Nan

Nan or NAN may refer to one of the following.

Acronyms

• NaN ("Not a Number"), used in computer arithmetic and defined in the IEEE floating-point standard
• NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity, also known as Olney's lesions
• NAN, IATA code for Nadi International Airport
• National Assembly of Nigeria
• Nick at Nite, an American cable-tv network

Places

• Nan Province, Thailand
• Nan, Thailand, its administrative capital
• Nan River in Thailand
• Nan County, in Hunan, China

People

Kings

• King Nan of Zhou (314-256 BC), last ruler of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
• Nan Geng, posthumous name of a Shang Dynasty King of China

First name

• Nan Britton (1896-1991), who claimed to have been the mistress of President Warren G. Harding
• Nan Cross (1928-2007), South African anti-apartheid and anti-conscription activist
• Nan Wood Honeyman, (1881–1970), first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Oregon
• Nan Kempner (1930-2005), New York socialite
• Nannerl "Nan" O. Keohane (born 1940), American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University
• Nan Martin (1927-2010), American actress
• Nan Merriman (born 1920), American operatic singer
• Nan Grogan Orrock, member of the Georgia House of Representatives and State Senator
• Nan Phelps (1904-1990), American folk artist
• Nan Rich (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate and former member of the House of Representatives
• Nan C. Robertson (1926-2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, author and teacher
• Luo Nan (born 1986), Chinese swimmer
• Sima Nan (born 1956), Chinese television pundit and journalist
• Song Nan (born 1990), Chinese figure skater
• Wang Nan (table tennis) (born 1978), Chinese table tennis player
• Yu Nan (born 1978), Chinese actress
• Zhang Nan (gymnast) (born 1986), Chinese gymnast
• Zhou Nan (born 1927), Chinese politician and diplomat

Last name

• Nan Huai-Chin (born 1918), Buddhist teacher in China
• Mohd Fauzi Nan, Malaysian football player

Other

• Nan, a play by the English poet John Masefield, first produced in 1908, also known as The Tragedy of Nan
• Nan, a form of the name Anna and Agnes
• NAN-190, a drug and research chemical widely used in scientific studies
• Nan, English-slang for grandmother, opposite of Pap(grandfather)

See also

• Naan, a type of leavened bread
• Nana (disambiguation)
• Nanna (disambiguation)
• Nans (disambiguation)
• Nan Shan (disambiguation)

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