Stan or STAN may refer to:

People

Stan (given name) Stan is a masculine given name originating as a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Stanley (name), Stanley, Stanislav (given name), Stanislav and Stanford (name), Stanford. Notable people with the name include: * Stan Blake (born 1954), A ...

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Stan Laurel Stan Laurel ( ; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, director and writer who was in the comedy double act, duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 sh ...

(1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author, cartoonist and games designer Steven Brown * Stan (singer) (born 1987), Greek singer, born Stratos Antipariotis

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Stan Marsh, in the animated TV series ''South Park'' * Stan, an alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film '' The Wild'' * Grunkle Stan, in the animated TV series ''Gravity Falls'' * Stan, in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 17 Again'' * Stan, from the film '' Crawl'' * Stan Beeman, in the TV series ''The Americans'' * Stan Carter, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Stan Edgar, in the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Boys'' * Stan Gable, in the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' film series played by Ted McGinley * Stan Ogden, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Stan Pembroke, in the American sitcom television series '' Charles in Charge'' * Stan Smith (''American Dad!''), in the animated TV series ''American Dad!'' * Stan (''Monkey Island''), a salesman in the ''Monkey Island'' adventure games

Music

* Stan, a UK one hit wonder duo from 1993 * "Stan" (song), a 2000 song by Eminem, sampling Dido from ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' ** Stan (fan), slang for a fan, often of celebrity culture and sometimes used in a negative way * ''Stan'' (EP), by Stan Walker, 2018

Science and technology

* Hurricane Stan, a 2005 hurricane * '' Stanhopea'' (abbreviation Stan), an orchid genus * Stan (dinosaur), a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fossil found at the Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, US

Technology

* ST segment, analysis in electrocardiography * Stan (streaming service), an Australian video streaming service * Stan (software), a programming language for statistical inference * System Trace Audit Number, a key to uniquely identify a card transaction based on the ISO 8583 standard

Organisations

* STAN (art-group), a Ukrainian cultural organisation * Mayors and Independents (Czech: ''Starostové a nezávislí''), a political party in the Czech Republic * Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara, a state college in Indonesia *

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Places

* Stan, Mirna, a settlement in Slovenia * Stan, a village and part of Vítanov in the Czech Republic

Other uses

* Stan (horse), a British-American Thoroughbred racehorse * -stan, a Persian suffix meaning "home of", "place of" or "country" * Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian, a proposed language family * Stan (administrative unit), a historical administrative unit in Russia