Kanan may refer to:

People

Given name

Male

Kanan Gill Kanan Singh Gill is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor and YouTuber. He won the Punch Line Bangalore Competition. He is known for hosting the YouTube series ''Pretentious Movie Reviews'' where he reviews campy Bollywood films along with fellow st ...

(born 1989), Indian stand-up comedian, actor, and internet personality *

Kanan Guluyev Kanan Guluyev is an Azerbaijani wrestler who participated at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. I ...

, an Azerbaijani wrestler *

Kanan Karimov Kanan Karimov ( az, Kənan Kərimov; born 5 August 1976) is an Azerbaijani football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means ...

(born 1976), an Azerbaijani

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and former player *

Kanan Makiya Kanan Makiya (born 1949) is an Iraqi-American academic and professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University. He gained international attention with ''Republic of Fear'' (1989), a best-selling book, after Saddam Hussein's in ...

(born 1949), Iraqi American professor and former dissident *

Kanan Malhotra Kanan Malhotra is an Indian model and television actor. Television career In 2010, he made his television debut in the show '' Chand Chupa Badal Mein'' on Star Plus where he played the cameo role of Aditya Sharma. He then appeared in the Zee ...

, Indian model and television actor *

Kanan Seyidov Kanan Alihuseyn oglu Seyidov ( az, Kənan Əlihüseyn oğlu Seyidov) is an Azerbaijani military officer. He is a major general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and deputy commander of the Special Forces. As an officer of the Azerbaijani special ...

, an Azerbaijani military officer *

Kanan Yusif-zada Kanan Yusif-zada (''Kanan Raphael oghlu Yusif-zada'') is an Azerbaijani surgeon, a professor of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, an Honorary Doctor, past-Head of the Military Medical Division of the State Border Service (Azerbaijan), C ...

(born 1973), an Azerbaijani surgeon, professor, and military administrator

Female

* Kanan Devi (1916-1992), Indian actress and singer *

Kanan Kaushal Indumati Paingankar ( Sheth), better known as Kanan Kaushal, is an Indian actress, most famous for starring in ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975) and Pardesi. The low-budget film became a huge box office hit and a cultural phenomenon. She has acted i ...

(born 1939), Indian actress *

Kanan Minami is a ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' mangaka, manga artist. She is best known for ''Honey x Honey Drops'', which has been licensed in multiple languages and adapted as an original video animation (OVA). Her current series, ''Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu'', ...

(born 1979), a manga artist * Kanan Mishra (1944–2015), an Oriya writer

Surname

* Sean Kanan, American actor and TV host

Pseudonym

*Pen name of Yūko Ōtsuki, illustrator of '' Galaxy Angel'' manga

Fictional characters

* Kanan, a character in the manga series, ''Saiyuki'' *

Kanan Jarrus Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.. He is featured as one of the main characters of the animated series ''Star Wars Rebels'' (2014–2018) and related works. His F ...

, a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise *

Kanan Matsuura is a Japanese multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works' ''Dengeki G's Magazine'', music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project is the second series of the ''Love Live!'' franchise and is a spin-off sequel of ' ...

, a character from the media-mix project, ''Love Live! Sunshine!!''

Places

Kanan, Osaka is a town located in Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 15,429 and a population density of 610 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Kanan is located in the south ...

, a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan *

Kanan, Pori Kaanaa ( sv, Kanan) is a district in the Meri-Pori area, in the immediate vicinity of Yyteri Beach, in the city of Pori, Finland. The distance to the city center is about 16 kilometers. In 2013, about 647 people lived in Kaanaa. The Kaanaa's wate ...

, a district in Pori, Finland *

Kanan-e Olya Kanan-e Olya ( fa, كنعان عليا, also Romanized as Kan‘ān-e ‘Olyā; also known as Kan‘ān-e Īl) is a village in Dul Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officia ...

, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Kanan-e Sofla Kanan-e Sofla ( fa, کنعان سفلی, also Romanized as Kan‘ān-e Soflá; also known as Kan‘ān-e Ra‘īyat) is a village in Dul Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, o ...

, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Kanan-Bakache Kanan-Bakache is a village and rural Communes of Niger, commune in Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 85,367. References

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, a village and commune in Niger, West Africa *

Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company Private Limited (KDHP) is a privately owned Indian consumer goods and tea plantation company headquartered in Idukki district, Kerala. The company was formed in 2005 post the exit of Tata Tea from its plant ...

, an Indian consumer products company

Others

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The Kanan Tape ''The Kanan Tape'' is a mixtape by American rapper 50 Cent. Released on December 9, 2015 via his community website ThisIs50' and on Datpiff as a free download. The mixtape features guest appearances from American rappers Boosie, Post Malone and ...

'', a mixtape by American rapper 50 Cent *

Kanan (tigress) Kanan was a wild tigress who jumped into a zoo enclosure in 1967, lured by a male tiger. Kanan sacrificed her freedom for captive tiger Pradeep and entered his open-air enclosure at the Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Odisha (Engl ...

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