Yan may refer to:

• Martin Yan, host of "Yan Can Cook"
• Cantonese transcription of Chinese surname ?. Created for Naming taboo. Emperor Ming of Han has a given name of Zhuang, and he renamed the Zhuang surname to Yan.
• State of Yan, a state in China
• Yan, a short-lived state around present-day Beijing at the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
• Yan (musician), the lead singer of indie/rock British Sea Power
• Lift Engineering, known colloquially by Yan, a now out-of-business aerial chairlift manufacturing company
• Yan, Kedah, a district in Kedah, Malaysia
• The Yan Emperor, a close kin of the Yellow Emperor.
• Tang Yan, a famous Chinese actress
• New Great Yan Dynasty, please see An Shi Rebellion
• A transliteration of the name "??" (Ian) from Russian language
• Yan, also known as Dr Cloning
• Yan, Muller, German
• Yan (Haida village), an historical village of the Haida people of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

External links

• A history of Chinese surname Yan
• Yan Family Home Page: http://ginsunhall.org/