Alkan (name)

Alkan is a surname and a masculine given name among Jews. In Turkish, it means "red blood" and also refers to a commander of the Seljuk fleet based in İznik.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Ahmet Alkan, Turkish economist
 * Akın Alkan (born 1989), Turkish football player
 * Alphonse Alkan (1809–1889), French printer, bibliographer, and author
 * Banu Alkan (born 1958), Turkish-Croatian actress
 * Céleste Alkan (1812–1897), French musician
 * Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), French composer known for his virtuosity as a pianist
 * Ender Alkan (born 1977), Turkish football player
 * Engin Alkan (born 1965), Turkish actor
 * Erden Alkan (born 1941), Turkish actor
 * Erol Alkan (born 1974), British DJ
 * Erol Erdal Alkan (born 1994), Turkish football player
 * Gökhan Alkan (born 1987), Turkish actor
 * Hüseyin Alkan (born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player
 * Napoléon Alkan (1826–1906), French composer
 * Okan Alkan (born 1992), Turkish football player
 * Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), German composer
 * Yakup Alkan (born 1992), Turkish football player
 * Yüksel Alkan (1931–2017), Turkish basketball player

Given name

 * Alkan Chaglar (born 1981), Turkish Cypriot journalist and columnist
 * Alkan Tololo (died 2003), Papua New Guinean diplomat