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 (b. 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 (b. 1979), Azerbaijani weightlifter
• Turan Sofuoğlu (b. 1965), Turkish footballer
• Turan-Mirza Kamal (1951–2004), American musician

Surname

• Ali Turan (b. 1983), Turkish soccer player
• Arda Turan (b. 1987), Turkish footballer
• Atila Turan (b. 1992), Turkish-French footballer
• Cemil Turan (b. 1947), Turkish footballer
• Ekin Tunçay Turan, Turkish stage actress and translator
• Emre Turan (b. 1990), Turkish soccer player
• Esin Turan (b. 1970), Austrian-Turkish painter and sculptor
• Fatih Turan (b. 1993), Turkish footballer
• Hadi Turan, mayor of Keban, a town in Turkey
• Hakan Turan (b. 1992), Turkish soccer player
• İlter Turan, Turkish academic
• Kenneth Turan (b. 1946), American film critic
• Özdemir Turan (b. 1950), Turkish acrobat
• Sali Turan (b. 1949), Turkish painter
• Sefer Turan (b. 1962), Turkish journalist
• Veysel Turan (1901-2007), Turkish veteran of the Turkish War of Independence
• Frigyes Turán (b. 1974), Hungarian rally driver
• Pál Turán (1910–1976), Hungarian mathematician

Tribal name

• Turan, alternative name of Toran (Pashtun tribe), a tribe in Afghanistan

See also

• Turan (disambiguation)