Basan may refer to: * Basan (legendary bird), in Japanese folklore * Basan (character), a fictional character in '' The Song of Roland'' * Bashan, or Basan, a Biblical region * Bażany, ''Basan'' in German, a village in Poland * , a village in Polohy Raion, Ukraine * and Nova Basan, villages in Nizhyn Raion, Ukraine * Basan (crater), a geological features on Iapetus * Basan (leather), sheepskin tanned in oak- or larch-bark, and used for bookbinding, etc.

People with the name

* Eadwig Basan, eleventh-century English monk and scribe *

Pierre-François Basan Pierre-François Basan (23 October 1723, Paris - 12 February 1797, Paris) was a French engraver, editor, and print seller. Biography His father, Claude-Pierre Basan, was a wine merchant and his mother, Nicole née Charpizaux, was a cousin of t ...

(1723–1797), French engraver *

Ghillie Basan Ghillie Başan (born 30 August 1962) is a Scotland, Scottish-based food and travel writer, cook and workshop host. Her books have been nominated for the Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards, Glenfiddich, Guild of Food Writers’ and Le Cordon Bleu , ...

(born 1962), Scottish writer and cook

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