Taran
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Given name

  • Taran
    Taran of the Picts
    Taran son of Ainftech was a King of the Picts according to the Pictish king-lists. His name is the same as that of the Gaulish thunder-god, Taranis....

    , a 7th century king of the Picts
    Picts
    The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, place names beginning 'Pit-', for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest...

  • Taran Taran
    Taran Taran
    Taran Taran can refer to:* Tarn Taran, a place in Punjab, India* Taran Taran, Pakistan, a place in Punjab, Pakistan* Taran Svami the founder of Taran Panth...

    , founder of the Taran Panth religious sect
  • Taran Adarsh
    Taran Adarsh
    Taran Adarsh is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst. He is also a former producer and screenwriter. He is the son of film director and producer, B.K. Adarsh....

    , an Indian film critic
  • Taran Killam
    Taran Killam
    Taran Hourie Killam is an American actor and comedian best known for his television work on shows such as The Amanda Show, Scrubs, Wild 'N Out, MADtv and currently on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:...

    , an American comic actor
  • Taran Noah Smith
    Taran Noah Smith
    Taran Noah Smith is an American actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of youngest son, Marcus "Mark" Jason Taylor, on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...

    , an actor
  • Eugene Taran
    Taran (Jazz musician)
    Taran is a Ukrainian-born guitarist, producer, DJ and graphic artist. He is noted as the first Ukrainian underground musician to have an official record release in the West...

    , a German jazz and electronic musician and producer

Surname

  • Ionuţ Ţăran
    Ionut Taran
    Ionuţ Ţăran is a Romanian luger who has competed since 1999.He was born in Topliţa.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 17th in the men's doubles event at Vancouver in 2010....

     (born 1987), Romanian luger
  • Maricica Țăran
    Maricica Ţăran
    Maricica Țăran also known as Titie Jordache is a Romanian rower. Țăran applied for political asylum in Germany after a regatta in Mannheim in 1987. From 1989 she rowed for Germany.- References :...

     (born 1962), Romanian rower
  • Oleh Taran
    Oleh Taran
    Oleh Anatolyevich Taran is a former Ukrainian football player, now coach. He was a prolific forward with a quick dribling and a powerful shot...

    , Ukrainian football player
  • Ruslana Taran
    Ruslana Taran
    Ruslana Oleksiïvna Taran is a Ukrainian sailor.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

     (born 1970), Ukrainian sailor.

Places

  • Taran
    Taran District
    Taran is a district of Kostanay Province in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Taran town.-References:...

    , the name of a district of Kazhakstan; also, the capital of Taran District
  • Tarn Taran
    Tarn Taran
    Tarn Taran may refer to:*Tarn Taran Sahib, a city in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, India*Tarn Taran district, a district in Punjab, India*Tarn Taran...

    , a district of the Punjab in India

Other

  • Taran
    Taran (character)
    Taran is a fictional character in The Chronicles of Prydain series, as well as in the film and game named after the second novel, The Black Cauldron.-Profile:...

     is the name of the main character in the Chronicles of Prydain books
  • Taran Wanderer
    Taran Wanderer
    Taran Wanderer is the fourth book in the Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander. It tells of Taran's search for his lineage through which he encounters many different people who each help to shape Taran as he learns about who he truly is. It is the only book in the series in which...

    , a book in the Chronicles of Prydain series
  • TARAN (Tactical Attack Radar And Navigation) was a radar for fighter aircraft manufactured by Hughes Electronics (USA)
  • Taran Panth
    Taran Panth
    The Taran Panth or Taranpanthi sect of Digambar Jainism was founded by Taran Svami in Bundelkhand in 1505. Taran Svami is also referred to as Taran Taran, the one who can help the swimmers to the other side, i.e. towards nirvana....

    , a sect of the Jain religion
  • Aerial ramming
    Aerial ramming
    Aerial ramming or air ramming is a last-ditch tactic in air combat, sometimes used when all else has failed. Long before the invention of aircraft, ramming tactics in naval warfare and ground warfare were common...

    , known in Russian as taran
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