Nan or NAN may refer to:

Places

China

Nan County Nan County, or Nanxian () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang. Located in the northern margin of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Shishou City of ...

, Yiyang, Hunan, China *

Nan Commandery Nan Commandery ( zh, 南郡, "Southern Commandery") was a Chinese commandery that existed from the Warring States period to Tang dynasty. Its territories covered present-day central and western Hubei province, as well as parts of Chongqing. The seat ...

, historical commandery in Hubei, China

Thailand

* Nan Province **

Nan, Thailand Nan ( th, น่าน, ) is a town in northern Thailand. It is north of Bangkok. It is in the centre of Nan Province which bears its name, and of which it is the former administrative capital. It covers ''tambon'' Nai Wiang and parts of ''tamb ...

, the administrative capital of Nan Province *

Nan River The Nan River ( th, แม่น้ำน่าน, , ) is a river in Thailand. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. Geography The Nan River originates in the Luang Prabang Range, Nan Province. The province ...

People

Given name

Nan Cross Nan Cross (3 January 1928 – 14 July 2007) was a South African anti-apartheid and anti- conscription activist. Early life Cross was born in Pretoria, South Africa before the Apartheid era, when racial segregation was less formalised. Her fathe ...

(1928–2007), South African anti-apartheid and anti-conscription activist *

Nan Hayworth Nan Alison Hayworth (née Sutter; born December 14, 1959) is an American ophthalmologist and former Congresswoman for . A Republican, she was elected in 2010. In 2012, after redistricting, Hayworth ran for reelection in the new 18th district ...

(born 1959), former U.S. Representative from New York's 19th Congressional District *

Nan Wood Honeyman Nan Honeyman (née Wood; July 15, 1881 – December 10, 1970) was an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of New York, she was the daughter of author and attorney Charles Erskine Scott Wood. After growing up in Oregon, she serve ...

, (1881–1970), first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Oregon *Nan Hu, Chinese physician-scientist, molecular geneticist, and cancer epidemiologist *Nan Kempner (1930–2005), New York socialite *Nan Martin (1927–2010), American actress *Nan Grogan Orrock (born 1943), member of the Georgia House of Representatives and State Senator *Nan Phelps (1904–1990), American folk artist *Nan Rich (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate and former member of the House of Representatives *Nan C. Robertson (1926–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and teacher *Nan A. Talese (born 1933), American editor

Chinese name

*Nan Huai-Chin (1918–2012), Buddhist teacher in China *Nan Song (disambiguation) *Nan Zhang (actress) (born 1986), Chinese-American actress *King Nan of Zhou (r. 314–256 BC), last ruler of the Chinese Zhou dynasty *Luo Nan (born 1986), Chinese swimmer *Sima Nan (born 1956), Chinese television pundit and journalist *Song Nan (born 1990), Chinese figure skater *Wang Nan (disambiguation) *Yu Nan (born 1978), Chinese actress *Zhang Nan (disambiguation) *Zhou Nan (born 1927), Chinese politician and diplomat

Family name

*Nan (surname) (南), Chinese surname *Mohd Fauzi Nan (born 1980), Malaysian football player

Nickname

*Nan Britton (1896–1991), mistress of President Warren G. Harding *Nannerl O. Keohane (born 1940), American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University *Nan Merriman (1920–2012), American operatic singer

Fictional people

*Nan (American Horror Story), Nan (''American Horror Story'')

Other

*English familiar term for grandmother

Arts and entertainment

* ''Nan'', a play by the English poet John Masefield, first produced in 1908, also known as ''The Tragedy of Nan'' * Nan, nickname of the character Joanie Taylor, from the ''Catherine Tate Show''

Organisations

* National Action Network, American civil rights organization * Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Science and technology

* NaN (not a number), used in computer arithmetic and defined in the IEEE floating-point standard * NaN (congress), 20th Chaos Communication Congress in 2003 * NAN-190, a drug and research chemical widely used in scientific studies * Near-me area network, a communication network that focuses on wireless communication among devices in close proximity * Neighborhood Aware Networking, in Android O * NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity, a potential form of brain damage * Sodium azide, a chemical compound with the formula NaN₃

Other uses

* News Agency of Nigeria * Norwegian Air Norway * Southern Min (ISO 639-3 language code nan), a language originated from China * Nadi International Airport (IATA code NAN), Fiji * Tandyr nan, Uzbek flatbread