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Galan Erilich Galan Erilich was a king of the Picts from 510 to 522. The '' Pictish Chronicle'' king lists have him reign for fifteen years between Drest Gurthinmoch Drest Gurthinmoch was a king of the Picts from 480 to 510. The '' Pictish Chronicle'' king ...

, Pictish king of the 5th or 6th century *

Alberto Galán Alberto Galán (November 20, 1901 – January 5, 1977) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor. He starred in the 1943 film ''María Candelaria''.Mora p.62 Selected filmography * ''Juarez and Maximillian'' (1934) * ''Simón Bolívar'' (1942) * '' A ...

(1901–1977), Spanish-born Mexican film actor * Alfredo Galán, Spanish serial killer *

Álvaro Galán Floria Alvaro Galan Floria (born January 28, 1977, in Madrid) is a boccia player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC2 type athlete. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Ga ...

, boccia player from Spain * Ana Galán, Spanish writer *

Augie Galan August John Galan (May 23, 1912 – December 28, 1993) was an American professional baseball outfielder, manager and coach. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, New ...

, American baseball player * Borja Galán (born 1993), Spanish footballer *

Cachita Galán Leticia Noemí De León (stage name, Cachita Galán; 1943 in Buenos Aires – 2 December 2004, in Parque Patricios) was an Argentine singer. She is remembered for her vocal interpretations at the Club del Clan, and for her performance in the 1964 f ...

(1943–2004), Argentine singer *

Carlos F. Galán Carlos F. Galán (1831 in Cadiz, Spain – October 1906 in Mexico City) was a Spanish-born writer, jurist and newspaper publisher in California and Mexico. He was an interpreter and translator of English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Galá ...

, Spanish-born lieutenant for the Mexican Army, lawyer, founder of ''La Baja California'' *

Carlos Walter Galán Barry Carlos Walter Galán Barry (May 31, 1925 – January 25, 2003) was a prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Morón from 1981 till 1991, when he became archbishop of La Plata, which he remained till his resignation in ...

, auxiliary bishop of Morón and archbishop of La Plata *

Cristóbal Galán Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630 – 24 September 1684) was a Spanish Baroque composer. The first record of Galán is that in 1651 he was rejected as ''maestro de capilla'' in Sigüenza because he was married. From 1653 he was a singer and organist ...

, Spanish composer *

Daniel Elahi Galán Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian tennis player. He has reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 67 on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. He has a career-hi ...

(born 1996), Colombian tennis player *

Demetrio Galán Bergua Demetrio Galán Bergua (1894–1970) was a Spanish physician, humanist and journalist. Early career He practiced medicine in rural Mendigorría (Navarra), Sotés (La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in th ...

, Spanish physician, humanist and journalist *

Enrique Galán Enrique Galán Bayarri (born 6 April 1946) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker. He spent the most of his career associated with Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 M ...

, Spanish footballer *

Ernesto Galán Ernesto Galán Íñigo (born 17 June 1986 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AD Villaviciosa de Odón. Mainly a right-back, he can also play as a central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is a ...

, Spanish footballer *

Fermín Galán Fermín Galán Rodríguez (4 October 1899 – 14 December 1930) was a Spanish soldier known for leading the failed Jaca uprising a few months before the foundation of the Second Spanish Republic. He was of peasant origins, although his father was ...

, Spanish soldier *

Francisco Galán Francisco Galán Rodríguez (1902–1971), was a Spanish military officer. Early life He was the brother of Captain Fermin Galán and the Republican Majors José Maria and Juan Galán. Before the Spanish Civil War he was a lieutenant of the ...

, Spanish military officer *

Giancarlo Galan Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua) is an Italian politician. Political career After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia sin ...

, Italian politician and Governor of the Veneto region * Gilda Galán, Puerto Rican actress *

Gillian Galan Gillian Galan (born 7 August 1991) is a French rugby union player. His position is Number 8 and he played for Lyon in the Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top ...

, French rugby union player * Javier "Javi" Galán Gil (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Joaquín and Lucía Galán, Argentine duo better known as

Pimpinela Joaquín and Lucía Galán, better known as Pimpinela ( Spanish for ''pimpernel'') are an Argentine duo famous for singing romantic musical pieces and known for their original singing style. They have sold over 12 million records in Argentina an ...

Jorge E. Galán Jorge Enrique Galán is an Argentinian-American microbiologist who specializes in infectious disease, bacterial pathogenesis including Salmonella. Research Galán started his career as an associate professor at SUNY Stony Brook in the Departm ...

, Argentine biologist *

Jorge Galán Jorge Galán Anaut (born 22 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Galán made his professional – and La Liga – debut for hometown's CA Osasuna on 23 September 2009, ...

, Spanish footballer *

José Antonio Galán José Antonio Galán (c. 1749 in Charalá, Santander (New Kingdom of Granada) – February 2, 1782 in Santafé de Bogotá (Id.)) was a Neogranadine historical figure of the 18th century. He was the leader of the Comuneros insurrection in 1781, wh ...

