Mahan (name)
# Mahan (name)

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
