The Fan Explained

The Fan can refer to:

Places

• Fan district, a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia
• Beijing National Indoor Stadium (nicknamed: The Fan), Beijing, China; a facility built for the 2008 Olympics, and used in the 2022 Olympics/Paralympics

Literature

• The Fan (play), 1763 and 1765 comedy by Carlo Goldoni
• The Fan (Abrahams novel), a 1995 novel by US author Peter Abrahams

Films and TV

• The Fan (1949 film), starring Martita Hunt and directed by Otto Preminger
• The Fan (1981 film), starring Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, Dwight Schultz and Hector Elizondo based on The Fan, a 1977 novel by author Bob Randall
• Der Fan (1982), starring Désirée Nosbusch and Bodo Steiger
• The Fan (1996 film), starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes, and directed by Tony Scott
• La Fan, Mexican telenovela 2017
• "The Fan", the fifth episode of the Tenacious D TV series
• "The Fan" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a season 3 television episode of The Amazing World of Gumball
• The Fan, a villain from anime Triangle Heart
• The Fan, 2018 South Korean TV variety, SBS
• The Fan (rugby league), a Fox League show

Radio

• The Fan, the on-air brand of sport radio stations in Canada owned by Rogers Communications, including CJCL (AM) in Toronto, Ontario and CFAC (AM) in Calgary, Alberta
• The Fan, the on-air brand of sports radio stations in the United States owned by CBS Radio, most notably WFAN in New York City; the "Fan" branding is also used many radio stations under other owners throughout the United States

Other Uses

• The Fan (card game), another name for La Belle Lucie, a patience game

See also

• Fan (disambiguation)