Stan or STAN may refer to:

People

* Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name ** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author, cartoonist and games designer Steven Brown * Stan (singer) (born 1987), Greek singer born Stratos Antipariotis

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Stan, an alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film ''The Wild'' * Grunkle Stan, in the animated TV series ''Gravity Falls'' * Stan, in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie ''17 Again (film)#Cast, 17 Again'' * Stan, from the film ''Crawl (2019 film), Crawl'' * Stan Beeman, in the TV series ''The Americans'' * Stan Carter, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * James Stillwell (character)#Stan Edgar, Stan Edgar, in the Amazon Prime Video series ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys'' * Stan Gable, in the ''Revenge of the Nerds (film series)#Cast, Revenge of the Nerds'' film series played by Ted McGinley * Stan Marsh, in the animated TV series ''South Park'' * Stan Ogden, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Stan Pembroke, in the American sitcom television series ''Charles in Charge#Cast, Charles in Charge'' * Stan Smith (American Dad!), Stan Smith (''American Dad!''), in the animated TV series ''American Dad!'' * Stan (Monkey Island), Stan (''Monkey Island''), a salesman in the ''Monkey Island'' adventure games

Music

* Stan (song), "Stan" (song), a 2000 song by Eminem, featuring Dido from ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' ** Stan (fan), slang for an unhealthily obsessed fan * Stan (EP), ''Stan'' (EP), by Stan Walker, 2018

Science and technology

* Hurricane Stan, a 2005 hurricane * ''Stanhopea'' (abbreviation Stan), an orchid genus * Stan (dinosaur), a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fossil found at the Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, US

Technology

* ST segment, analysis in electrocardiography * Stan (service), an Australian streaming service * Stan (software), a programming language for statistical inference * System Trace Audit Number, a key to uniquely identify a card transaction based on the ISO 8583 standard

Organisations

* Stan (service), Stan, an Australian streaming video service * STAN (art-group), a Ukrainian cultural organisation * Mayors and Independents (Czech: ''Starostové a nezávislí''), a political party in the Czech Republic * Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara, a state college in Indonesia * Standard Chartered (stock market symbol), British multinational banking and financial services company

Other uses

* Stan (horse), a British-American Thoroughbred racehorse * -stan, a Persian suffix meaning "home of", "place of" or "country" * Stan, Mirna, a settlement in Slovenia * Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian, a proposed language family * Stan (administrative unit), a historical administrative unit in Russia