Taran (name)

Taran (also Țăran) is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Taran of the Picts, a 7th-century king of the Picts
 * Taran Adarsh (born 1965), Indian film critic
 * Taran Alvelo (born 1996), female American softball player
 * Taran Bajaj, Indian casting director and actor
 * Taran Butler, American sport shooter and world champion
 * Taran Davies, American film producer and director
 * Taran Killam (born 1982), American comic actor
 * Taran King, former editor of Phrack
 * Taran Kozun (born 1994), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 * Taran Noah Smith (born 1984), former American child actor
 * Taran Svami, founder of the Taran Panth religious sect

Surname

 * Alexander Taran (born 1951), Russian convict
 * Alla Taran (1941–2017), Ukrainian violinist
 * Andriy Taran (born 1955), Ukrainian lieutenant general
 * Igor Taran (born 1986), Uzbekistani footballer
 * Ionuț Țăran (born 1987), Romanian luger
 * Lidiya Taran (born 1977), Ukrainian television presenter
 * Maricica Țăran (born 1962), Romanian rower
 * Oleh Taran (born 1960), Ukrainian footballer
 * Pavel Taran (1916–2005), Soviet-Ukrainian WWII pilot
 * Ruslana Taran (born 1970), Ukrainian sailor
 * Tetiana Taran (1946–2007), Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist