Mahan is both a surname and a given name. When used as given name in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

(ماهان ''māhān''), it means "like the moon" or "moon-like", or even referring to something "as beautiful as the moon". Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Alex Mahan ''Yandere Simulator'' is an upcoming stealth action video game for Windows. The story follows obsessively lovesick schoolgirl Ayano Aishi, nicknamed "Yandere- chan", who takes it upon herself to eliminate (through either violent or non-violent ...

(born 1988), American video game developer *

Alfred Thayer Mahan Alfred Thayer Mahan (; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States Navy officer and historian whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His 1890 book '' The Influence of Sea Pow ...

(1840–1914), American officer, geostrategist, and naval historian *

Armand Mahan Armand Mahan (born 7 September 1983) is an Ivory Coast, Ivorian professional football (soccer), association football player. He is usually positioned as a defender (football), left back or Midfielder#Winger, left winger. Career Mahan played d ...

(born 1983), Ivorian football player *

Art Mahan Arthur Leo Mahan (June 8, 1913 – December 7, 2010) was a professional baseball player, who played as a first baseman in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he batted and ...

(1913–2010), American baseball player *

Asa Mahan Asa Mahan (; November 9, 1799April 4, 1889) was an American Congregational minister and educator and the first president of both the Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College) and Adrian College. He described himself as "a religious te ...

(1800–1889), first president of Oberlin College *

Dennis Hart Mahan Dennis Hart Mahan (Mă-hăn) əˈhæn(April 2, 1802 – September 16, 1871) was an American military theorist, civil engineer and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824 to 1871. He was the father of American ...

(1802–1871), professor at the US Military Academy, father of Alfred *

Eddie Mahan Edward William Mahan (January 19, 1892 – July 22, 1975) was an American football player. While playing halfback for Harvard, Mahan was selected as a first-team All-American three consecutive years from 1913 to 1915. He was widely regarded as ...

(1892–1975), American football player *

Hunter Mahan Hunter Myles Mahan (born May 17, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a winner of two World Golf Championship events, the 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship ...

(born 1981), American golfer *

Larry Mahan Larry Mahan (; November 21, 1943 – May 7, 2023) was an American professional rodeo cowboy. He won six all-around world championships and two bull riding world championships in the Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit at the National Finals Rodeo. ...

(1943–2023), eight time rodeo world champion *

Sean Mahan Sean Christopher Mahan (born May 28, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Tampa Bay ...

(born 1980), American football player *

William Dennes Mahan William Dennes Mahan (July 27, 1824 - October 19, 1906) was an American Cumberland Presbyterian minister in Boonville, Missouri, and author of a book, commonly known as ''The Archko Volume'' (1884), purported to be a translation of a Jewish, Roman, ...

(1824–1906), Presbyterian minister and author of ''The Archko Volume''

Given name

Mahan Singh Maha Singh ('; 1760 – 15 April 1790 or 1756 – April 1792), also spelt as Mahan or Mahn Singh, was the second Sardar of the Sukerchakia Misl, which as a Sikh grouping with its guerilla militia was one of twelve Sikh Misls that later became p ...

(born 1756/60, death 1790/92), Chief of the

Sukerchakia Misl The Sukerchakia Misl was one of twelve Sikh Sikh Confederacy, misls in Punjab region, Punjab during the 18th century, concentrated in Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts in western Punjab region, Punjab (in modern-Pakistan) and ruled from (1752 ...

of the

Sikh Confederacy The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign Sikh states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes spelt as Misal) which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the n ...

Mahan Mitra Mahan Maharaj (born Mahan Mitra (Bengali: মহান মিত্র), 5 April 1968), also known as Mahan Mj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at t ...

(born 1968), Indian mathematician *

Mahan Esfahani Mahan Esfahani () (born 1984 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American harpsichordist. Education Esfahani received his first guidance on the piano from his father before exploring an interest in the harpsichord as a teenager. He studied musicology and ...

(born 1984), Iranian-American harpsichordist {{given name, type=both