Taran (name)
# 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
