Galan may refer to:

People

* Galan Erilich, Pictish king of the 5th or 6th century * Alberto Galán (1901–1977), Spanish-born Mexican film actor *

Alfredo Galán Alfredo Galán Sotillo (born 5 April 1978) is a Spanish serial killer who killed six people and wounded three from 4 January - 18 March 2003. Early life Alfredo Galán was born in Puertollano, province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. G ...

, Spanish serial killer *

Álvaro Galán Floria Alvaro Galan Floria (born January 28, 1977, in Madrid) is a boccia player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC2 type athlete. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Ga ...

, boccia player from Spain *

Ana Galán Ana Galán (born 3 September 1964) is a Spanish writer now living in the United States. Writing in both Spanish and English, she is essentially a children's writer but also writes humorous books for adults. Born in Oviedo, Spain, since 2002 Gal� ...

, Spanish writer * Augie Galan, American baseball player *

Borja Galán Borja Galán González (born 26 April 1993) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Polish club Odra Opole as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Football career Born in Madrid, Galán joined Atlético Madrid's youth s ...

(born 1993), Spanish footballer *

Cachita Galán Leticia Noemí De León (stage name, Cachita Galán; 1943 in Buenos Aires – 2 December 2004, in Parque Patricios) was an Argentine singer. She is remembered for her vocal interpretations at the Club del Clan, and for her performance in the 1964 ...

(1943–2004), Argentine singer * Carlos F. Galán, Spanish-born lieutenant for the Mexican Army, lawyer, founder of ''La Baja California'' * Carlos Walter Galán Barry, auxiliary bishop of Morón and archbishop of La Plata *

Cristóbal Galán Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630 – 24 September 1684) was a Spanish Baroque composer. The first record of Galán is that in 1651 he was rejected as ''maestro de capilla'' in Sigüenza because he was married. From 1653 he was a singer and organist, ...

, Spanish composer *

Daniel Elahi Galán Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian tennis player. He has reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 67 on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. He has a career-high ...

(born 1996), Colombian tennis player *

Demetrio Galán Bergua Demetrio Galán Bergua (1894–1970) was a Spanish physician, humanist and journalist. Early career He practiced medicine in rural Mendigorría (Navarra), Sotés (La Rioja La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in th ...

, Spanish physician, humanist and journalist *

Enrique Galán Enrique Galán Bayarri (born 6 April 1946) is a Spanish retired footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

, Spanish footballer *

Ernesto Galán Ernesto Galán Íñigo (born 17 June 1986 in Madrid) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AD Villaviciosa de Odón. Mainly a right-back, he can also play as a central defender. Honours Rayo Vallecano *Segunda División The Ca ...

, Spanish footballer *

Fermín Galán Fermín Galán Rodríguez (4 October 1899 – 14 December 1930) was a Spanish soldier known for leading the failed Jaca uprising a few months before the foundation of the Second Spanish Republic. He was of peasant origins, although his father was ...

, Spanish soldier * Francisco Galán, Spanish military officer * Giancarlo Galan, Italian politician and Governor of the Veneto region * Gilda Galán, Puerto Rican actress *

Gillian Galan Gillian Galan (born 7 August 1991) is a French rugby union player. His position is Number 8 and he played for Lyon in the Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top ...

, French rugby union player * Javier "Javi" Galán Gil (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Joaquín and Lucía Galán, Argentine duo better known as

Pimpinela Joaquín and Lucía Galán, better known as Pimpinela (Spanish for '' pimpernel'') are an Argentine duo famous for singing romantic musical pieces and known for their original singing style. They have sold over 12 million records in Argentina ...

Jorge E. Galán Jorge Enrique Galán is an Argentina, Argentinian-United States, American microbiologist who specializes in infectious disease, bacterial pathogenesis including Salmonella. Research Galán started his career as an associate professor at Stony ...

, Argentine biologist *

Jorge Galán Jorge Galán Anaut (born 22 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Galán made his professional – and La Liga – debut for hometown's CA Osasuna on 23 September 2009, ...

, Spanish footballer * José Antonio Galán, Colombian historical figure *

José Ignacio Sánchez Galán José Ignacio Sánchez Galán 1 (born 1950) better known as Ignacio Galán, is a Spanish businessman who currently serves as chairman of Iberdrola, a multinational energy company with a presence in dozens of countries worldwide with subsidiarie ...

, Spanish businessman *

José María Gabriel y Galán José María Gabriel y Galán (28 June 1870, in Frades de la Sierra (Salamanca) - 6 January 1905, in Guijo de Granadilla, Cáceres, España) was a Spanish poet in Castilian and Extremaduran. He was a teacher in Guijuelo (Salamanca) & Pied ...

