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 ...

, a list of people with the given name **

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! Stan! (born Steven Brown) is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown. Biography Brown was born and grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. Brown began publishing fiction, ca ...

(born 1964), American author, cartoonist and games designer Steven Brown *

Stan (singer) Stan (, born Stratos Antipariotis on August 1, 1987 in Athens, Greece), is a Greek singer, songwriter and fashion model. Early career Stratos, better known in Greece by his stage name "Stan", is a Greek young artist. Coming from the island ...

(born 1987), Greek singer, born Stratos Antipariotis

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Stan Marsh Stanley "Stan" Marsh is a fictional character in the adult animation, adult animated television series ''South Park''. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Trey Parker. Stan is one of the series' four central characters, along ...

, in the animated TV series ''South Park'' * Stan, an alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film ''

The Wild ''The Wild'' is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams with a screenplay by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin, as well as featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Kiefer Sutherland, ...

'' * Grunkle Stan, in the animated TV series ''Gravity Falls'' * Stan, in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 17 Again'' * Stan, from the film ''

Crawl Crawl, The Crawl, or crawling may refer to: Biology * Crawling, any type of tetrapod quadrupedal locomotion with the torso persistently touching or very close to the ground. ** Crawling (human), any of several types of human quadrupedal gait * L ...

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Stan Beeman Stanley Beeman is a fictional character in the American television drama series ''The Americans'' on FX. He was created by series creator Joe Weisberg and is portrayed by Noah Emmerich. Stan is an FBI agent and a neighbor of the lead characters ...

, 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 ''Revenge of the Nerds'' is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, and Bernie Casey. The plot follows a group of nerds at the fictional Adams College trying to st ...

'' film series played by Ted McGinley *

Stan Ogden Stan Ogden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Bernard Youens. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 29 June 1964 and remained for twenty years until his death on 21 November 19 ...

, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Stan Pembroke, in the American sitcom television series ''

Charles in Charge ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Sco ...

'' * 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 A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success. The term is most commonly used in regard to music performers with ...

duo from 1993 * "Stan" (song), a 2000 song by Eminem, sampling Dido from ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' **

Stan (fan) A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video ...

, 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 Hurricane Stan was the deadliest tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. A relatively weak system that affected areas of Central America and Mexico in early October 2005, Stan was the eighteenth named storm and eleventh hurric ...

, a 2005 hurricane * ''

Stanhopea ''Stanhopea'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central America, Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is ''Stan.'' The genus is named for the Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, 4th Earl o ...

'' (abbreviation Stan), an orchid genus *

Stan (dinosaur) "Stan", also known by its inventory number BHI 3033, is a Specimens of Tyrannosaurus, ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fossil found in the Hell Creek Formation, Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota, just outside of Buffalo, South Dakota, Buffalo in 1987, a ...

, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fossil found at the Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, US

Technology

ST segment In electrocardiography, the ST segment connects the QRS complex and the T wave and has a duration of 0.005 to 0.150 sec (5 to 150 ms). It starts at the J point (junction between the QRS complex and ST segment) and ends at the beginning of the T ...

, analysis in electrocardiography *

Stan (streaming service) Stan (stylised as Stan.) is an Australian subscription over-the-top streaming service. It was launched on 26 January 2015. Stan originally was founded as StreamCo Media, a 50/50 joint venture between Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media. In ...

, an Australian video streaming service *

Stan (software) Stan is a probabilistic programming language for statistical inference written in C++.Stan Development Team. 2015Stan Modeling Language User's Guide and Reference Manual, Version 2.9.0/ref> The Stan language is used to specify a (Bayesian) sta ...

, a programming language for statistical inference * System Trace Audit Number, a key to uniquely identify a card transaction based on the

ISO 8583 ISO 8583 is an international standard for ''financial transaction card originated'' interchange messaging. It is the International Organization for Standardization standard for systems that exchange electronic transactions initiated by cardholde ...

standard

Organisations

STAN (art-group) STAN (art-group) is the modern art community acting in Ukraine since 1999. Art-group «STAN» contributes the accumulation of creative forces of the region to overcome the cultural crisis and realization the creative projects. Location of group ...

, a Ukrainian cultural organisation *

Mayors and Independents The Mayors and Independents (, STAN) is a liberal political party in the Czech Republic, focused on localism, regionalism and subsidiarity. It holds 33 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the third strongest party by number of seats fol ...

(Czech: ''Starostové a nezávislí''), a political party in the Czech Republic * Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara, a state college in Indonesia *

Standard Chartered Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in wealth management, corporate and investment banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in th ...

(stock market symbol), British multinational banking and financial services company

Places

Stan, Mirna Stan () is a settlement in the hills to the southeast of Mirna in the Municipality of Mirna in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Ca ...

, 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 -stan ( Persian: ستان )(Sanskrit: ''sthān'' or ''sthānam)'' is a Persian suffix that has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "place where anything abounds" as a suffix. It is widely used by Iranian languages (mainly Persian) and ...

, 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