Stan
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Stan may refer to:
  • Stan, short for Stanley (name)
  • Stan, short for Stanislav
    Stanislav (given name)
    Stanislav or Stanislaus is a very old Slavic origin given name, meaning someone who achieves glory or fame. It is most often given in the Slavic countries of Central and South Eastern Europe. The name has spread to many non-Slavic languages as well, such as French , German and others...

  • Professor Stan Heptinstall
    Stan Heptinstall
    Professor Stanley Heptinstall MBE, BSc, PhD, Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis was until recently the Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Nottingham...

    , British academic and politician
  • Stan Lee
    Stan Lee
    Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....

    , American comic book writer
  • Stan Marsh
    Stan Marsh
    Stanley Randall "Stan" Marsh is a fictional character in the animated television series South Park. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Trey Parker. Stan is one of the show's four central characters, along with his friends Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and Eric Cartman...

    , one of the main characters in the animated television series South Park
  • Stan Mikita
    Stan Mikita
    Stanislav "Stan" Mikita , is a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 1961, he won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he played his entire career.-Early life:Mikita was born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic...

    , Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player
  • Stan (Monkey Island), the recurring salesman character in the Monkey Island adventure games
  • Stan Musial
    Stan Musial
    Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...

    , Hall of Fame Baseball Player for the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Stan Rogers
    Stan Rogers
    Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finely crafted, traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing...

    , Canadian folk singer and songwriter
  • -stan
    -stan
    The suffix -stan is Persian for "place of", a cognate to Pashto -tun and to Indo-Aryan -sthāna , a Sanskrit suffix with a similar meaning...

    , a Persian suffix meaning "home of/place of"
  • "Stan" (song)
    Stan (song)
    "Stan" is the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP, by rapper Eminem featuring Dido. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is also included on Curtain Call: The Hits, performed with Eminem and Dido as well track 17 on Curtain Call: The Hits as a live Performance from...

    , a song by Eminem featuring Dido
  • Stan Smith (American Dad!)
    Stan Smith (American Dad!)
    Stan Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. Stan is a Central Intelligence Agency officer. Although once a case officer, he is now a weapons expert. Stan is voiced by the series' creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.-Summary:Stan Smith born 12 February,...

    , one of the main characters in the animated television series American Dad!
  • Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara
    Sekolah tinggi akuntansi negara
    The Indonesian State College of Accountancy , is one of government-affiliated college in Indonesia, located in Banten, in Bintaro Sector V Tangerang. It offers undergraduate degrees in finance. The curriculum is focused in public finance, with a special emphasis in government policy and regulation...

    , STAN, a college in Indonesia
  • BHI 3033 (Stan) the 3rd most complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex found to date, housed at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, South Dakota
  • Hurricane Stan
    Hurricane Stan
    Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth named tropical storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the sixth of seven tropical cyclones to make landfall in Mexico. Stan was a relatively weak storm that only briefly reached hurricane status...

    , the 19th storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Stan, the abbreviation for orchid genus Stanhopea
    Stanhopea
    Stanhopea is a genus of the orchid family from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is Stan. The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope , president of the Medico-Botanical Society of London...

  • Stan!
    Stan!
    Stan! is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown....

     (born 1964), American author, cartoonist and games designer
  • Stan (horse)
    Stan (horse)
    Stan was an Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in England and in the United States where he was the 1954 American Champion Male Turf Horse. Racing at age two in 1952, he won six of his eight starts in England before being sold to an American buyer who in turn subsequently sold him to for US$29,050...

    , a British-American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • The stock symbol for Standard Chartered, a British financial services company
  • Stan (dinosaur)
    Stan (dinosaur)
    Stan is the nickname given to a fossil of the dinosaur species Tyrannosaurus rex. It was found in Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, close to Buffalo in 1987 by Stan Sacrison, who also discovered the Tyrannosaurus specimen nicknamed "Duffy". The original fossils are now housed at Black Hills...

    , a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil found in Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, close to Buffalo in 1987

Places

  • Stan, Bulgaria, a village in Novi Pazar Municipality
    Novi Pazar Municipality
    Novi Pazar Municipality is a municipality in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located between Ludogorie and Provadia Plateau, not far from South Dobrudzha geographical region. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Novi Pazar.The municipality embraces a territory of...

    , Shumen Province
    Shumen Province
    -Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in...

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