Fan commonly refers to: * Fan (machine), a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling ** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling * Fan (person), short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially with regard to entertainment Fan, FAN or fans may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* Fan (song), "Fan" (song), by Pascal Michel Obispo * Fans (album), ''Fans'' (album), a 1984 album by Malcolm McLaren * Fans (song), "Fans" (song), a 2007 album track on ''Because of the Times'' by the Kings of Leon

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Fan (film), ''Fan'' (film), a 2016 Indian Hindi film * Fan, a character in the video game ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu''

Biology

* Free amino nitrogen, in brewing and winemaking, amino acids available for yeast metabolism * Sea fan, a marine animal of the cnidarian phylum

Computing and mathematics

* Fan (geometry), the set of all planes through a given line * Fan (order), a class of preorderings on a field * FAN algorithm, an algorithm for automatic test pattern generation * Fan triangulation, a fast method to decompose a convex polygon in triangles * .fan filename extension for the Fantom (programming language) * File area network, a method for file sharing over a network * Triangle fan, a data structure to describe polygons in computer graphics

Geology

One of several types of fan-shaped deposits of sediment caused by the flow of streams or glacial melt: * Abyssal fan, underwater geological structures linked with large-scale sediment deposition. * Alluvial fan * Outwash plain

People

* Fan (surname) (Chinese character: 范, pinyin: Fàn), a common Chinese surname ** Fan Clan, a prominent clan with the above surname during the Spring and Autumn Period of China * Fán (surname) (Chinese character: 樊, pinyin: Fán), a common Chinese surname * Fan, the legendary descendant of the Yellow Emperor claimed as the progenitor of the Su (surname), Su clan in China

Places

* Fan (river), river in Albania * Fan, Albania, municipality in Albania * Fan County, in Henan, China * Fan district, historic district in Richmond, Virginia * Fanling station, Hong Kong; MTR station code FAN

Technology

* Future Air Navigation System, or FAN, an air traffic control scheme * Turbofan, a type of jet engine * Winnowing fan, device for winnowing grain

Weapons

* Japanese war fan, an object used in Japanese feudal warfare, also used in martial arts * Korean fighting fan, an object used in Korean martial arts

Other uses

* Armed Forces of the North, a Chadian rebel army (French: ''Forces Armées du Nord'') * Fan (cards), to spread playing cards fanwise * Fan (Daoism), 反 philosophical concept of "return; reverse; repeat" * Fang language, ISO 639-2 code * Nicaraguan Air Force (Spanish: ''Fuerza Aérea Nicaragüense'')