Mahan (name)

Mahan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname
  • Mahan in Sanskrit and Indic languages denotes "the Great"

Surname
  • Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914), American officer, geostrategist, and naval historian
  • Armand Mahan (born 1983), Ivorian professional football player
  • Art Mahan (1913–2010), American baseball player
  • Asa Mahan (1800–1889), first president of Oberlin College
  • Dennis Hart Mahan (1802–1871), professor at the United States Military Academy and father of Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • Eddie Mahan (1892–1975), American football player
  • Hunter Mahan (1981–), American Professional Golfer
  • Larry Mahan (1943-), eight time rodeo world champion
  • Sean Mahan (1980–), American Professional Football Player
  • William Dennes Mahan (1824–1906), Presbyterian minister and author of The Archko Volume.

Given name
  • Mahan Mitra, Indian mathematician
  • Mahan Esfahani, Iranian-American harpsichordist
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