The surname Alan is a variant spelling of

Allan Allan may refer to: People * Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name * Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker * Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...

and

Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to: Buildings * Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee * Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas * Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Unive ...

. According to one source, Alan is a variant of the English surname Allain. There is also the given name of

Alan Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *A ...

People with the surname Alan

* A. J. Alan, English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer and radio broadcaster * Ahmad Alan, Palestinian footballer * Ali Rıza Alan, Turkish wrestler *

Buddy Alan Alan Edgar "Buddy" Owens (born May 23, 1948 in Mesa, Arizona), known professionally as Buddy Alan, is an American country music artist. The son of Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens and stepson of Merle Haggard, Alan recorded four albums for Capitol Rec ...

, American country musician * Chad Alan, American vocalist and bass guitarist *

Engin Alan Engin Alan (born 31 March 1945 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish general. He was Chief of the Special Forces of the Turkish Army from 1996 to 2000. He retired in 2005. After his retirement he became General Director of the Foundation to Strength ...

, Turkish general * Hervey Alan, English operatic bass and voice teacher *

John Alan Sir John Alan (also spelt Alen or Alleyn; c. 1500 – 1561) was a leading English-born statesman in sixteenth century Ireland. He was a member of the Irish House of Commons, and held the offices of Master of the Rolls in Ireland, Chancellor of the ...

, English-born statesman in Ireland *

Jordan Alan Jordan Alan is an American film director, producer and television commercial director. In 1985, Alan made a 35mm film trailer starring Sandra Bullock. The trailer was screened by South African film producer Anant Singh at Technicolor in New Yo ...

, American film director-producer and television-commercial director * Joshua Alan, American singer-songwriter and musician *

Lori Alan Lori Alan (born July 18, 1966) is an American actress and voice actress. She has played a long-running role as Pearl Krabs on the animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. She also voiced Diane Simmons on ''Family Guy'', the Invisible ...

, American actress and voice actress *

Magic Matt Alan Magic Matt Alan is an American radio personality best known for his stints at leading CHR/Top 40 stations Z100 in New York City and Afternoon Drive TWICE at KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. He also performs as a magician, has acted in several movies an ...

, American radio personality *

Mark Alan Mark Alan is an American actor, producer and Vice President of Renfield Productions alongside famed director Joe Dante. He also co-produces the highly acclaimed online franchise Trailers From Hell ''Trailers from Hell'' (branded as ''Trailers ...

, American actor and film producer *

Matthew Alan Matthew Alan (born Matthew Gerbig, c. 1979) is an American actor. Early life Alan was raised in Evansville, Indiana, where he graduated from Reitz High School in 1996. He went on to obtain a degree from Western Kentucky University in 2000. His p ...

, American actor *

Michael Alan Michael Alan (born July 13, 1977, New York, NY) is a New York City-based artist. He works in various media, including drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, video and performances. In 2010, Robert Shuster of ''The Village Voice'' wrote, in rev ...

, artist of drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, video and performances *

Paul Alan Paul Alan (born February 21, 1971 in Flint Michigan) is a Contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist and songwriter from Grand Rapids, Michigan. After leading the group Nouveaux in the 1990s, he had several charting solo singles in the 2000s. Nou ...

, singer and songwriter *

Ray Alan Ray Alan (18 September 1930 – 24 May 2010) was an English ventriloquist and television entertainer from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the dummies Lord Charles and Ali Kat and later with the puppets Tich and Quack ...

, English ventriloquist and television entertainer *

Scott Alan Scott Alan is an American songwriter who has released eight albums, beginning with his debut album, ''Dreaming Wide Awake'' (2007). Discography * ''Dreaming Wide Awake'' * ''Keys'' * ''What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up'' * ''LIVE'' * ''Anything Wor ...

, American songwriter *

Steven Alan Steven Alan (born ''Steven Alan Grossman'') is an American fashion designer from New York City. His eponymous brand has stores in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco and is sold online. History Opening his first New York City retail store and ...

, American fashion designer

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People with the surname Alan

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