Haiyan
Haiyan may refer to:
Tropical cyclones
- Typhoon Haiyan (Maring), a storm of the 2001 Pacific typhoon season, which hit Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands
- Tropical Storm Haiyan (2007), a tropical cyclone initially showing subtropical characteristics
- Typhoon Haiyan (2013) (Yolanda), a violent tropical cyclone causing catastrophic destruction in the Philippines
Places
- Haiyan, Guangdong (海宴镇), a town in Guangdong
- Haiyan County, Qinghai (海晏县), a county of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai
- Haiyan County, Zhejiang (海盐县), a county of Jiaxing, Zhejiang
People with the given name
Haiyan (海燕) is a masculine and feminine given name of Chinese origin:
- Hu Haiyan, male Chinese academic and president of Beijing Institute of Technology
- Ma Haiyan (1837–1900), Chinese male Muslim General of the Qing Dynasty
- Qian Haiyan (1955–2013), Chinese female United Nations Civil Servant
- Xu Haiyan (born 1984), Chinese female free style wrestler
- Ye Haiyan, female Chinese human rights activist
- Zhou Haiyan (born 1990), Chinese female middle-distance runner
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