Stan (given name)

Stan is a masculine given name originating as a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Stanley, Stanislav and Stanford.

Notable people with the name include:


 * Stan Blake (born 1954), American politician
 * Stanley Stan Brakhage (1933–2003), American filmmaker
 * Stanley Stan Coveleski (1880–1984), American Major League Baseball pitcher born Stanislaus Kowalewski
 * Stan Davis (disambiguation)
 * Stanley Stan Fairbairn (1886–1943), Australian rules footballer
 * Stanley Stan Galazin (1915–1989), American National Football League player
 * Stanley Stan Getz (1927–1991), American jazz saxophonist
 * Stan Ghițescu (1881–1952), Romanian politician and government minister
 * Stan Grant (journalist) (born 1963), Australian journalist
 * Stanley Stan Grant (Wiradjuri elder) (born 1940), elder of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians
 * Stanley Stan Heath (born 1964), American college basketball coach
 * Stanley Stan Heath (gridiron football) (1927–2010), American football quarterback
 * Stanley Stan Heptinstall (born 1946), British academic and politician
 * Stanley Stan Isaacs (1929–2013), American sportswriter and columnist
 * Stan Jones (disambiguation)
 * Stanley Stan Kenton (1911–1979), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
 * Stanfield Stan Lane (born 1953), American retired pro wrestler and commentator
 * Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, writer and film director, half of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson
 * Stan Lee (1922–2018), American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, born Stanley Lieber
 * Stanley Stan Love (basketball) (born 1949), American former National Basketball Association player
 * Stanley Stan Mortensen (1921–1991), English footballer
 * Constant Stan Ockers (1920–1956), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Stanley Stan Olejniczak (1912–1979), American National Football League player
 * Stan Mikita (1940–2018), Slovak-Canadian Hall-of-Fame National Hockey League player born Stanislav Gvoth
 * Stanley Stan Musial (1920–2013), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player born Stanisław Franciszek Musia
 * Stan Ioan Pătraș (1908–1977), Romanian wood sculptor
 * Stanley Stan Rogers (1949–1983), Canadian folk singer and songwriter
 * Stanley Stan Rosen (1906–1984), American NFL football player
 * Stan Ross (disambiguation)
 * Stan Shaw (born 1952), American actor
 * Stan Smith (disambiguation)
 * Stanislaus Stan Storimans (1969–2008), Dutch photojournalist killed in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War
 * Stan Thomas (disambiguation)
 * Stan Vanderbeek (1927–1984), American experimental filmmaker
 * Stanislas Stan Wawrinka (born 1985), Swiss tennis player
 * Stanley Stan White (linebacker) (born 1949), American former National Football League player
 * Stan White (quarterback) (born 1971), American former National Football League player
 * Stan White (politician), North Carolina state senator (2011–2012)
 * Stan Williams (disambiguation)
 * Stanley Stan Wright (rugby union) (born 1978), Cook Islands international rugby union player
 * Stanley Stan Wright (track coach) (1921–1998), first black head coach of a United States track and field team
 * Stan Wright (Australian rules footballer) (1918–1992), Australian rules footballer