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are other variants of the name.

People

Given name

* Arslan Aydemirov (born 1977), Russian footballer * Arslan Ekşi (born 1985), Turkish volleyball player * Arslan Toğuz (1886–1963), police commissioner of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish militia leader and politician * Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1986), Turkish footballer

Surname

* Ahmet Arslan (born 1986), Turkish mountain runner *

Alparslan Arslan Alparslan Arslan (born 1977 in Kiğı) is a Turkish criminal convicted for murdering Council of State member Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, and wounding four others. He also took part in the bombing of the newspaper '' Cumhuriyet'' along with Osman Y ...

(born 1977), Turkish criminal *

Antonia Arslan Antonia Arslan ( hy, Անտոնիա Արսլան, born 1938) is an Italian writer and academic of Armenian origin. Biography Arslan was born in Padua in 1938 to Michele Arslan and Vittoria Marchiori. Her paternal grandfather Yerwant Arslanian ...

(born 1938), Italian writer of Armenian origin * Aybüke Arslan (born 1994), Turkish women's footballer * Buse Arslan (born 1992), Turkish actress *

Ender Arslan Ender Arslan (born 13 January 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball coach and former player who played at the point guard position. He is assistant coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional care ...

(born 1983), Turkish basketball player *

Ertuğrul Arslan Ertuğrul Arslan (born 26 January 1980) is a Turkish retired professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer *

Faysal Arslan Emir Faysal Arslan (Arabic فيصل أرسلان; October 1941 – 20 December 2009, in Aley, Lebanon). He was the chief of the Arslan family, descendants of the Lakhmids after the death of his father Emir Majid Arslan in 1983. He continued with t ...

(1941–2009), Lebanese politician *

Firat Arslan Firat Arslan (born 28 September 1970) is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent who held the WBA cruiserweight title from 2007 to 2008. He also challenged twice for the WBO cruiserweight title in 2012 and 2014 and once for the IBF cr ...

(born 1970), German professional boxer of Turkish origin *

Hakan Arslan Hakan Arslan (born 18 July 1988) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sivasspor. Playing career Arslan is a youth product of İstanbul Güngörenspor having joined their youth academy in 1998, and started his professional car ...

(born 1988), Turkish footballer *

Huseyin Arslan Huseyin Arslan from the University of South Florida Tampa, Florida, USA was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for contributions to spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks. Arslan was among t ...

, American engineer *

Ilke Arslan Ilke Arslan is a Turkish American microscopist who is Director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and the Nanoscience and Technology division at Argonne National Laboratory. She was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists ...

, Turkish American microscopist *

Kadir Arslan Kadir Arslan (born April 20, 1977 in Ankara) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under o ...

(born 1977), Turkish volleyball player *

Kamber Arslan Kamber Arslan (born 5 January 1980 in Kayseri, Turkey) is a Turkish former football defender and defensive midfielder. He has played for Kayseri Erciyesspor in the TFF First League. Club career Arslan previously played for several seasons wi ...

(born 1980), Turkish footballer *

Koray Arslan Koray Aslan (born 10 October 1983) is a Turkish former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of footba ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Majid Arslan Emir Majid Toufic Arslan ( ar, الأمير مجيد توفيق أرسلان) (February 1908 — September 18, 1983) was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki (Arslan affi ...

(1908–1983), Lebanese politician * May Arslan (1928–2013), member of the Lebanese Arslan family *

Murat Arslan Murat Arslan (born 1974) is a former Turkish judge active in the Judges and Prosecutors Union and political prisoner. Biography He is married and father of two children. He graduated from the faculty of law of the Istanbul University in 199 ...

, Turkish judge * Murat Aslan (born 1986), Turkish volleyball player * Mustafa Arslanović, Bosnian football defender * Nadia Arslan (1949–2008), Lebanese actress * Namosh E. Arslan (born 1981), German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ *

Osman Arslan Osman Arslan (born December 21, 1942 in Kalecik, Ankara) is a high ranked Turkish judge and currently the First President of the Court of Cassation A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts o ...

