Dayan (surname)

Dayan is a Hebrew surname. Notable persons with the surname include:

Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israeli military leader and politician
- Shmuel Dayan (1891-1968), Zionist activist and Israeli politician (father of Moshe)
- Ruth Dayan (born 1917), ex-wife of Moshe
- Assi Dayan (born 1945), Israeli film director, actor (son of Moshe)
- Yael Dayan (born 1939), Israeli politician and author (daughter of Moshe)
- Uzi Dayan (born 1948), Israeli general and politician (nephew of Moshe)
- Ilana Dayan (born 1964), Israeli investigative journalist, jurist and anchorwoman (relative)

Charles Dayan (1792-1877), American lawyer and politician
Colin Dayan, American professor
Daniel Dayan (born 1943), social scientist
David Ben Dayan (born 1978), Israeli football player
Haim Dayan (born 1960), Israeli politician
Peter Dayan, neuroscience scholar
Roei Dayan (born 1984), Israeli football player
Yosef Dayan (born 1945), Israeli political activist

Notable persons with the given name include:

Dayan Khan (1464-1517), Mongol Khan
Dayán Viciedo (born 1989), Cuban baseball player
David Dayan Fisher, British actor

See also

Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Lijiang City, also known as Dayan City

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