Baan is a

Dutch surname Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific. Dutch given names A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not u ...

with a variety of origins. Variant forms are ''Baans'', ''Baen'', ''De Baan'', ''De Baen'' and ''Van der Baan''. It can be

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

, where ''Baan'' or ''Bane'' may be, among others, a short form of

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. Alternatively, given that Dutch ''baan'' can mean "lane" or "track", it may be a

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, referring e.g. to a kaatser or road maker.Baan
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this name include:

Baan

* David Baan (1908–1984), Dutch boxer * Fiona Baan (1938–1994), Scottish-born American sports administrator *

Iwan Baan Iwan Baan (born February 8, 1975 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch photographer. He has challenged a long-standing tradition of depicting buildings as isolated and static by representing people in architecture and showing the building's environment, trying ...

(born 1975), Dutch photographer *

Jan Baan Jan Baan (Born in Rijssen, 9 March 1946) is a Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist, known as the founder of the Baan Company, a software company providing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. After selling the company, he founded Cor ...

(born 1946), Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist, brother of Paul *

Paul Baan Paul Baan (born 1951), together with his older brother Jan Baan, headed the information technology firm Baan Company, which made a name for itself between 1995 and 2000. Baan Company Baan Company was listed at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in mid ...

(born 1951), Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist, brother of Jan **

Baan Corporation Baan was a vendor of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is now owned by Infor Global Solutions. Baan or Baan ERP, was also the name of the ERP product created by this company. History The Baan Corporation was created by Jan Baan ...

, software company founded by Jan and Paul Baan * (1912–1975), Dutch forensic psychiater, namesake of the

Pieter Baan Centre The Pieter Baan Centre (''Pieter Baan Centrum'') is a forensic psychiatric observation clinic in Almere, Netherlands, operated by the Ministry of Security and Justice, where suspects of crimes in the Netherlands are observed to ascertain whether th ...

Rob Baan Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF. He was the Technical Director of All India Football Federation. Biography Baan was born in Rotterda ...

(born 1943), Dutch football coach

Baans

Madelon Baans Madelon Baans (born 8 October 1977 in Rotterdam) is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. She made her last ...

(born 1977), Dutch breaststroke swimmer

Baen

Jim Baen James Patrick Baen (, beɪn , ; October 22, 1943 – June 28, 2006) was a U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, an ...

(1943–2006), American science fiction publisher and editor (

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)

De Baan and De Baen

* Jan de Baan or ''de Baen'' (1633–1702), Dutch portrait painter * Jacobus de Baan or ''de Baen'' (1673–1700), Dutch portrait painter, son of Jan

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{{Surname Dutch-language surnames

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