Zidan or more formally Zaydan is a given name and family name in various cultures. As an

Arabic name Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...

() it is also romanised as

Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; ; ''Zineddin Lyazid Zidan''; ; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached La Liga club Real ...

or Zeidan. As a

Chinese given name Chinese given names () are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora. Description Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two chara ...

, it can be written in various ways (e.g. ), with different meanings depending on the component

Chinese character Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the only on ...

s. People with the patronymic or family name Zidan include: *

Al Walid ben Zidan Al Walid ben Zidan (), also known as Mulay al-Walid (? – 21 February 1636) was the Sultan of Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean ...

(died 1636), sultan of Morocco *

Gregor Židan Gregor Židan (born 5 October 1965) is a Slovenian retired football midfielder and a politician. International career Židan first represented Croatia, playing one unofficial friendly match against the United States on 17 October 1990, coming ...

(born 1965), Slovenian football player *

Mohamed Zidan Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Zidan (; born 11 December 1981) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career Mohamed Zidan was born in Port Said to an Egyptian family. His career started as a s ...

(born 1981), Egyptian football player *

Raed Zidan Raed Zidan is the first Palestinian man to summit Mount Everest and the first Palestinian man to reach all Seven Summits Early life Raed Zidan was born in Kuwait to Palestinian emigrants. His parents 2 emigrated from Kufr Lakef, Palestine, near ...

(born 1971), first Palestinian mountaineer to summit Mount Everest * Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan, Libyan man detained at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to 2007 People with the given name Zidan include: *

Zaydan An-Nasser Zidan Abu Maali () (died September 1627; or Muley Zidan) was the embattled Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1603 to 1627. He was the son and heir of Ahmad al-Mansur by his wife Lalla Aisha bint Abu Bakkar, a lady of the Chebanate tribe. He ruled on ...

(died 1627), sultan of Morocco *

Cao Zhen Cao Zhen (died April or May 231), courtesy name Zidan, was a military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was an adopted son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power in the late Eastern Han dynasty and l ...

(died 231), style name Zidan, military general under Cao Cao *

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan ( zh, c=甄子丹, p=Zhēn Zǐdān, j=, first=j; born 27 July 1963) is a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. He is the recipient of various accolades, including three Golden Horse Fi ...

(Zhen Zidan, born 1965), Hong Kong actor * Zidan Saif (c. 1974 – 2004), Israeli Druze policeman killed in the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue massacre * Zeydan Karalar (born 1958), mayor of

Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

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