, Colombian historical figure *

José Ignacio Sánchez Galán José Ignacio Sánchez Galán 1 (born 1950) better known as Ignacio Galán, is a Spanish businessman who currently serves as chairman of Iberdrola, a multinational energy company with a presence in dozens of countries worldwide with subsidiarie ...

, Spanish businessman *

José María Gabriel y Galán José María Gabriel y Galán (28 June 1870, in Frades de la Sierra (Salamanca) - 6 January 1905, in Guijo de Granadilla, Cáceres, España) was a Spanish poet in Castilian and Extremaduran. He was a teacher in Guijuelo (Salamanca) & Pie ...

, Spanish poet *

José María Galán José María Galán Rodríguez (1904–1978) was a Spanish military officer. He served in the Spanish Civil War. He was the brother of Fermín Galán, leader of the Jaca Uprising, and Francisco Galán. Before the war, he was a lieutenant of the ...

, Spanish military officer *

José María Garza Galán José María Garza Galán (November 6, 1846 in Múzquiz, Coahuila – October 7, 1902 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) was a Mexican politician. Governor of Coahuila in 1885–1889, which gave tax exemption to the first Spinning and Weaving Factory T ...

, Mexican politician * José Galán, Spanish footballer *

Juana Galán Statue of Juana Galán in Valdepeñas, by sculptor Francisco Javier Galán Juana Galán (1787–1812), nicknamed La Galana, was a guerrilla fighter of the Peninsular War (1808–1814) who took to the street to fight against the French cavalry th ...

, Spanish guerrilla fighter *

Juan Eslava Galán Juan Eslava Galán (born 7 March 1948) is a Spanish writer of historic genre, both fiction and non-fiction. He has published some of his works under the pen name ''Nicholas Wilcox''. In 2012 he published ''Las ciudades de la Bética'', an essay ...

, Spanish writer *

Juan Manuel Galán Pachón Juan Manuel Galán Pachón (born 29 July 1972) is a Colombian politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2006. He is the son and political heir of the assassinated political activist, politician, and presidential candidate, Luis ...

, Colombian politician *

Julio Galán Julio Galán (1958 or 1959 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full ...

, Mexican artist * Lucas Ramírez Galán O.F.M. (1714–1774), Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop *

Luis Carlos Galán Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian liberal politician and journalist who ran for the Presidency of Colombia on two occasions, the first time for the political movement New Liberalism that he f ...

, Colombian politician murdered in 1989 *

Magda De Galan Magdalena C. A. M. De Galan (born 23 September 1946

, Belgian politician *

Nely Galán Nely Galán (born 1963 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo. She created and executively produced the FOX reality series '' The Swan''. Nely Galán was born Arnely Alvarez in Sant ...

, Cuban entrepreneur *

Pacho Galan Pacho Galán (1906—1988) was a Colombian composer and band leader of several Colombian music forms. His songs include ''Boquita Sala, Rio Y Mar, Fiesta de Cumbia, Cumbia Alegre'' and ''Ay Cosita Linda'', which became one of his most famou ...

, Colombian composer * Pedro Cerezo Galán, Spanish philosopher and university professor. * Pedro José Lorenzo Galán, Spanish footballer *

Romeo Galán Romeo Galán (born 7 June 1933) is an Argentine sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Ga ...

, Argentine sprinter * Sebastián Galán, Uruguayan footballer *

Tommy Galán Tommy Alberto Galán Grullón (born 26 April 1967) is a Dominican politician. He represented province San Cristóbal in Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2006, and has served in the Senate since 2006. A member of the Dominican Liberation Par ...

, Dominican politician

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Galán Cerro Galán is a caldera in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three volcanic belts found in South America. One of se ...

, a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina *

Galan, Hautes-Pyrénées Galan () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Geography The Petite Baïse The Petite Baïse (, literally ''Little Baïse''; oc, Petita Baïsa) is a long river in the Hautes-Pyrénées and Gers ''départ ...

, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées ''département'', in southwestern France *

Galán, Santander Galán is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribb ...

a municipality and town in Colombia * Galan, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran *

Galan, Mazandaran Galan ( fa, گلان, also Romanized as Galān; also known as Galūn) is a village in Pain Khiyaban-e Litkuh Rural District , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Rural District , image_skyline = , imagesize ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Garza Galán Garza may refer to: * Garza (surname), including a list of people with the surname Garza * Garza, Santiago del Estero, Argentina * Garza County, Texas * Garza language * Dante Garza, a '' Killzone 2'' character * ''Azar v. Garza'', a United State ...

, a city in Coahuila, Mexican * Kelileh Galan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran

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* Galan (grape), an alternative name of the Bulgarian wine grape Dimiat *

Arthur Galan AG Arthur Galan AG is an Australian fashion brand based in Melbourne with menswear and womenswear lines. It is more popular for its menswear and is regularly featured in Australian men's fashion magazine, GQ Australia. History Arthur Galan AG is ...

, a fashion brand * Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome, in Bogotá, Colombia *

Galactus Galactus () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Formerly a mortal man, Galactus is a cosmic entity who consumes planets to sustain his life force, and serves a functional role in the upkeep of ...

, a cosmic entity in Marvel Comics whose name was once Galan

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