Stan or STAN may refer to:

People

* Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name **

Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy double act, duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Ha ...

(1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy *

Stan (surname) Stan is a common Romanian surname. Notable persons with that name include: *Alexandra Stan (born 1989), Romanian singer *Alexandru Stan (born 1989), Romanian footballer *Kidnapping of Colleen Stan, the girl in the box * Daniel Stan (born 1978), R ...

, a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author, cartoonist and games designer Steven Brown *

Stan (singer) Stan ( gr, Στράτος Αντιπαριώτης, born Stratos Antipariotis on August 1, 1987 in Athens, Greece), is a Greek singer, songwriter and fashion model. Early career Stratos, better known in Greece by his stage name "Stan", is a ...

(born 1987), Greek singer born Stratos Antipariotis

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Stan, an alligator in the 2006 Disney animated film '' The Wild'' * Grunkle Stan, in the animated TV series ''Gravity Falls'' * Stan, in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie '' 17 Again'' * Stan, from the film '' Crawl'' *

Stan Beeman Stan Beeman is a fictional character in the American television drama series ''The Americans'' on FX, and the supporting male character. He was created by series creator Joe Weisberg and is portrayed by Noah Emmerich. Stan is an FBI agent and a n ...

, in the TV series ''The Americans'' * Stan Carter, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Stan Edgar, in the Amazon Prime Video series ''

The Boys Boys are young male humans. Boys or The Boys may also refer to: Film and television Films * ''The Boys'' (1962 British film), a courtroom drama by Sidney J. Furie * ''The Boys'' (1962 Finnish film), a war drama by Mikko Niskanen * ''Boys'' ( ...

'' * Stan Gable, in the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' film series played by Ted McGinley *

Stan Marsh Stanley Randell William Marsh is a fictional character in the adult animated television series '' South Park''. He is voiced by and loosely based on series co-creator Trey Parker. Stan is one of the series' four central characters, along with ...

, in the animated TV series ''South Park'' * Stan Ogden, in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Stan Pembroke, in the American sitcom television series ''

Charles in Charge ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott B ...

'' * Stan Smith (''American Dad!''), in the animated TV series ''American Dad!'' * Stan (''Monkey Island''), a salesman in the ''Monkey Island'' adventure games

Music

* "Stan" (song), a 2000 song by Eminem, featuring Dido from ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' ** Stan (fan), slang for an unhealthily obsessed fan * ''Stan'' (EP), by Stan Walker, 2018

Science and technology

* Hurricane Stan, a 2005 hurricane * '' Stanhopea'' (abbreviation Stan), an orchid genus * Stan (dinosaur), a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' fossil found at the Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, US

Technology

* ST segment, analysis in electrocardiography * Stan (service), an Australian streaming service *

Stan (software) Stan is a probabilistic programming language for statistical inference written in C++.Stan Development Team. 2015Stan Modeling Language User's Guide and Reference Manual, Version 2.9.0/ref> The Stan language is used to specify a (Bayesian) stati ...

, a programming language for statistical inference * System Trace Audit Number, a key to uniquely identify a card transaction based on the

ISO 8583 ISO 8583 is an international standard for ''financial transaction card originated'' interchange messaging. It is the International Organization for Standardization standard for systems that exchange electronic transactions initiated by cardholde ...

standard

Organisations

Stan Stan or STAN may refer to: People * Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name ** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author ...

, an Australian streaming video service * STAN (art-group), a Ukrainian cultural organisation * Mayors and Independents (Czech: ''Starostové a nezávislí''), a political party in the Czech Republic *

Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara STAN Polytechnic of State Finance ( id, Politeknik Keuangan Negara STAN; abbreviated as ''PKN STAN''), is a government-affiliated college in Indonesia, located in Banten, in Bintaro Sector V Tangerang Selatan. It offers undergraduate degrees in f ...

, a state college in Indonesia *

Standard Chartered Standard Chartered plc is a multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 9 ...

(stock market symbol), British multinational banking and financial services company

Other uses

Stan (horse) Stan (foaled in 1950 in England) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in England and in the United States where he was the 1954 American Champion Male Turf Horse. Racing at age two in 1952, he won six of his eight starts in England before bein ...

, a British-American Thoroughbred racehorse *

-stan The suffix -stan ( fa, ـستان, translit=''stân'' after a vowel; ''estân'' or ''istân'' after a consonant), has the meaning of "a place abounding in" or "a place where anything abounds" in the Persian language. It appears in the names of ...

, a Persian suffix meaning "home of", "place of" or "country" *

Stan, Mirna Stan () is a settlement in the hills to the southeast of Mirna in the Municipality of Mirna in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Ca ...

, a settlement in Slovenia *

Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian Sino-Austronesian or Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian is a proposed language family suggested by Laurent Sagart in 1990. Using reconstructions of Old Chinese, Sagart argued that the Austronesian languages are related to the Sinitic languages phonologic ...

, a proposed language family *

Stan (administrative unit) Stan (Russian: стан; plural: станы) was a historical administrative unit in Russia, except for Veliky Novgorod. Stans existed until the 18th century, but in some regions of Russia this name was applied to districts up until the early 20th ...

, a historical administrative unit in Russia