(born 1942), Turkish judge * Qutlu Arslan, 12th-century Georgian politician and statesman *

Shakib Arslan Shakib Arslan ( ar, شكيب أرسلان, 25 December 1869 – 9 December 1946) was a Druze prince (amir) in Lebanon who was known as ' (Arabic for "Prince of Eloquence") because in addition to being a politician, he was also an influential writ ...

, (1869–1946), Lebanese politician, writer, poet, historian *

Sibel Arslan Sibel Arslan (born 23 June 1980 in Erzincan, Turkey)Talal Arslan (born 1963), Lebanese politician * Tolgay Arslan (born 1990), German-Turkish footballer * Volkan Arslan (born 1978), Turkish footballer *

Yılmaz Arslan Yılmaz Arslan (born 20 April 1968) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. Early life and education Yilmaz Arslan was born on the Mediterranean coast in Kazanll, Turkey. In 1975, at the age of seven, he came ...

(born 1968), German film director of Kurdish origin * Zeina Talal Arslan, Lebanese social activist

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* Il-Arslan (died 1172), Kharazm Shah *

Alp Arslan Alp Arslan was the second Sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. He greatly expanded the Seljuk territory and consolidated his power, defeating rivals to the south and northwest, and his ...

(1029–1072), second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty * Arslan ibn Mas'ud (died 1118), Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire *

Arslan Khan (prince) Arslan Khan was the prince of the Karluks. Mongol emperor Genghis Khan commanded that Arslan Khan be given the title Sartaqtai, which was said to by synonymous with Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something ...

, Prince of the Karluks *

Arslan Shah I Arslan Shah I was Seljuk Sultan of Kerman from 1101–1142, a city in Iran situated at the center of Kerman province. Located in a large and flat plain, this city is placed 1,076 km (669 mi) south of the Iranian capital, Tehran.Boyle, ...

(died 1142), Sultan of Kerman *

Kara Arslan Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (or Kara Arslan) (r. 1144–1174 CE) was a member of the Artuqid dynasty and son of Rukn al-Dawla Dāʾūd, bey of Hasankeyf. Kara Arslan ruled Hasankeyf following Dāʾūd's death on 19 Muharram 539 (22 July 1144). He was ...

(died 1174), member of the Artuqid dynasty *

Kilij Arslan I Kilij Arslan ibn Suleiman ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان; fa, , Qilij Arslān; tr, I. Kılıç Arslan or ''Kılıcarslan'', "Sword Lion") (‎1079–1107) was the Seljuq Sultan of Rum from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultan ...

(1079-1107), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, first sultan in Konya *

Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان دوم) or ʿIzz ad-Dīn Kilij Arslān ibn Masʿūd ( fa, عز الدین قلج ارسلان بن مسعود) ( Modern Turkish ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was a Seljuk Sultan of Rû ...

(died 1192), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm *

Kilij Arslan III Kilij Arslan III ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان, fa, قلج ارسلان ''Qilij Arslān''; Modern Turkish: ''Kılıç Arslan'', meaning "Sword Lion") was the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm for a short period between 1204 and 1205 succeeding his father ...

(died 1205), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm *

Kilij Arslan IV Kilij Arslan IV ( 1ca, قِلِج اَرسلان) or Rukn ad-Dīn Qilij Arslān ibn Kaykhusraw ( fa, رکن الدین قلج ارسلان بن کیخسرو) was Seljuq Sultan of Rûm after the death of his father Kaykhusraw II in 1246. However, ...

(died 1265), Sultan of Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm *

Nur ad-Din Arslan Shah I Nur al-Din Arslan Shah I (or Arslan Shah) was the Zengid Emir of Mosul 1193–1211. He was successor of Izz al-Din Mas'ud. See also * Zengid dynasty The Zengid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin, which ruled parts of the Le ...

(died 1211), Zengid Emir of Mossul

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