Doğan is both a masculine Turkish given name and a Turkish surname meaning ''Falcon''. Notable people with the name include:

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Doğan Abukay Doğan Abukay is a Turkish people, Turkish experimental physicist and retired professor of Physics at the Izmir Institute of Technology His research areas include Applied Physics, Superconductivity, High-temperature superconductivity, High Tempe ...

, Turkish experimental physicist and academic *

Doğan Akhanlı Doğan Akhanlı (; 18 March 1957 – 31 October 2021) was a Turkish-born German writer, and author of novels, plays, and essays, mostly in Turkish. He had been living in exile in Germany since 1992, after his political views led to several arre ...

(1957–2021) Turkish-German writer * Doğan Babacan (1930–2018), Turkish football referee * Doğan Cüceloğlu (1938–2021), Turkish psychologist and nonfiction writer * Doğan Hancı (born 1970), Turkish para-archer * Doğan Kuban (1926–2021), Turkish architecture historian and academic *

Dogan Mehmet Dogan Mehmet (born in Brighton, England, on 31 March 1990) is a British stage performer and musician of Turkish Cypriot descent. Mehmet writes a mixture of English and Turkish Cypriot folk songs and tunes. Early life Mehmet was born in Bright ...

(born 1990), British folk singer of Turkish Cypriot descent *

Doğan Öz Doğan Öz (1934 – 24 March 1978) was a Turkish prosecutor. He was assassinated in 1978 while investigating the Turkish deep state. In 1978 he wrote a report for Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit accusing clandestine groups of creating chaos in order ...

(1934–1978), Turkish prosecutor assassinated during his investigation of the Turkish deep state * Doğan Türkmen, Turkish diplomat

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* Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (born 1954), Turkish cartoonist and graphics designer * Hasan Doğan Piker (born 1991), Turkish-American political commentator and Twitch streamer * Turgut Doğan Şahin (born 1988), Turkish footballer

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Ahmed Dogan Ahmed Demir Dogan (; born 29 March 1954) is a Turks in Bulgaria, Turkish Bulgarian oligarch and politician who founded the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS party in 1990 and remained its leader until he stepped down in 2013. Life and caree ...

(born 1954), Bulgarian politician of Turkish ethnicity *

Aydın Doğan Aydın Doğan (born 15 April 1936) is a Turkish business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey's largest conglomerates. Biography Born in 1936 as a member of a well-known family in Kelkit, Doğan went to el ...

(born 1936), Turkish billionaire media tycoon * Aynur Doğan (born 1975), Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey * Bahar Doğan (born 1974), Turkish long-distance runner * Çetin Doğan (born 1940), Turkish general *

Deniz Doğan Deniz Doğan (born 20 October 1979) is a Turkish-German football coach and football player, who currently works for the reserve team of Eintracht Braunschweig as a playing assistant. Career Doğan began his professional at 2. Bundesliga side ...

(born 1979), German footballer of Turkish descent * Duygu Doğan (born 2000), Turkish female rhythmic gymnast * Fidan Doğan (1982–2013), Kurdish activist * Furkan Doğan (1991–2010), Turkish-American civil activist *

Harun Doğan Harun Doğan (1 January 1976 in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) is a Turkish retired World and European champion sports wrestler competing in the -58 kg division of men's freestyle wrestling. He was coached by Avni Tarhan. In 2005 he was banned fr ...

(born 1976), Turkish sport wrestler *

Hasan Doğan Hasan Doğan (15 March 1956 – 5 July 2008) was the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in the southwest Turkish Riviera, where he was on vacation. He was incumbe ...

(1956–2008), 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation *

Hüseyin Doğan Hüseyin Doğan (born 22 January 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Scheveningen. Club career He came through the Sparta Rotterdam youth system and made his senior debut for them in September 2012 agains ...

(born 1994), Dutch footballer of Turkish descent *

Hüzeyfe Doğan Hüzeyfe Doğan (born 1 January 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Turkey and raised in Germany, he represented the Turkey U19 and then the Germany U20s internationally. Club career Doğan ...

(born 1981), Turkish-German football player *

Lütfi Doğan (politician, born 1930) Lütfi Doğan (1930 – 4 December 2023) was a Turkish theologian and politician. A member of the National Salvation Party, the Welfare Party, and the Felicity Party, he served as president of the Directorate of Religious Affairs from 1968 to ...

(1930–2023), Turkish theologian and politician *

Lütfi Doğan (politician, born 1927) Lütfi Doğan (1927–2018) was a Turkish academic, theologian and politician. He was the director of the Directorate of Religious Affairs from 1972 to 1976. Then he joined the Republican People's Party (CHP) and became minister of state in the ...

(1927–2018), Turkish academic, theologian and politician *

Mazlum Doğan Mazlum Doğan (1955 – 21 March 1982) was a journalist and a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). He was a Kurdish Alevi which was often told to attract new recruits to PKK. He was the first editor-in-chief of the PKK's propag ...

(1956–1982), Kurdish separatist politician in Turkey *

Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz Mehtap Doğan-Sızmaz, née Sızmaz, (born November 16, 1978) is a Turkish long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2001 Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia. She set a wo ...

(born 1978), Turkish female long-distance runner *

Mesut Doğan Mesut Doğan (born 4 October 1984) is a Turkish-Austrian futsal player. He currently plays for Stella Rossa Vienna and previously played for FAC Vienna. He is a member of the Turkey national futsal team in the UEFA Futsal Championship The UE ...

(born 1984), Turkish-Austrian futsal player *

Mustafa Doğan Mustafa Doğan (born 1 January 1976) is a German former professional footballer of who played as a central defender. During his professional career, he played for teams in both Turkey, the country of his birth, and Germany, representing the Germ ...

(born 1976), German footballer of Turkish descent * Nedim Doğan (born 1943), Turkish football player * Orhan Doğan (1955-2007), Turkish politician of Kurdish origin * Selina Özuzun Doğan (born 1977), Armenian Turkish female lawyer and politician *

Vildan Doğan Vildan Doğan (born September 5, 1984, in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. She is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Achievements ;2010: * 1st World Clubs Cup – Nov ...

, Turkish female karateka * Ziya Doğan (born 1961), Turkish football manager

Fictional characters

* Doğan Alp, fictional character in the Turkish TV series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul''

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