Nan or NAN may refer to:

Places

China

Nan County Nan County, or Nanxian () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang. Located in the northern margin of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Shishou City of ...

, Yiyang, Hunan, China *

Nan Commandery Nan Commandery ( zh, 南郡, "Southern Commandery") was a Chinese commandery that existed from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. Its territories covered present-day central and western Hubei province, as well as parts of Chongqing. The seat ...

, historical commandery in Hubei, China

Thailand

* Nan Province **

Nan, Thailand Nan ( th, น่าน, ) is a town in northern Thailand. It is north of Bangkok. It is in the centre of Nan Province which bears its name, and of which it is the former administrative capital. It covers ''tambon'' Nai Wiang and parts of ''tamb ...

, the administrative capital of Nan Province * Nan River

People

Given name

* Nan Cross (1928–2007), South African anti-apartheid and anti-conscription activist * Nan Hayworth (born 1959), former U.S. Representative from New York's 19th Congressional District *

Nan Wood Honeyman Nan Honeyman (née Wood; July 15, 1881 – December 10, 1970) was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of New York, she was the daughter of author and attorney Charles Erskine Scott Wood. After growing up in Oregon, she served ...

, (1881–1970), first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Oregon *

Nan Hu Nan Hu is a Chinese physician-scientist, molecular geneticist, and cancer epidemiologist who researches gastrointestinal cancers. She is a staff scientist in the metabolic epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute. Life Hu received ...

, Chinese physician-scientist, molecular geneticist, and cancer epidemiologist *

Nan Kempner Nan Kempner (July 24, 1930 – July 3, 2005) was a New York City socialite, reputed for her fashion sense and her philanthropy. Biography Born Nan Field Schlesinger in San Francisco, Kempner was the only child in a wealthy family. Her father, A ...

(1930–2005), New York socialite *

Nan Martin Nan Martin (July 15, 1927 – March 4, 2010) was an American actress who starred in movies and on television. Life and career Early life Born in Decatur, Illinois, and raised in Santa Monica, California, she attended Santa Monica High School. ...

(1927–2010), American actress * Nan Grogan Orrock (born 1943), member of the Georgia House of Representatives and State Senator * Nan Phelps (1904–1990), American folk artist * Nan Rich (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate and former member of the House of Representatives * Nan C. Robertson (1926–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and teacher * Nan A. Talese (born 1933), American editor

Chinese name

* Nan Huai-Chin (1918–2012), Buddhist teacher in China *

Nan Song (disambiguation) Nan Song may refer to: *Southern Song (1127–1279), the second period of the Song dynasty *Song Nan Song Nan (; born August 9, 1990) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2013 Win ...

* Nan Zhang (actress) (born 1986), Chinese-American actress *

King Nan of Zhou King Nan of Zhou (Ji Yan; ?–256 BC), less commonly known as King Yin of Zhou, was the 37th and last king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty, the son of King Shenjing of Zhou and grandson of King Xian of Zhou. He was king from 314 BC until his deat ...

(r. 314–256 BC), last ruler of the Chinese Zhou dynasty * Luo Nan (born 1986), Chinese swimmer *

Sima Nan Sima Nan (; born 22 June 1956), real name Yu Li (), is a Chinese television pundit, social commentator, and journalist. In the early 21st century, he is well known for his staunch support of Chinese Communist Party stances and nationalistic, ant ...

(born 1956), Chinese television pundit and journalist *

Song Nan Song Nan (; born August 9, 1990) is a Chinese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2013 Winter Universiade champion, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist, a two-time senior Grand Prix medalis ...

(born 1990), Chinese figure skater *

Wang Nan (disambiguation) Wang Nan may refer to: * Wang Nan (judoka) (born 1970), Chinese judoka * Wang Nan (sport shooter) (born 1978), male Chinese sports shooter *Wang Nan (table tennis) (born 1978), female Chinese table tennis player *Wang Nan (baseball) Wang Nan (; b ...

Yu Nan Yu Nan (, born 5 September 1978) is a Chinese actress. Born in Dalian, Yu Nan studied at the Beijing Film Academy, where she graduated in 1999. Career Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4, playing role of a little girl with a handkerchief ti ...

(born 1978), Chinese actress *

Zhang Nan (disambiguation) Zhang Nan, Zhāng Nán, or Nan Zhang may refer to: * Zhang Nan (Three Kingdoms) or Wenjin (died 222), Shu Han general * Nan Zhang (actress) (born 1986), Chinese-American actress * Zhang Nan (gymnast) (born 1986), Chinese gymnast * Zhang Nan (cycli ...

