turkish footballer
Turan-Mirza Kamal (1951–2004), American musician

Ali Turan (born 1983), Turkish soccer player
Arda Turan (born 1987), Turkish footballer
Atila Turan (born 1992), Turkish-French footballer
Cemil Turan (born 1947), Turkish footballer
Ekin Tunçay Turan, Turkish stage actress and translator
Emre Turan (born 1990), Turkish soccer player
Esin Turan (born 1970), Austrian-Turkish painter and sculptor
Fatih Turan (born 1993), Turkish footballer
Hadi Turan, mayor of Keban, a town in Turkey
Hakan Turan (born 1992), Turkish soccer player
İlter Turan, Turkish academic
Kenneth Turan (born 1946), American film critic
Mehmet Cahit Turan (born 1960), Turkish civil engineer, civil servant and former government minister
Nesim Turan (born 1992), Turkish Paralympic table tennis player
Özdemir Turan (born 1950), Turkish acrobat
Sali Turan (born 1949), Turkish painter
Sefer Turan (born 1962), Turkish journalist
Veysel Turan (1901-2007), Turkish veteran of the Turkish War of Independence
Frigyes Turán (born 1974), Hungarian rally driver
Pál Turán (1910–1976), Hungarian mathematician
Periyasamy Turán (1908–1987), Patriot and Tamil Poet