Yan as First Name

Yan Song            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Yan Song: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Zhejiang Lücheng. He is well-known in China for his good ball control and dribbling, especially as a winger. During the ACL 2006 when Dalian played a home match against J-League champions Gamba Osaka, Yan Song dribbled through the entire Gamba defense and almost scored with a curled lob.

Yan Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Yan Wei: is a retired Chinese middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.

Yan Zhenqing            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Yan Zhenqing: was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang Dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy parallels the greatest master calligraphers throughout the history, and his calligraphy style, Yan, is the textbook-style that every calligraphy lover has to imitate today.

Yan Zhitui            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Yan Zhitui: was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher, painter, musician, and government official who served four different Chinese states during the late Southern and Northern Dynasties: the Liang Dynasty in southern China, the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties of northern China, and their successor state that reunified China, the Sui Dynasty. Yan Zhitui was a supporter of Buddhism in China despite criticism by many of his Confucian-taught peers. Yan was also the first person in history to mention the use of toilet paper.[1]

Yan Zi            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Yan Zi: is a professional female tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

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Yan as Last Name

Hua Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Hua Yan: was a Chinese painter from Fujian province. Yan's work is within the tradition of the Yangzhou school and is often named as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

Jerry Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Taiwanese
Jerry Yan: is an actor and a member of Taiwanese boy band JVKV (formerly F4). His birth name is Liao Yangzhen (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Liào Yángzhèn).He was the lead actor in the popular Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden and its sequel, Meteor Garden II, which made him a popular idol among teenage girls and elder women alike, not only in Taiwan, Asia and now even the world.

Ke Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Ke Yan: is a Chinese writer.Ke Yan was born in the province Guangdong. Her father was a writer and a translator and she has stated that she was first inspired by him to start writing. She is a playwright, novelist and poet. She is famous for her textbooks and children's literature. Also she has written lyrics and a script for a television program. Throughout her life she has held several positions. like vice Chief-Editor of Poetry Magazine, Editor of People's Literature, Vice-President of the Children's Educational Society of Beijing, and National Committee member of the Chinese Federation of the Art and Literature Circles.

Li Yan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Li Yan: is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shaanxi Baorong.

Liang Yan (            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese
Liang Yan (: is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.