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Turkish given name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...

used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden"Гарма Данцаранович Санжеев - The modern Mongolian language (1973), p. 24 in Mongolian and "red dawn" in

Turkic Turkic may refer to: * anything related to the country of Turkey * Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages ** Turkic alphabets (disambiguation) ** Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language * ...

. The related word "

Altın Altın is a Turkish word meaning "golden" (comparable to Mongolian " altan"). It is also a common surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Erhan Altın (born 1956), Turkish football manager * Josef Altin (born 1983), British televisi ...

" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name.

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* Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player * (born 1969), Turkish painter * (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriter * (born 1944), Turkish archaeologist *

Altan Debter The ''Altan Debter'', ''Golden Book'' ( Mongolian Cyrillic: Алтан дэвтэр , Mongolian script: ) is an early, now lost history of the Mongols. Rashid-al-Din Hamadani had access to it when writing his Chronicles, Jami al-Tawarikh. Some be ...

, an early, now lost history of the Mongols * (1936-2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalist *

Altan Dinçer Altan Dinçer (20 May 1932 – 12 January 2010) was a Turkish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), o ...

(1932-2010), Turkish basketball player *

Engin Altan Düzyatan Engin Altan Düzyatan (; born 26 July 1979) is a Turkish film and television actor. Born in Karşıyaka, İzmir Province, Turkey, Düzyatan studied theatre at the Dokuz Eylül University in his home province before making his acting debut with ...

(born 1979), Turkish actor * (1929-1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalist * Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor *

Altan Erol Altan Erol (born May 28, 1983) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli Basket of the Turkish Basketball First League. Professional career Born in Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Pru ...

, a Turkish professional basketball player * (born 1958), Turkish actor * (1931-2014), Turkish actor and director * (born 1986), Turkish football player * (born 1938), Turkish retired diplomat * (1935-2012), Turkish ambassador *

Altan Karındaş Altan may refer to: * Altan (name) * Altan (band), a folk music group from Donegal * ''Altan'' (album), a 1987 album by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy * Altan Jalab, a village in Afghanistan * Altan (river), stretch of the lower cours ...

(born 1928), Turkish actor and voice actor * (born 1936), Turkish politician *

Altan Khan Altan Khan of the Tümed (1507–1582; mn, ᠠᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠨ, Алтан хан; Chinese: 阿勒坦汗), whose given name was Anda ( Mongolian: ; Chinese: 俺答), was the leader of the Tümed Mongols and de facto ruler of the Right Win ...

, a Mongol ruler (1507–1582) * Altan Khan of the Khotgoid, a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th century * (born 1940), Turkish INdustiralist *

Altan Öymen Mehmet Altan Öymen (born 20 June 1932) is a Turkish journalist, author and former politician. Biography Öymen graduated from the School of Political Science of Ankara University. He began his journalist career already in 1950 at age of 18, an ...

, a Turkish journalist, author and former politician * (born 1958), Turkish writer and politician * Altan Telgey, a Mongol earth goddess *

Altan Tobchi The ''Altan Tobchi'', or ''Golden Summary'' (Mongolian script: '; Mongolian Cyrillic: , '), is a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan. Its full title is ''Herein is contained the Golden Summary of the Principles of S ...

, a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan * (born 1941),Turkish bureaucrat * Altan Urag, a Mongolian folk rock band

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* Ahmet Altan (born 1950), Turkish journalist and author * (born 1968), former member of Turkish Constitutional Court *

Berfin Altan Berfin Altan (born 24 November 2003) is a Turkish goalball player having visual impairment. She was a member of the national team at the 2021 IBSA European Goalball Championship. She is a high school student at the School for the Blind and Vi ...

(born 2003), Turkish women's goalball player * (born 1946), Turkish ambassador * Çetin Altan (1927-2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliament * (born 1940), Turkish businessman * (born 1948), Turkish politician * (1871-1927), Turkish politician * Kamil Altan(1924-2011), Turkish footballer. * Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist and writer * (born 1931), Turkish painter *

Francesco Tullio Altan Francesco Tullio Altan (born 30 September 1942) is an Italian comics artist and satirist. Biography He was born in Treviso, the son of Friulan anthropologist Carlo Tullio Altan. He studied at the University IUAV of Venice, but halted his st ...

(born 1942), Italian satire and comic book author * Kaan Altan, a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal *

Saadet İkesus Altan Fatma Saadet İkesus Altan (born Saadet İkesus, 3 March 191612 December 2007) was a Turkish opera singer and her country's first female vocal coach and first female opera director. She also translated numerous librettos and lieder into Turki ...

(1916-2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director

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