Tapan' is a South Asian given name. It may refer to:

Places

Tapan, Azerbaijan Tapan is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country lo ...

, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan *

Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur Tapan is a village in Tapan CD Block in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Tapan is located at . In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full ...

, a village in West Bengal, India * Tapan, Homalin, Burma * Tapan (Community development block), an administrative sub-district in West Bengal, India *

Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Tapan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 40 Tapan Assembly c ...

, an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal * Geghasar, Armenia, formerly known as ''Tapan'' * Ayuu-Tapan, a village in Osh Region of Kyrgyzstan

People

Tapan Acharya Tapan Acharya (born 2 August 1981) is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director, popular in Marathi and Konkani cinema. He is best known for the Konkani movies ''Martin'' and '' Aleesha''. He also worked as a state youth icon for the Elec ...

(born 1981), Indian actor, writer, producer and director in Marathi and Konkani Cinema *

Tapan Banerjee Tapan Banerjee (15 June 1943 – 29 May 2017) was an Indian cricketer. He played eighteen first-class matches for Bengal between 1965 and 1983. See also * List of Bengal cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first ...

(1943–2017), Indian cricketer *

Tapan Barua Tapan Barua (date of birth unknown, died 9 June 2014) was an Indian cricketer. He played fifteen first-class matches for Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak ...

(????-2014), Indian cricketer * Tapan Bhattacharya (born 1949), Indian cricketer * Tapan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi businessman * Tapan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi musician and former member of the musical band

Souls In many religious and philosophical traditions, there is a belief that a soul is "the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being". Etymology The Modern English noun ''soul'' is derived from Old English ''sāwol, sāwel''. The earliest attes ...

* Tapan Das, Indian actor, director and story teller in Assamese cinema and theatre *

Tapan Deb Singha Tapan Deb Singha is an Indian politician from West Bengal belonging to All India Trinamool Congress. He is a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Biography Singha graduated from Kolkata University in 1991. He was elected as a ...

, Indian politician from West Bengal, member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly *

Tapan Kumar Pradhan Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972) is an Indian poet, writer and translator from Odisha. He is best known for his poem collection "Kalahandi" which was awarded second place in Sahitya Akademi's Golden Jubilee ''Indian Literature'' Translation Prize ...

, Indian poet, writer and activist *

Tapan Kumar Sarkar Tapan Kumar Sarkar ( bn, তপন কুমার সরকার; August 2, 1948 – March 12, 2021) was an Indian-American electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracu ...

, Indian-American electrical engineer *

Tapan Kumar Sen Tapan Kumar Sen is a politician from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is ...

, Indian politician *

Tapan Mahmud Tapan Mahmud is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. He received Rabindra Padak from Bangla Academy in 2016. Career In 1958, at the age of 5, Mahmud started taking music lessons from Narayan Chandra Saha, Fazle Nizami and Arabinda Bishwas. He ...

, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer *

Tapan Maity Tapan' is a South Asian given name. It may refer to: Places * Tapan, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Azerbaijan * Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur, a village in West Bengal, India * Tapan, Homalin, Burma * Tapan (Community development block), an ...

(born 1984), Indian football player *

Tapan Misra Tapan Misra (born 20 January 1961) is an Indian scientist who has been the Director of Space Applications Centre and Physical Research Laboratory in ISRO. He later became Senior Advisor to the Chairman, ISRO. In 2021, Misra founded a space-tec ...

, Indian scientist, director of Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation *

Tapan Mitra Tapan Mitra (18 July 1948 – 3 February 2019) was an Indian-born economist. Life and career Tapan Mitra was born to parents Ashok and Santi Mitra. He attended St. Xavier's High School, Bombay, and Rajkumar College, Raipur. In 1968, Mitra grad ...

(1948–2019), Indian-born American economist *

Tapan Raychaudhuri Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal. Early life and education He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kuma ...

(1926-2014), Indian historian *

Tapan Sikdar Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government of India and a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. He was born on 20 September 1944 in Jessore. His father Dr. D. N. Si ...

(1944–2014), Indian politician and government minister *

Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

(1924-2009), Indian film director *

Tapan Sharma Tapan Sharma (born 24 May 1975) is an Indian cricket umpire. He has stood in matches in the Ranji Trophy tournament. He stood as an onfield umpire in the 2021 Indian Premier League, for the first time, in a group match between Chennai Super Kin ...

(born 1975), Indian cricket umpire

Others

* Tapan (drum), or ''davul'', a drum used in Balkan and Turkish music