Basan

Basan may refer to:
 * Basan (legendary bird), in Japanese folklore
 * Basan (character), a fictional character in The Song of Roland
 * Bashan, or Basan, a Biblical region
 * Bażany, Basan in German, a village in Poland
 * Basan, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a village in Polohy Raion, Ukraine
 * Stara Basan and Nova Basan, villages in Nizhyn Raion, Ukraine
 * Basan (crater), a geological features on Iapetus
 * Basan (leather), sheepskin tanned in oak- or larch-bark, and used for bookbinding, etc.

People with the name

 * Eadwig Basan, eleventh-century English monk and scribe
 * Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797), French engraver
 * Ghillie Basan (born 1962), Scottish writer and cook