Gökhan () is a Turkish forename meaning "ruler of the sky". The name comes from "gök" ('sky') and ''han'', the Turkish equivalent of

Khan Khan may refer to: * Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name * Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by various ethnicities Art and entertainment * Khan (band), an English progressiv ...

. Most likely, the first appearance of the name Gökhan is as one of the six sons of

Oghuz Khagan Oghuz Khagan or Oghuz Khan (; ; ) is a legendary khan of the Turkic people and an eponymous ancestor of Oghuz Turks. Some Turkic cultures use the legend of Oghuz Khan to describe their ethnic and tribal origins. The various versions of the narra ...

, the legendary ruler of the Oghuz.

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Gökhan Akkan Gökhan Akkan (born 1 January 1995) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish Süper Lig club Bodrum. International career Akkan has represented Turkey at various youth levels. He debuted for the senior Turkey n ...

, Turkish footballer * Gökhan Alsan, Turkish footballer *

Gökhan Attaroğlu Gökhan Attaroğlu (born 19 July 1965) is a Turkish Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, six events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1965 births Living people Turkish ...

, Turkish swimmer * Gökhan Bozkaya, Turkish footballer * Gökhan Çalışal, Turkish-German footballer * Gökhan Değirmenci, Turkish footballer * Gökhan Emreciksin, Turkish footballer * Gökhan Erdogan, Turkish footballer * Gokhan Gokgoz, Turkish volleyball player *

Gökhan Gönül Gökhan Gönül (born 4 January 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a right back. Early life Gönül was born in Bafra, Samsun, where he and his family lived before moving to Bursa when Gönül was six years old. ...

, Turkish international footballer * Gökhan Gül, German footballer of Turkish origin *

Gökhan Güleç Gökhan Güleç (born 25 September 1985) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Şanlıurfaspor. Career Güleç was transferred to his previous club, Beşiktaş, on 17 January 2006 by French Manager Jean Tigana who was advised by Turke ...

, Turkish footballer * Gokhan Gumussu, Turkish footballer *

Gökhan Inler Gökhan Inler (, born 27 June 1984) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is currently in charge as a technical director of Italian football club Udinese. Inler began his professional career with FC B ...

, Swiss-Turkish footballer * Gökhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer *

Gökhan Keskin Gökhan Keskin (born 31 March 1966 in Istanbul) is a retired Turkish professional footballer. He played for Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor. Club career Keskin spent seventeen seasons in the Süper Lig with Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor Internatio ...

, Turkish retired footballer *

Gökhan Kök Gökhan Kök (born 3 January 1981, in Bulanık) is a Turkish retired football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualif ...

, Turkish footballer *

Gökhan Öner Gökhan Öner (born 1972 in Mersin) is a Turkish volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized ...

, Turkish volleyball player *

Gökhan Saki Gökhan Saki (born 18 October 1983Gökhan Tokgöz Gökhan Tokgöz (born 22 April 1979 in Merzifon, Amasya) is a Turkish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Americ ...

, Turkish footballer *

Gökhan Töre Gökhan Töre (, born 20 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger. Töre began his club career at Hamburger SV before joining Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2012. He made only seven first-team ...

, Turkish international footballer *

Gökhan Ünal Gökhan Ünal (born 23 July 1982) is a Turkish football manager and former player who most recently managed the Turkish club Altınordu. During a professional career that lasted nearly 20 years, he played for 13 clubs, most notably Kayserispor ...

, Turkish international footballer *

Gökhan Yavaşer Gökhan Yavaşer (born 1 January 1978 in Sivas) is a retired amateur Turkish freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. He produced a remarkable tally of four career medals, including a bronze in the 84-kg division a ...

, Turkish freestyle wrestler *

Gökhan Zan Gökhan Zan (born 7 September 1981) is a Turkish former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Zan was born in Antakya. He started his career with Hatayspor and then moved on to Çanakkale Dardane ...

, Turkish international footballer Entertainment *

Gökhan Birben Gökhan Birben is a Turkish singer and artist of Hamsheni descent. Birben attended school in Rize until graduating from high school. After graduating at the age of 17, he ended up in Istanbul where he attended the Istanbul University State Con ...

, Turkish singer and artist of Hamsheni descent. *

Gökhan Alkan Gökhan Alkan (born 8 December 1987) is a Turkish actor. He is multi-faceted in various fields and is trained in solfège, singing and is professionally engaged in acting, sports, voice acting, poetry and lyricism. Early life Gökhan Alkan wa ...

, Turkish actor and singer * Gökhan Keser, Turkish actor, model and singer *

Gökhan Kırdar Gökhan Kırdar (born 2 June 1970) is a Turkish musician and film score composer. He attended Yıldız University in Istanbul to study architecture in 1988. However, he devoted himself to music and soon gained success with his soundtrack, rele ...

, Turkish film score composer *

Gökhan Özen Ahmet Gökhan Özen (born 29 November 1979) is a Turkish singer, songwriter, actor. Also, He is best known for rom-com "Sevda Çiçeği". Personal life His family are from Beşikdüzü, Trabzon. On 7 July 2010, he married Selen Sevigen. The cou ...

, Turkish singer songwriter *

Gökhan Özoğuz Gökhan Özoğuz (born 11 October 1976) is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Turkish ska-punk band Athena. He is the twin brother of fellow band member Hakan Özoğuz, and a founder member of the band. He performs a broad field of music fro ...

, Turkish ska punk singer from

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretism, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarde ...

Sciences * Gökhan Budak (1968–2013), Turkish professor of quantum physics * Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, Turkish-American physician scientist

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Serdar Gökhan Serdar Gökhan (born Nusret Ersöz; 15 March 1943) is a Turkish actor. Biography Serdar Gökhan is an actor, known for ''Killing the Shadows'' (2006), ''The Executioner'' (1975) and ''Malkoçoğlu, the Wolf Master'' (1972). Filmography * Ku ...

(born 1946), Turkish actor

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