Çoban or Choban is a

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name and surname of

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origin meaning "

shepherd A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. ''Shepherd'' derives from Old English ''sceaphierde (''sceap'' 'sheep' + ''hierde'' 'herder'). ''Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, i ...

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Chupan Amir Chūpān ( fa, امیر چوپان; died November 1327), also spelt Choban or Coban, was a Chupanid noble of the Ilkhanate, and nominal general of the Mongol Empire. He was ennobled by Emperor Taiding of Yuan as Duke of Yi (翊國公). Bac ...

or Çoban (died 1327), Mongol emir in Persia *

Ayşegül Çoban Ayşegül Çoban (born 16 December 1992) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the – 53 kg division. She is a native of Konya. Personal life Ayşegül was born on 16 December 1992 to Ali and Döndü Çoban. Due to the family's limit ...

(born 1992), Turkish female weightlifter * Hüsamettin Çoban (13th century), commander of the Anatolian Seljuks *

Kenan Çoban Kenan Çoban (born 22 January 1975, Elazığ) is a Turkish actor who is known for playing the role of Abdülhey Çoban in the ''Valley of the Wolves ''Valley of the Wolves'' ( tr, Kurtlar Vadisi) is a Turkish media franchise created by Osma ...

(born 1975), Turkish actor *

Mehmet Çoban Mehmet Çoban (1905–1969), aka Koç Çoban Mehmet, was a Turkish Olympian wrestler in the heavyweight division of Greco-Roman style. He was born 1905 in Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire. A shepherd, he was discovered by the local military command ...

(1905–1969), Turkish Olympian wrestler * Bekir Çoban-zade (1893–1937), Crimean Tatar poet *

Çoban Mustafa Pasha Çoban Mustafa Pasha ("Mustafa Pasha the Shepherd"; died 1529) was an Ottoman statesman. Likely born in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Serbian Sandzak, and collected through Devshirme to Janissaries, where he gradually rose through the ranks, he eventu ...

(died 1529), Ottoman statesman and governor of Egypt * The Greek island of

Kasos Kasos (; el, Κάσος, ), also Casos, is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea, and is part of the Karpathos regional unit. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1,22 ...

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