Mahan is both a surname and a given name.

When used as given name in Persian (ماهان māhān), it means "like the moon" or "moon-like", or even referring to something "as beautiful as the moon".

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914), American officer, geostrategist, and naval historian
• Armand Mahan (born 1983), Ivorian football player
• Art Mahan (1913–2010), American baseball player
• Asa Mahan (1800–1889), first president of Oberlin College
• Dennis Hart Mahan (1802–1871), professor at the US Military Academy, father of Alfred
• Eddie Mahan (1892–1975), American football player
• Hunter Mahan (born 1981), American golfer
• Larry Mahan (1943–2023), eight time rodeo world champion
• Sean Mahan (born 1980), American football player
• William Dennes Mahan (1824–1906), Presbyterian minister and author of The Archko Volume

Given name

• Mahan Mitra (born 1968), Indian mathematician
• Mahan Esfahani (born 1984), Iranian-American harpsichordist

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