Arran may refer to:

Places

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran (; sco, Isle o Arran; gd, Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at . Historically part of Butesh ...

, Scotland *

Aran Islands The Aran Islands ( ; gle, Oileáin Árann, ) or The Arans (''na hÁrainneacha'' ) are a group of three islands at the mouth of Galway Bay, off the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, with a total area around . They constitute the histo ...

, County Galway, Ireland *

Arranmore ''Árainn Mhór'' (English name: Arranmore) is an island off the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. Arranmore is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, with a population of 469 in 2016, but has had a gradually falling native popula ...

, County Donegal, Ireland, also known in English as Aran Island *

Arran (Caucasus) Arran (Middle Persian form; Persian: ارّان), also known as Aran, was a geographical name used in ancient and medieval times to signify a historically-Iranian region which lay within the triangle of land, lowland in the east and mountainou ...

, or Caucasian Albania, a historical region *

Arran, Saskatchewan Arran ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Livingston No. 331 and Census Division No. 9. The village is approximately 90 km northeast of the City of Yorkton and 10 ...

, Canada *

Arran, Syria Arran is a village in al-Bab District in northern Aleppo Governorate Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syr ...

, a village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria *

Arran–Elderslie The Municipality of Arran–Elderslie is a township (Canada), township in Bruce County in Western Ontario, Canada. The township is located at the headwaters of the Sauble River (Ontario), Sauble River, and the Saugeen River forms the northwestern ...

, Ontario, Canada

People

Given name

Prince Arran Prince Arran or Arhan was a semi-legendary founder of Caucasian Albania. The early Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi tells of a certain Aran, a descendant of the legendary Armenian patriarch Hayk through Sisak. According to Movses Kagankatvatsi ...

, semi-legendary founder of Caucasian Albania *

Arran Brindle Arran Brindle (; born 23 November 1981) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Interna ...

(born 1981), English female cricketer *

Arran Brown ''Erebia ligea'', the Arran brown, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. This brown is widespread in south-eastern and northern Europe. It prefers mixed woodlands at low altitudes. It is rarely seen in open areas. Th ...

(born 1985), South African cyclist * Arran Fernandez (born 1995), British mathematician *

Arran Gare Arran Emrys Gare (; born 1948) is an Australian philosopher known mainly for his work in environmental philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of culture and the metaphysics of process philosophy. He currently holds the position of Associa ...

(born 1948), Australian philosopher *

Arran Hoffmann Arran Hoffmann (28 August 1902 – 18 June 1990) was a German sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the a ...

(1902–1990), German sports shooter * Arran Lee-Barrett (born 1984), English footballer *

Arran Pene Arran Rewi Brett Pene (born 26 October 1967) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A Rugby union positions#Number 8, number 8, Pene represented Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand na ...

(born 1967), New Zealand rugby player * Arran Steele (born 1975), English cricketer *

Arran Stephens Arran Blackburn Stephens (born 1944) is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is co-founder of Nature's Path, a leading manufacturer of organic foods. He is regarded as a pioneer in the food industry and has received numerou ...

(born 1944), Canadian entrepreneur, author and philanthropist

Surname

Len Arran Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961, Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer (Skin). He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980s. ...

(born 1961), English composer of film scores

Other names

Earl of Arran (Ireland) Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It is not to be confused with the title Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Scotland. The two titles refer to different places: the Aran Islands in Ireland, and the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The ...

, a title in the Peerage of Ireland *

Earl of Arran (Scotland) Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It is not to be confused with the title Earl of Arran in the Peerage of Ireland. The two titles refer to different places: the Isle of Arran in Scotland, and the Aran Islands in Ireland. The ...

, a title in the Peerage of Scotland *

Lord of Arran The Lord of Arran was a title for the lord of Arran, Scotland in High Medieval Scotland. Lords of Arran *John de Menteith See also *Hugh Bisset *Earl of Arran (Scotland) Earl of Arran is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It is not to be c ...

, in High Medieval Scotland

Ships

* ''Arran'' (1799 ship) * MV ''Arran'', 1953 Scottish ferry * MV ''Isle of Arran'', 1983 Scottish ferry

Other uses

Árran Árran is the Lule Sámi center in the village of Drag in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The center was established in 1994 to foster and promote the Lule Sámi language and culture. It does this by arranging on-site and video ...

, the Lule Sámi center in Drag, Norway * ''Árran'' (Sami publication), a news and culture magazine *

Arran (carpet) 210px, 19th century Arran rug Arran carpets are a carpet variety of carpets of the Karabakh carpet type. History Barda was the center of Arran carpets production. From the second half of the 19th century these carpets began to be produced in Ja ...

, a variety of Karabakh carpets *

Arran (organization) Arran (Catalan for "level with") is the youth organization of the Catalan Pro-Independence Left, result of the merger between Maulets and CAJEI and local groups (such as the Youth Assemblies of Terrassa, Sant Sadurní or Horta, a process which ...

, the youth organization of the Catalan Independentist Left *

Arran distillery Arran distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, Isle of Arran. In 1994 Arran Distillers was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran. During t ...

, in Lochranza, Scotland * Arran, a fictional character in the game ''

NightCaster ''NightCaster: Defeat the Darkness'' is a third-person, single-player, action-adventure game for the Xbox, developed by VR1 Entertainment and published by Microsoft. Players take the role of Arran, a novice wizard whose magical power grows as he a ...

'' * Arran, a fictional character in the novel '' The Enemy''