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* German name for **

Żagań Żagań (French and german: Sagan, hsb, Zahań , la, Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Ziel ...

, Poland ** Duchy of Żagań (1274–1549), one of the duchies of Silesia * Sagan, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran *

Sagan, West Azerbaijan Sakan ( fa, ساكان, also Romanized as Sākān; also known as Sagān) is a village in Sumay-ye Shomali Rural District, Sumay-ye Beradust District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 182, in 35 f ...

, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Sagan, Ethiopia *

Sagan River The Sagan River is a seasonal river in southern Ethiopia. Rising in the Ethiopian Highlands mountains east of Lake Chamo, it flows south then west to join the Weito River The Weito River (also known as the Weyt’o Wenz, Tullaya River) is a ...

, Ethiopia * Şağan, Azerbaijan *

2709 Sagan 2709 Sagan, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the Kirkwood gap, inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 March 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Low ...

, asteroid named after Carl Sagan *

Sagan (crater) Sagan is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 10.8° N and 30.7° W. It measures approximately 90 kilometers in diameter and was named after American astronomer Carl Sagan, who founded the Planetary Society and is bes ...

, impact crater on Mars named after Carl Sagan

People

* Segan, an Aramaic term for the deputy of a civil or religious leader, rendered as ''sagan'' in Hebrew * Anna of Sagan (died 1541), duchess by marriage to Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels *

Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ...

(1934–1996), American astronomer, science writer, and advocate for rationalism and skepticism *

Dorion Sagan Dorion Sagan (born 1959) is an American essayist, fiction writer, poet, and theorist of ecology. He has written and co-authored books on culture, art, literature, evolution, and the history and philosophy of science, including ''Cosmic Apprentice, ...

(born 1959), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons * Françoise Sagan (1935–2004), French writer * Ginetta Sagan (1925–2000), American human-rights activist *

Hedwig of Sagan Hedwig of Sagan ( pl, Jadwiga żagańska; before 1350 – 27 March 1390) was Queen of Poland as the fourth wife of Casimir III. Casimir's lack of male heir spelled the end of the Piast Dynasty in the Kingdom of Poland. After Casimir's death in 1 ...

(died 1390), Queen of Poland as wife of Casimir III * Jacob Dungau Sagan (born 1946), Malaysian politician and Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia * Jeanne Sagan (born 1979), American musician, bassist for All That Remains * Juraj Sagan (born 1988), Slovak cyclist, Peter Sagan's brother *

Leontine Sagan Leontine Sagan (born Leontine Schlesinger; 13 February 1889 – 20 May 1974) was an Austrian-Hungarian theatre director and actress of Jewish descent. She is best known for directing ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931). Along with directing for ...

(1889–1974), Austrian film director and actress *

Nick Sagan Nicholas Julian Zapata Sagan (born September 16, 1970) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of the science fiction novels '' Idlewild'', ''Edenborn'', and ''Everfree'', and has also written scripts for episodes of '' Star T ...

(born 1970), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons *

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovakia, Slovak professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-c ...

(born 1990), Slovak cyclist, Juraj Sagan's brother *

Scott Sagan Scott Douglas Sagan (born 1955) is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He is known for his research on nuclear weap ...

(born 1955), professor of political science at Stanford University

Engineering, science and technology

* Sagan (number), the number of stars in the observable universe *

Sagan (unit of measurement) Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, physical cosmology, cosmologist, Astrophysics, astrophysicist, Astrobiology, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best kn ...

, humorous unit of measurement named after Carl Sagan * S.A.G.A.N., social and collaborative web-platform * Sagan (software), a high performance, multi-threaded log analysis engine

Other

* Sagan (ceremony), a Nepalese sacred ritual * ''Sagan'' (film), 2008 French film about the French writer Françoise Sagan *

Sagan Tosu is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J1 League. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture. ''Sagan'' is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolise ...

, Japanese professional football club based in Tosu, Saga Prefecture

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