Yan may refer to:

Names

• Yan Emperor, closely related to the Yellow Emperor
• New Great Yan Dynasty, which played a key role in the An Shi Rebellion
• Cantonese transcription of surname 甄, created for naming taboo; Emperor Ming of Han (given name Zhuang), renamed Zhuang to Yan
• "Yan", writer pseudonym of Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin (1853–1909), Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright
• Martin Yan (born 1948), Chinese-Canadian/American television chef; star of Yan Can Cook, carried by PBS and Food Network
• Yan (musician), stage name of Jan Scott Wilkinson, English songwriter/lead singer of indie rock band, British Sea Power, founded in 2000
• Tang Yan (born 1983), Chinese actress well-known in her homeland as a rising star
• Yan, transliteration of the name "Ян" (Ian) from the Russian language
• Yan or, more specifically, Yahn, pronunciation of variant of the given name John, especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján)

Places

• State of Yan, state in China
• Yan (Ten Kingdoms), short-lived state around present-day Beijing at beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Yan, Kedah, district in Malaysia
• Yan, historic village of the Haida people of Queen Charlotte Islands in the Canadian province of British Columbia

Other references

• Yan Lifts, commonly known name for Lift Engineering, aerial chairlift manufacturing company which ceased operation in 1996
• "Yan" may also indicate the noise made by the character "Kitten"[1] in the webcomic Bear and Kitten[2]

External links

• History of Chinese surname Yan
• Yan Family homepage

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