Altan (name)

Altan is a male Turkish given name used also as first name and a Mongolian given name. Altan means "golden" in Mongolian and "red dawn" in Turkic. The related word "Altın" is also Turkish for "golden" and a common Turkish first name.

Given name

 * Altan Aksoy, a Turkish football player
 * Altan Çelem (born 1969), Turkish painter
 * Altan Çetin (born 1969), Turkish singer-songwriter
 * Altan Çilingiroğlu (1944–2021), Turkish archaeologist
 * Altan Debter, an early, now lost history of the Mongols
 * Altan Deliorman (1936–2012), Turkish historian, writer and journalist
 * Altan Dinçer (1932–2010), Turkish basketball player
 * Engin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actor
 * Altan Erbulak (1929–1988), Turkish cartoonist, actor, journalist
 * Altan Erkekli, a Turkish theatre and film actor
 * Altan Erol, a Turkish professional basketball player
 * Altan Gördüm (born 1958), Turkish actor
 * Altan Günbay (1931–2014), Turkish actor and director
 * Altan Güneş (born 1986), Turkish football player
 * Altan Güven (born 1938), Turkish retired diplomat
 * Altan Karamanoğlu (1935–2012), Turkish ambassador
 * Altan Karındaş (1928–2021), Turkish actor and voice actor
 * Altan Kavak (born 1936), Turkish politician
 * Altan Khan, a Mongol ruler (1507–1582)
 * Altan Khan of the Khotgoid, a succession of rulers of north-western Mongolia in the 17th century
 * Mehmet Altan Karapaşaoğlu (born 1940), Turkish INdustiralist
 * Altan Öymen, a Turkish journalist, author and former politician
 * Altan Tan (born 1958), Turkish writer and politician
 * Altan Telgey, a Mongol earth goddess
 * Altan Tobchi, a 17th-century Mongolian chronicle written by Guush Luvsandanzan
 * Altan Tuna (born 1941),Turkish bureaucrat
 * Altan Urag, a Mongolian folk rock band

Surname

 * Ahmet Altan (born 1950), Turkish journalist and author
 * Alparslan Altan (born 1968), former member of Turkish Constitutional Court
 * Berfin Altan (born 2003), Turkish women's goalball player
 * Can Altan (born 1946), Turkish ambassador
 * Çetin Altan (1927–2015), Turkish writer, journalist, and former member of parliament
 * Eyüp Altan (born 1940), Turkish businessman
 * Hasan Altan (born 1948), Turkish politician
 * İsmail Hakkı Altan (1871–1927), Turkish politician
 * Kamil Altan(1924–2011), Turkish footballer.
 * Mehmet Altan (born 1953), Turkish economist, columnist and writer
 * Özdemir Altan (born 1931), Turkish painter
 * Francesco Tullio Altan (born 1942), Italian satire and comic book author
 * Kaan Altan, a founding member of the Turkish rock band Mavi Sakal
 * Saadet İkesus Altan (1916–2007), Turkish opera singer, vocal coach and opera director