Yan

Yan may refer to:

States

Yan (燕) was the name of several states in Chinese history:

• Two states that existed during the Zhou dynasty

• Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China
• Southern Yan (Zhou dynasty), a minor state in central China

• Five states of the Sixteen Kingdoms period:

• Former Yan (337–370)
• Later Yan (384–407)
• Western Yan (384–394)
• Southern Yan (398–410)
• Northern Yan (407–436)

• Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), rebel state founded by the An-Shi Rebellion
• Yan (Ten Kingdoms) (911–913), a state of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

Places

• Yan, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
• Yan, Kedah, district in Malaysia
• Yan, historic village of the Haida people of Queen Charlotte Islands in the Canadian province of British Columbia
• Yan Mountains, in North China

Names

• Yan Emperor, one of the legendary emperors of ancient China
• Yan, Marquis of Tian, 4th-century BC ruler of the state of Qi
• Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames.
• Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (surname) (甄)
• Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin (1853–1909), writer pseudonym Yan, Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright
• Amanda Yan (born 1988), Canadian athlete, in wheelchair basketball and other sports
• Johnny Yan (born 1976), Former Taiwanese professional basketball player and actor
• Martin Yan (born 1948), Chinese-Canadian/American television chef; star of Yan Can Cook, carried by PBS and Food Network
• Vasily Yan (1874-1954), Russian writer
• Yan (musician), stage name of Jan Scott Wilkinson, English songwriter/lead singer of indie rock band, British Sea Power, founded in 2000
• Yan, transliteration of the name "Ян" (Jan) from the Russian language
• Yan or, more specifically, Yahn, pronunciation of variant of the given name John, especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján)
• Yan (Wolves Chronicles), a character in The Cuckoo Tree, by Joan Aiken
• Rico Yan (1975-2002), Filipino Actor and Matinee Idol.

Others

• Yan Lifts, commonly known name for Lift Engineering, aerial chairlift manufacturing company which ceased operation in 1996