Lan (name)
Encyclopedia
Lan is a personal name, frequently used in Chinese
and Vietnamese
contexts as a feminine
given name
, which means "orchid." Lan may also be used as a surname.
Lan may refer to:
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
and Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
contexts as a feminine
Feminine
Feminine, or femininity, normally refers to qualities positively associated with women.Feminine may also refer to:*Feminine , a grammatical gender*Feminine cadence, a final chord falling in a metrically weak position...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, which means "orchid." Lan may also be used as a surname.
Lan may refer to:
People
- Arnaud Le LanArnaud Le LanArnaud Le Lan, is a football defender, currently playing for FC Lorient. He has played his entire career in Brittany.-External links:*...
(born 1978), French football player - Bian LanBian LanBian Lan is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Asia Championship. She also competed the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
(born 1984), Chinese basketball player - Chen Su LanChen Su LanDr Chen Su Lan was one of Singapore's first local medical graduates. He was also an anti-opium fighter, philanthropist and social reformer. He served in a number of important committees including the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Management Committee, the Central Midwives Board and the Council of King...
(1885–1972), Singaporean physician - David LanDavid LanDavid Lan is an English playwright, filmmaker and theatre director.Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1952, he emigrated to London in 1972. Since 2000 he has been artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London's South Bank.-Career:...
(born 1952), English playwright and theatre director - Donald LanDonald LanDonald Lan is an American Democratic Party politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey from 1977 to 1982. He was appointed to the post by Governor Brendan Byrne...
, American politician - Jiang LanJiang LanJiang Lan is a female Chinese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.49 seconds, achieved in October 2007 in Wuhan. In the 200 metres she has a best of 23.46 seconds....
(born 1989), Chinese sprinter - Lan BaleLan BaleLan Bale , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 4 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
(born 1969), South African tennis player - Lan CaoLan CaoLan Cao is the author of the 1997 novel Monkey Bridge and is a professor of law at the College of William and Mary.Cao was born in Vietnam and experienced the Vietnam War as a civilian. She moved to the United States when she was 13. Cao received her B.A. in political science from Mount Holyoke...
(born 1961), Vietnamese-born American novelist - Lan Samantha ChangLan Samantha ChangLan Samantha Chang , born 1965, is an American writer of novels and short stories. She is Professor of English at the University of Iowa and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop- Life and career :...
(born 1965), American writer - Lan Kham DengLan Kham DengLan Kham Deng was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai.During his reign, the king of Vietnam requested that Lan Kham Deng send some troops to help the Vietnamese fight off the Chinese, who were attacking them...
(1375–1427), Lao king - Lan HanLan HanLan Han was an official of the Chinese/Xianbei state Later Yan, who killed the emperor Murong Bao in 398 and briefly took over the regime before being killed by Murong Bao's son Murong Sheng ....
(died 398), Chinese official - Lan LixinLan LixinLan Lixin is a female Chinese middle distance runner.On 18 October 1997 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:53.97 minutes...
(born 1979), Chinese runner - Lan MedinaLan MedinaRolando Medina or commonly known as Lan Medina is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his work on Fables, Aria, District X, and the The Punisher: MAX imprint.- Awards :...
, Filipino comic book artist - Lan RobertsLan RobertsLan Roberts , was an American radio DJ. -Career:During the 1960s and 1970s, Roberts was a high-profile presenter with KJR in Seattle. Like many of the local DJs of the time, he left KJR for rival top 40 station KOL in a late 60s talent raid and returned to KJR in the early 70s...
(1936–2005), American radio presenter - Lan WrightLan WrightLionel Percy Wright, known professionally as Lan Wright was a British science fiction writer. All of his fiction has been published under the pen name "Lan Wright". His first story was "Operation Exodus", which appeared in New Worlds in 1952....
(born 1923), British writer - Lan YingLan YingLan Ying ; ca. 1585-1664 was a Chinese painter of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds who was active during the Ming Dynasty .-Biography:...
(1585–1664), Chinese painter - Lan YuLan YuLan Yu is a gay-themed Hong Kong-Chinese film by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan in 2001.-Background:The movie is based on a novel published anonymously on the Internet in 1998...
(died 1393), Chinese general - Law LanLaw LanHelena Law Lan is a Hong Kong actress. Law Lan is popularly cast as a type of mystic in many Hong Kong horror movies.-TV series:-Films:*The Kid *Story of the White-haired Demon Girl...
(born 1934), Hong Kong actress - Li LanLi LanLi Lan is a former Chinese handball player. She competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.She was a member of the Chinese handball team which won the bronze medal. She played all five matches and scored nine goals.-External links:*...
(born 1961), Chinese handball player - Lu LanLu LanLu Lan is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:In 2004 she won the Polish Open. In 2006 she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking....
(born 1987), Chinese badminton player - Lu Mong LanLu Mong LanLieutenant General Lữ Mộng Lan served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam .-Life:Lữ was born in Quang Tri Vietnam....
(born 1927), Vietnamese general - Pauline LanPauline Lan-Television series:-TV Hosts:-Discography:-External links: http://popblog.tvbs.com.tw/blog/woman/ at the Hong Kong Movie Database...
(born 1965), Taiwanese singer and actress - Sang LanSang LanSang Lan is a former Chinese gymnast, television personality and student.-Athletic career and injury:Sang achieved excellence in gymnastics at a young age, winning the all-around and every single event final at the 1991 Zhejiang Province Championships. By 1995 she was competing nationally...
(born 1981), Chinese gymnast - Wang LanWang LanWang Lan was a Taiwanese writer,artist and a NARC deputy.He is famous for the novel Blue and Black, which is considered as one of four major novels about anti-Japanese war.- External links :*...
(1922–2003), Taiwanese writer - Yang LanYang LanYang Lan is a Chinese businesswoman, talk show hostess, and co-owner with her husband Wu Zheng of Sun Television Cybernetworks in Shanghai, China.-Personal and business life:...
(born 1968), Chinese businesswoman and talk show host - Zhang LanZhang LanZhang Lan , courtesy name Biaofang, was a Chinese political activist best known for being the chairman of the China Democratic League from its founding in 1941 until 1955.-Biography:Zhang was born into a scholarly family in Nanchong, Sichuan in 1872...
(1872–1955), Chinese political activist - Zhao LanZhao LanZhao Lan is a Chinese chess Woman International Master. She was Women's National Chess Champion in 1982.Zhao competed for the China national chess team at the 26th Chess Olympiad in 1984 with an overall record of 5 games played ....
(born 1963), Chinese chess player
Fiction
- Lan Asuka, fictional character in the Devil LadyDevil Ladyis a Japanese action horror manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. It was originally serialized between January 1997 and July 2000 in the manga magazine Weekly Morning. Seventeen bound volumes were published by Kodansha for release in Japan. The story focuses on Jun Fudo, a teacher who...
manga series - Lan Di, fictional character in the video games Shenmue and Shenmue II
- Lan Hikari, fictional character in the MegaMan Battle Network series of video games
- Lan MandragoranLan MandragoranAl'Lan Mandragoran is one of the main characters of the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan.Lan is very similar in characterization to Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien...
, fictional character in the Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan - Lan MaoLan MaoLan Mao or Blue Cat is a Chinese animation character that is broadcast only in China. The character appears in the show Sunchime Cartoon Flier and its sub-animation-series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat, which is more well-known than the show....
, fictional character in the animated television series 3000 Whys of Blue Cat - Gabriel LanAir-WalkerThe Air-Walker is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics...
, fictional character in the Marvel comics universe - Lan Fan, a minor supporting character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga