Sagan may refer to:
Places
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Żagań
Żagań ( French and german: Sagan, hsb, Zahań, la, Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielon ...
, Poland
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Duchy of Żagań (1274–1549), one of the duchies of Silesia
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Sagan, Iran
Sagan ( fa, سگن; also known as Saghān) is a village in Sardasht Rural District (Hormozgan Province), Sardasht Rural District, in the Central District (Bashagard County), Central District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 20 ...
, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
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Sagan, West Azerbaijan
Sakan ( fa, ساكان, also Romanized as Sākān; also known as Sagān) is a village in Sumay-ye Shomali Rural District, Sumay-ye Beradust District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 182, in 35 f ...
, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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Sagan, Ethiopia
Sagan is a town in southern Ethiopia. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 1066 meters above sea level. It is named after the nearby Sagan River, a tribu ...
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Sagan River
The Sagan River is a seasonal river in southern Ethiopia.
Rising in the Ethiopian Highlands mountains east of Lake Chamo, it flows south then west to join the Weito River at .
It defines part of the boundary between the Southern Nations, Nat ...
, Ethiopia
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Şağan, Azerbaijan
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2709 Sagan
2709 Sagan, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 March 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anders ...
, asteroid named after Carl Sagan
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Sagan (crater)
Sagan is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Oxia Palus quadrangle at 10.8° N and 30.7° W. It measures approximately 90 kilometers in diameter and was named after American astronomer Carl Sagan, who founded the Planetary Society and is bes ...
, impact crater on Mars named after Carl Sagan
People
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Segan, an Aramaic term for the deputy of a civil or religious leader, rendered as ''sagan'' in Hebrew
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Anna of Sagan
Anna of Sagan (Polish: ''Anna żagańska'', Czech: ''Anna Zaháňská'', also ''Hlohovsko-Zaháňská'' or ''Zaháňsko-Hlohovská'') (born c. 1480, died 27 or 28 October 1541) was the last surviving member of the Głogów-Żagań branch of the Si ...
(died 1541), duchess by marriage to Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels
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Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ext ...
(1934–1996), American astronomer, science writer, and advocate for rationalism and skepticism
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Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan (born 1959) is an American essayist, fiction writer, poet, and theorist of ecology. He has written and co-authored books on culture, art, literature, evolution, and the history and philosophy of science, including ''Cosmic Apprentice, ...
(born 1959), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
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Françoise Sagan (1935–2004), French writer
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Ginetta Sagan
Ginetta Sagan (June 1, 1925 – August 25, 2000) was an Italian-born American human rights activist best known for her work with Amnesty International on behalf of prisoners of conscience.
Born in Milan, Italy, Sagan lost her parents in her te ...
(1925–2000), American human-rights activist
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Hedwig of Sagan (died 1390), Queen of Poland as wife of Casimir III
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Jacob Dungau Sagan
Dato Jacob Dungau Sagan (born 26 September 1946) was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for Baram, Sarawak, from 1995 to 2013.
Personal life
Jacob was born in Long Anap, Ulu Baram, Sarawak. He is of the Kenyah tribe from the Orang Ulu e ...
(born 1946), Malaysian politician and Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
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Jeanne Sagan (born 1979), American musician, bassist for All That Remains
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Juraj Sagan (born 1988), Slovak cyclist, Peter Sagan's brother
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Leontine Sagan
Leontine Sagan (born Leontine Schlesinger; 13 February 1889 – 20 May 1974) was an Austrian-Hungarian theatre director and actress of Jewish descent. She is best known for directing ''Mädchen in Uniform'' (1931).
Along with directing for ...
(1889–1974), Austrian film director and actress
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Nick Sagan (born 1970), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
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Peter Sagan (born 1990), Slovak cyclist, Juraj Sagan's brother
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Scott Sagan
Scott Douglas Sagan (born 1955) is the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He is known for his research on nuclear weap ...
(born 1955), professor of political science at Stanford University
Engineering, science and technology
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Sagan (number), the number of stars in the observable universe
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Sagan (unit of measurement), humorous unit of measurement named after Carl Sagan
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S.A.G.A.N.
SAGANet (Social Action for Grassroots Astrobiology Network) is a social and collaborative web platform created to connect scientists and science enthusiasts who share interests in the research and culture of astrobiology.
Background
SAGANet wa ...
, social and collaborative web-platform
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Sagan (software), a high performance, multi-threaded log analysis engine
Other
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Sagan (ceremony), a Nepalese sacred ritual
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''Sagan'' (film), 2008 French film about the French writer Françoise Sagan
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Sagan Tosu, Japanese professional football club based in Tosu, Saga Prefecture
See also
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Sagen (disambiguation)
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