Payan

Payan or Payán is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ana Rosa Payán, Mexican right-wing politician, Director of the National System for Integral Family Development
 * Benoît Payan (born 1978), French politician and mayor of Marseille
 * Claude-François de Payan (1766–1794), political figure of the French Revolution
 * Eliseo Payán (1825–1895), Colombian lawyer, politician, and military officer
 * Eugene Payan (1888–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ferdinand Payan (1870–1961), French bicyclist who competed in the first Tour de France
 * Ilka Tanya Payán (1943–1996), Dominican-born actress and attorney, later an HIV/AIDS activist in the United States
 * Joseph-François de Payan (1759–1852), political figure during the French Revolution, brother of Claude-François de Payan