Conan

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For the NBC program often referred to by the first name of its host, please see Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Conan is

• the anglicized version of the Gaelic male name Conán, which means "little wolf" or "little hound", derived from cú (grammatically changed to "con"), meaning hound or wolf, and the diminutive suffix án
• the French version of the Breton name Conan, spelt Konan in modern Breton, related to the Gaelic name ("con" or "kon" means "hounds" in Breton), and to the Welsh name Cynan. Conan is a common family name in Brittany.

Bearers of the name include:

Contents 1 Real people 1.1 In Brittany 2 Mythical people 3 Semi-historical people 4 Fictional characters 4.1 In literature 4.2 Others 5 Placenames 6 Conan Games 7 Other

[edit] Real people

• Saint Conan (a.k.a. Saint Mochonna), d. 684

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, British author of fantasy and detective novels
• Conan O'Brien, 1963 -, American comedian and talk show host

• Neal Conan, 1949 -, host on U.S. public radio syndicator National Public Radio

[edit] In Brittany

Four dukes were named Conan,

• Conan I (Le Torte), 927-992, duke of Brittany and of Rennes.
• Conan II (Le Petit), ruled 1040-1066, duke of Brittany.
• Conan III (Le Gros) 1096-1148, duke of Brittany.
• Conan IV, + 1171, duke of Brittany.
• Jean Conan, or Yann Gonan, 1765 - 1834, Breton writer and poet
• Jakez Conan, or Jakez Konan, Breton writer (1910-2003)

[edit] Mythical people

• Conand, King of the piratical Fomorians of the Irish myth.
• Conán Maol, warrior of the Fianna in the Irish myth. Rescued from Tir na Tairngire by Fionn mac Cumhail.
• Conán mac Lia, Lord of Luachar; son of Liath Luachra and later ally of the mythical war leader Fionn mac Cumhail
• A war leader that makes an alliance with Cadwallader in the prophecies of Merlin (Historia Regum Britanniae vii, 3). Together they slaughter the foreigners until the rivers run with blood. One of Conan's descendants will be a "huge boar" that fights in Gaul and is feared by the Africans and the Arabs. May be identical with Conan Meriadoc.

[edit] Semi-historical people

• Conan Meriadoc (middle Welsh Kynan Meriadoc, modern Breton Konan Meriadek), * ca. AD 305, + ca. AD 395, legendary first Duke of Brittany.
• Aurelius Conanus, nephew and successor to Constantine as king of the Britons for three years at the end of the 6th century AD according to Geoffrey of Monmouth.

[edit] Fictional characters

[edit] In literature

• Conan the Barbarian is a fictional barbarian from stories by Robert E. Howard
• Conan is a count in early medieval in Brittany in The Harp and the Blade by John Myers Myers.

[edit] Others

• Conan Antonio Motti is a fictional character from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
• Jimmy Kudo (工藤 新一, Kudō Shin'ichi^?) also known as Conan Edogawa (江戸川コナン, Edogawa Konan^?), a character from Case Closed (Detective Conan in Japan). A detective stuck in the body of a child, Kudo used the alias Conan, honoring Conan Doyle, in order to protect his real identity.
• Conan: The Boy in Future is a 26 episodes anime series by Hayao Miyazaki first aired in April 1978.

[edit] Placenames

• Conan, short for Kaerconan, town fortified by Ambrosius Aurelianus, king of the Britons after his victory over the Saxon forces of Hengist (Historia Regum Britanniae viii, 7). The captive Saxon leader Hengist is hacked to pieces by Eldol outside the town walls. Now called Cunungeburc according to Geoffrey of Monmouth; may be present day Conisbrough.
• Conan is a commune of the Loir-et-Cher département in France.
• Saint Connan, a village in Brittany
• Several villages are named Kergonan in Brittany.

[edit] Conan Games

• Conan (game)
• Conan Roleplaying game by TSR
• Conan Roleplaying game by Mongoose Publishing
• Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - A Massively Multiplayer Online Game by Funcom
• Conan by THQ

[edit] Other

• Conan_(Dark_Horse_comic)