Zidan or more formally Zaydan is a given name and family name in various cultures. As an

Arabic name Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ...

() it is also romanised as

Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...

or Zeidan. As a Chinese given name, it can be written in various ways (e.g. ), with different meanings depending on the component

Chinese character Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the Written Chinese, writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are k ...

s. People with the patronymic or family name Zidan include: * Al Walid ben Zidan (died 1636), sultan of Morocco *

Gregor Židan Gregor Židan (born 5 October 1965) is a Slovenian retired football midfielder and a politician. International career Židan first represented Croatia, playing one unofficial friendly match against the United States on 17 October 1990, coming ...

(born 1965), Slovenian football player *

Mohamed Zidan Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Zidan ( ar, محمد عبد الله محمد زيدان) (born 11 December 1981), known as Mohamed Zidan, is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career Mohamed Z ...

(born 1981), Egyptian football player *

Raed Zidan Raed Zidan is the first Palestinian man to summit Mount Everest and the first Palestinian man to reach all Seven Summits Early life Zidan was born in Kuwait to Palestinian emigrants. His parents emigrated from Kufr Lakef, Palestine, near Qalqily ...

(born 1971), first Palestinian mountaineer to summit Mount Everest * Ibrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan, Libyan man detained at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to 2007 People with the given name Zidan include: *

Zaydan An-Nasser Zidan Abu Maali ( ar, زيدان أبو معالي) (? – September 1627; or Muley Zidan) was the embattled Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1603 to 1627. He was the son and heir of Ahmad al-Mansur by his wife Lalla Aisha bint Abu Bakkar, a lady of ...

(died 1627), sultan of Morocco * Cao Zhen (died 231), style name Zidan, military general under Cao Cao *

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan (; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and action director. Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars. Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream Asian cinema by cho ...

(Zhen Zidan, born 1965), Hong Kong actor *

Zidan Saif On the morning of 18 November 2014, two Palestinian men from Jerusalem entered Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue, in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem, and attacked the praying congregants with axes, knives, and a gun. They killed four dual-nati ...

(c. 1974 – 2004), Israeli Druze policeman killed in the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue massacre *

Zeydan Karalar Zeydan ( fa, زيدان) may refer to: * Zeydan, Bushehr * Zeydan, Khuzestan * Zeydan, alternate name of Cham, Behbahan, Khuzestan province * Zeydan, South Khorasan * Zeydan, West Azerbaijan See also * Zaidan (disambiguation) * Zeydun (disam ...

(born 1958), mayor of

Adana Adana (; ; ) is a major city in southern Turkey. It is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the Mediterranean Sea. The administrative seat of Adana Province, Adana province, it has a population of 2.26 million. Adana lies in the heart ...