- Dayan (surname)
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Dayan is a Hebrew surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
- Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israeli military leader and politician
- Shmuel Dayan (1891-1968), Zionist activist and Israeli politician (father of Moshe)
- Ruth Dayan (born 1917), ex-wife of Moshe
- Assi Dayan (born 1945), Israeli film director, actor (son of Moshe)
- Yael Dayan (born 1939), Israeli politician and author (daughter of Moshe)
- Uzi Dayan (born 1948), Israeli general and politician (nephew of Moshe)
- Ilana Dayan (born 1964), Israeli investigative journalist, jurist and anchorwoman (relative)
- Charles Dayan (1792-1877), American lawyer and politician
- Colin Dayan, American professor
- Daniel Dayan (born 1943), social scientist
- David Ben Dayan (born 1978), Israeli football player
- Haim Dayan (born 1960), Israeli politician
- Peter Dayan, neuroscience scholar
- Roei Dayan (born 1984), Israeli football player
- Yosef Dayan (born 1945), Israeli political activist
Notable persons with the given name include:
- Dayan Khan (1464-1517), Mongol Khan
- Dayán Viciedo (born 1989), Cuban baseball player
- David Dayan Fisher, British actor
See also
- Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
- Lijiang City, also known as Dayan City
This page or section lists people with the surname Dayan. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories:- Surnames
- Hebrew-language surnames
- Rabbinic surnames
- Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israeli military leader and politician
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