, Spanish poet * José María Galán, Spanish military officer * José María Garza Galán, Mexican politician *

José Galán José Antonio Pedrosa Galán (born 2 February 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Gibraltar Football League club Europa, on loan from Bruno's Magpies. A known journeyman, Galan is currently the Spanish player who has played ...

, Spanish footballer * Juana Galán, Spanish guerrilla fighter *

Juan Eslava Galán Juan Eslava Galán (born 7 March 1948) is a Spanish writer of historic genre, both fiction and non-fiction. He has published some of his works under the pen name ''Nicholas Wilcox''. In 2012 he published ''Las ciudades de la Bética'', an essay ...

, Spanish writer *

Juan Manuel Galán Pachón Juan Manuel Galán Pachón (born 29 July 1972) is a Colombians, Colombian politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2006. He is the son and political heir of the assassinated political activist, politician, and presidential cand ...

, Colombian politician *

Julio Galán Julio Galán (1958 or 1959 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full ...

, Mexican artist *

Lucas Ramírez Galán Lucas Ramírez Galán, OFM (18 October 1715 – 19 March 1774) was a Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop. He served as Bishop of Tui from 1770 to 1774. Previously, he served as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1769 to 1770 and Auxiliary Bishop of Cart ...

O.F.M. (1714–1774), Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop *

Luis Carlos Galán Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento (29 September 1943 – 18 August 1989) was a Colombian liberal politician and journalist who ran for the Presidency of Colombia on two occasions, the first time for the political movement New Liberalism that he fou ...

, Colombian politician murdered in 1989 *

Magda De Galan Magdalena C. A. M. De Galan (born 23 September 1946

, Belgian politician *

Nely Galán Nely Galán (born 1963 in Santa Clara, Cuba) is an independent producer and a former President of Entertainment for Telemundo. She created and executively produced the FOX reality series ''The Swan''. Nely Galán was born Arnely Alvarez in Santa ...

, Cuban entrepreneur * Pacho Galan, Colombian composer *

Pedro Cerezo Galán Pedro Cerezo Galán (born 14 February 1935, Hinojosa del Duque) is a Spanish philosopher and university professor. His specialty is contemporary Western philosophy, including modern Spanish thinkers such as José Ortega y Gasset, Xavier Zubiri and ...

, Spanish philosopher and university professor. *

Pedro José Lorenzo Galán Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

, Spanish footballer * Romeo Galán, Argentine sprinter *

Sebastián Galán Sebastián Galán Rueda, (born January 26, 1984, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan association football, footballer who plays for Canadian Soccer Club in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Career The Defender (association football), defender played d ...

, Uruguayan footballer *

Tommy Galán Tommy Alberto Galán Grullón (born 26 April 1967) is a Dominican politician. He represented province San Cristóbal in Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2006, and has served in the Senate since 2006. A member of the Dominican Liberation Par ...

, Dominican politician

Places

Galán Cerro Galán is a caldera in the Catamarca Province of Argentina. It is one of the largest exposed calderas in the world and forms part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, one of the three volcanic belts found in South America. One of ...

, a caldera in Catamarca Province, Argentina * Galan, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées ''département'', in southwestern France * Galán, Santander a municipality and town in Colombia *

Galan, Kurdistan Galan ( fa, گلان, also Romanized as Galān and Golān; also known as Gulān and Kūlān) is a village in Kumasi Rural District, in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 164, ...

, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Galan, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Garza Galán, a city in Coahuila, Mexican *

Kelileh Galan Kileh Golan ( fa, كيله گلان, also Romanized as Kīleh Golān and Keyleh Golān; also known as Kelīleh Galān, Kīlūlān, and Qīlavān) is a village in Amirabad Rural District, Muchesh District, Kamyaran County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. ...

, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Sar Galan, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

Other uses

Galan (grape) Dimyat ( bg, димят) is a white Bulgarian wine grape. It is one of Bulgaria's most widely planted white grape varieties, second only to Rkatsiteli. Wines made from this variety are noted for their perfume aromas.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robins ...

, an alternative name of the Bulgarian wine grape Dimiat * Arthur Galan AG, a fashion brand *

Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome The Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán is a velodrome in Bogotá, Colombia, it was built in 1995 and hosted the 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The track is long and made of concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine ...

, in Bogotá, Colombia * Galactus, a cosmic entity in Marvel Comics whose name was once Galan

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