Zhou Nan Zhou Nan () was a prominent Chinese politician and diplomat, and served as Director of the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, Vice Minister of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador to the United Nations. H ...

(born 1927), Chinese politician and diplomat

Family name

Nan (surname) {{see also, Nan (disambiguation), Nam (disambiguation), Nangong, Namgung Nan (南), Nangong (南宮), Nanguo (南郭) is a Chinese surname. Nan 南 *Henan (河南) Based Nan (南) family Founded with Patronymic Nan (南) *during the Xia Dynasty, ...

(南), Chinese surname *

Mohd Fauzi Nan Mohd Fauzi Nan is a Malaysian footballer who last played for Negeri Sembilan FA in the Malaysian Premier League as a defender before retiring. He previously played for Kedah, Selangor MPPJ and Perlis FA . He is the current head coach of Ke ...

(born 1980), Malaysian football player

Nickname

Nan Britton Nanna Popham Britton (November 9, 1896 – March 21, 1991) was an American secretary who was a mistress of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States. In 1927, she revealed that her daughter, Elizabeth, had been fathered by Hard ...

(1896–1991), mistress of President Warren G. Harding *

Nannerl O. Keohane Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas) She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democ ...

(born 1940), American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University *

Nan Merriman Katherine Ann Merriman (April 28, 1920 – July 22, 2012) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Biography A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she performed with her pianist brother, J. Vick O'Brien (later president of the Pittsburgh Nationa ...

(1920–2012), American operatic singer

Fictional people

* Nan (''American Horror Story'')

Other

*English familiar term for

grandmother Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually-reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic gra ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Nan'', a play by the English poet

John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ''The Box of Delights'', and the poem ...

, first produced in 1908, also known as ''The Tragedy of Nan'' * Nan, nickname of the character Joanie Taylor, from the ''Catherine Tate Show''

Organisations

National Action Network The National Action Network (NAN) is a not-for-profit, civil rights organization founded by the Reverend Al Sharpton in New York City, New York, in early 1991. In a 2016 profile, '' Vanity Fair'' called Sharpton "arguably the country's most infl ...

, American civil rights organization *

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Nishnawbe Aski Nation (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᓐ (''Anishinaabe-aski Ishkoniganan Ogimaawin''), unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᐊᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓐ; NAN for short) is a political orga ...

Science and technology

NaN Nan or NAN may refer to: Places China * Nan County, Yiyang, Hunan, China * Nan Commandery, historical commandery in Hubei, China Thailand * Nan Province ** Nan, Thailand, the administrative capital of Nan Province * Nan River People Given name ...

(not a number), used in computer arithmetic and defined in the IEEE floating-point standard * NaN (congress), 20th Chaos Communication Congress in 2003 *

NAN-190 NAN-190 is a drug and research chemical widely used in scientific studies. It was previously believed to act as a selective 5-HT1A receptor antagonist, but a subsequent discovery showed that it also potently blocks the α2-adrenergic receptor. ...

, a drug and research chemical widely used in scientific studies * Near-me area network, a communication network that focuses on wireless communication among devices in close proximity * Neighborhood Aware Networking, in Android O *

NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity Olney's lesions, also known as NMDA receptor antagonist neurotoxicity (NAN), are a form of potential brain damage due to drugs that have been studied experimentally and have produced neuronal damage, yet are administered by doctors to humans in the ...

, a potential form of brain damage * Sodium azide, a chemical compound with the formula NaN₃

Other uses

* News Agency of Nigeria * Norwegian Air Norway *

Southern Min Southern Min (), Minnan ( Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwa ...

(ISO 639-3 language code nan), a language originated from China *

Nadi International Airport Nadi International Airport is the main international airport of Fiji as well as an important regional hub for the South Pacific islands, located by the coast on the western side of the main island Viti Levu. Owned and operated by Fiji Airpor ...

(IATA code NAN), Fiji *

Tandyr nan ''Tandyr nan'' is a type of Central Asian bread. Names * Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik: ''nan'' (), ''tandyr nan'' () * Turkmen: * Uyghur: ''nan'' (), ''tonur nan'' () * Uzbekistan: , * Chinese: ''náng'' () * Russian: ''lepyoshka'' () Variet ...

, Uzbek flatbread