Caan is a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Notable figures with the name include:
People
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James Caan (1940–2022), American actor
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James Caan (businessman)
James Caan (born Nazim Khan; 28 December 1960) is a British-Pakistani entrepreneur and television personality.
He was an investor on the BBC television programme ''Dragons' Den'', in which he was one of the Dragons from 2007 to 2010. More rece ...
(born 1960), British entrepreneur
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Scott Caan (born 1976), American actor
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Caan (Dutch family), Dutch patrician family
Fictional characters
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Dalek Caan
The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction on television, science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They were conceived by write ...
was at one point the sole surviving member of the fictional Dalek race in the television series ''Doctor Who''.
See also
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Kaan, given name and surname
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Kahn
Kahn is a surname of German origin. ''Kahn'' means "small boat", in German. It is also a Germanized form of the Jewish surname Cohen, another variant of which is ''Cahn''. , surname
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Khan (surname)
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Kohenitic surnames
Yiddish-language surnames