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Places

* Chan (commune), Cambodia *
Chan Lake Chan may refer to: Places *Chan (commune), Cambodia *Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada People *Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) *Chan Caldwel ...
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Chan Lake Territorial Park Chan Lake Territorial Park is a small territorial park in the Northwest Territories of Canada, one of six such parks on the Yellowknife Highway (Hwy #3) and one of 34 parks maintained by the Northwest Territories government under the Territo ...
in Northwest Territories, Canada


People

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Chan (surname) Chan is a non-pinyin romanisation of multiple Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese. Among respondents to the 2000 United States Census, Chan was the 12th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 459th-most common ...
, romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) *
Chan Caldwell Charles Andrew Caldwell (January 6, 1920 – June 14, 2000) was a Canadian football coach who served as the head coach of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1955. He played college football at Tennessee. Early life and education Chan Caldwell was born ...
(1920–2000), Canadian football coach *
Chan Gailey Thomas Chandler Gailey Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is a former American football coach. Most recently in 2020, he was the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Gailey has previously served as the head ...
(born 1952), American football coach *
Chan Kai-kit Tommy Chan Kai-kit (born 23 March 1950), born Chio Ho-cheong, is a Macanese businessman who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Following the revelation that Chan was the ...
(born 1952), Macanese businessman *
Chan Reec Madut Chan Reec Madut is a judge from South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central ...
, South Sudanese jurist * Chan Romero (born 1941), American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musicians *
Chan Santokhi Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi ( Sarnami: चान संतोखी; ; born 3 February 1959) is a Surinamese politician and former police officer who is the 9th president of Suriname, since 2020. After winning the 2020 elections, Santokhi ...
(born 1959), President of Suriname and former chief of police * Bang Chan (born 1997), member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids * Heo Chan (born 1995), member of the South Korean boy band Victon * Ta Chan, nom de guerre of Cambodian war criminal Mam Nai


Computing and media

*chan-, an abbreviation for channels in
Internet Relay Chat Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called ''channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and ...
(IRC) *chan, a common suffix for the title of an imageboard


CHAN

* African Nations Championship or ''Championnat d'Afrique des Nations'' (CHAN), an African football tournament * CHAN-DT, a TV station in Vancouver, Canada


Other uses

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Chan Buddhism Chan (; of ), from Sanskrit '' dhyāna'' (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and So ...
(禅), a school of Mahayana Buddhism * -''chan'', a Japanese suffix which expresses endearment *Chan (), a form of Thai poetry * "Chans" (Kent song) *Chan, the plant '' Hyptis suaveolens'', a relative of mint also known as "pignut"


See also

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Chen (surname) Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...
, pronounced in Cantonese as Chan (陳) *
Chung (surname) Chung is a surname whose bearers are generally people of Chinese people, Chinese or Korean people, Korean descent. It is also a Vietnamese surname worn by people of Chinese descent but is very rare in Vietnam; the surname is known as Zhong (Traditio ...
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