Taran (name)

Taran (also Țăran) is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Taran of the Picts, a 7th-century king of the Picts
• Taran Adarsh (born 1965), Indian film critic
• Taran Alvelo (born 1996), female American softball player
• Taran Bajaj, Indian casting director and actor
• Taran Butler, American sport shooter and world champion
• Taran Davies, American film producer and director
• Taran Killam (born 1982), American comic actor
• Taran King, former editor of Phrack
• Taran Kozun (born 1994), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Taran Noah Smith (born 1984), former American child actor
• Taran Svami, founder of the Taran Panth religious sect

Surname

• Alexander Taran (born 1951), Russian convict
• Alla Taran (1941–2017), Ukrainian violinist
• Andriy Taran (born 1955), Ukrainian lieutenant general
• Igor Taran (born 1986), Uzbekistani footballer
• Ionuț Țăran (born 1987), Romanian luger
• Lidiya Taran (born 1977), Ukrainian television presenter
• Maricica Țăran (born 1962), Romanian rower
• Oleh Taran (born 1960), Ukrainian footballer
• Pavel Taran (1916–2005), Soviet-Ukrainian WWII pilot
• Ruslana Taran (born 1970), Ukrainian sailor
• Tetiana Taran (1946–2007), Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist

See also

• All pages with titles containing Taran
• Taran (disambiguation)