Karan is the surname of the following notable people:
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Abraar Karan
Abraar Karan is an American global health physician and researcher. He was active in the COVID-19 epidemic response in Massachusetts and involved nationally through his contributions to lay press media platforms. He is a columnist at the '' Briti ...
, American global health physician and writer
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Amara Karan
Amara Karunakaran (born 1984), known professionally as Amara Karan, is an English actress who made her film début as Rita in Wes Anderson's '' The Darjeeling Limited''. The film premièred at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. Karan's second film r ...
(born 1984), British actress
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Chris Karan
Chris Karan (born Chrisostomos Karanikis, 14 October 1939) is a Britain-based Australian jazz drummer and percussionist of Greek descent.
Life and career
Karan was born in 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Karan played in The Three Out tr ...
(born 1939), Australian jazz drummer
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Dejan Karan (born 1988), Serbian football player
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Donna Karan
Donna Karan (, born Donna Ivy Faske), also known as "DK", is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Early life
Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske to mother Helen "Queenie" Faske (née Rabin ...
(born 1948), American fashion designer
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Goran Karan
Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a Croatian vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acc ...
(born 1964), Croatian vocalist
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Guilherme Karan
Guilherme Pontes Karam (8 October 1957 - 7 July 2016), best known as Guilherme Karan, was a Brazilian actor.
Biography
Son of the admiral and Minister of the Navy in the João Figueiredo government, Alfredo Karam and Lydiane Pontes Karam. Most of ...
(1957–2016), Brazilian actor
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Ian Karan
Ian Kiru Karan (born Ian Kirupakaran; 17 June 1939) is a Tamil German businessman and politician.
Early life and family
Kirupakaran was born on 17 June 1939 at Point Pedro Hospital in northern Ceylon. His family were from Kaddaively near Kara ...
(born 1939), Tamil German businessman and politician
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Jajati Karan
Jajati Karan (born 22 April 1973) is a senior journalist from Odisha, India. He is the state Bureau Chief of CNN-News18. He has been chosen for ‘RNTC international scholarship for investigative journalism course’ by the Netherlands government. ...
(born 1973), Indian journalist
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Marija Karan
Marija Karan ( sr-cyr, Марија Каран; born 29 April 1982) is a Serbian actress. She had her film debut in '' Kad porastem biću Kengur'' and appeared after this in '' Jesen stiže, dunjo moja''.
She was born in Belgrade. In 2007, Kara ...
(born 1982), Serbian actress
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Mark Karan
Mark Karan (born January 13, 1955) is an American guitarist and singer. He is best known for his long-term work with former members of the Grateful Dead, in RatDog (1998–2013), the Other Ones (1998–2000), Mickey Hart's band Planet Drum (19 ...
(born 1955), American guitarist and singer
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Panos Karan Panos Karan (born 1982) is a British classical pianist, conductor and composer of Greek origin. He was born in Crete, and grew up in Athens, where he graduated from the American College of Greece. He studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music as ...
(born 1982), British classical pianist, conductor and composer
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Pawan Karan
Pawan Karan (June 18, 1964) is an Indian poet, columnist, editor, social and political analyst and ''“one of the major poets of early 21st century”.''He is highly regarded for his realistic depiction of women's life in Indian society. Apart th ...
(born 1964), Indian poet, columnist, editor and analyst
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Ram Karan
Ram Karan is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Shahbad in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly election was held in Haryana on 21 October 2019 to elect 90 members o ...
, Indian politician
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Saška Karan
Saška Karan (born Savka Gazivoda, 6 March 1964) is a Serbian singer and reality television participant.
She released five albums at the beginning of the 1990s, and after a 6 years hiatus, another 2 albums in the 2000s.
In the 2010s, she took pa ...
(born 1964), Serbian singer
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Ümit Karan
Ümit Karan (born October 1, 1976) is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Menemenspor.
He played for Gençlerbirliği S.K., Ankaraspor, Galatasaray and Eskişehirspor. He made his international debut fo ...
(born 1976), Turkish football manager and player
See also
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Karan (given name) Karan is an Indian masculine given name which is given after Karna, one of the main protagonists of Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. It may refer to:
* Karan (actor), Indian film actor
* Karan Aujla, Indian-Punjabi singer and lyricist
* Karan Bajaj, Ind ...
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Karen (name) Karen () is a given name and occasional surname. In English, it is a feminine given name derived from the name Catherine, and it is also found in modern Africa, as well as in East Asia (particularly Japan). However, in other countries such as Iran a ...
, given name and surname
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Serbian surnames