Famous People with Name Canaan

Canaan Sodindo Banana            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Canaan Sodindo Banana: served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 18 April, 1980 until 31 December, 1987. A Methodist minister, he held the largely ceremonial office of the presidency while his eventual successor, Robert Mugabe, served as Prime Minister.

Itamar Ben Canaan            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Itamar Ben Canaan: is a writer and journalist.In 2004 Canaan began writing a weekly column in the Time Out magazine of Tel Aviv. He published two volumes of short fiction, two volumes of poetry and one controversial erotic novel with photos taken by his partner at the time, the artist Olga Borozina. Canaan also translated the poetry of Charles Bukowski into Hebrew and edited many translations of other American writings.