Kanan Explained

Kanan may refer to:

People

Surname

• Sean Kanan, American actor and TV host

Given name

Male

• Kanan Gill (born 1989), Indian stand-up comedian, actor, and internet personality
• Kanan Karimov (born 1976), an Azerbaijani Association football manager and former player
• Kanan Makiya (born 1949), Iraqi American professor and former dissident
• Kanan Malhotra, Indian model and television actor
• Kanan Seyidov, an Azerbaijani military officer
• Kanan Yusif-zada (born 1973), an Azerbaijani surgeon, professor, and military administrator

Female

• Kanan Devi (1916-1992), Indian actress and singer
• Kanan Kaushal (born 1939), Indian actress
• Kanan Minami (born 1979), a manga artist
• Kanan Mishra (1944–2015), an Oriya writer

Pseudonym

• Pen name of Yūko Ōtsuki, illustrator of Galaxy Angel manga

Fictional characters

• Kanan, a character in the manga series, Saiyuki
• Kanan Jarrus, a character in the Star Wars franchise
• Kanan Matsuura, a character from the media-mix project, Love Live! Sunshine!!
• Kanan Stark, a character in the television series Power

Places

• Kanan, Osaka, a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Kanan, Pori, a district in Pori, Finland
• Kanan, Khuzestan, a city in Karun County, Khuzestan province, Iran
• Kanan-e Olya, a village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
• Kanan-e Sofla, a village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
• Kanan-Bakache, a village and commune in Niger, West Africa
• Kanan, Myanmar, a village in Khampat, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

Others

• Kanan (tigress)

See also

• • Jianan (disambiguation) or Chianan, the Chinese pronunciation of characters read Kanan in Japanese
• Kannan, an Indian name
  • Kannan (composer), Indian film music composer