Alan


Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
3492 famous people named Alan found on Wikipedia.
348909 male, 1077 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 172-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 40-th in year 1951
Used in: Breton, English, French, Scottish

Meanings

A male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.

Alan is a masculine given name in the English language. There are numerous differing etymologies attributed to the name. The name was first introduced into England by Bretons who took part in the Norman Invasion in the 11th century. Today there are numerous variations of Alan, a short form, and there are also numerous feminine forms of the name as well. Alan has many forms in other languages. Alan is also an Old Breton personal name (from which the modern English Alan is ultimately derived), as well as being a Norman French name.

Masc. proper name, 1066, from Old Breton Alan, name of a popular Welsh and Breton saint; brought to England by the large contingent of Bretons who fought alongside William the Conqueror.

Celtic baby name: harmony, stone, or noble; fair, handsome; peaceful, serene.

Famous People: 3492 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Alan Rickman 1946 English film, television and stage actor
2 Alan Mathison Turing 1912 British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist
3 Alan Thicke 1947 American actor
4 Alan Tudyk 1971 Actor from the United States
5 Alan Alda 1936 Actor and United States Army officer
6 Alan Cumming 1965 Scottish actor
7 Alan Watts 1915 British philosopher, writer and speaker
8 Alan Shearer 1970 English footballer
9 Alan Shepard 1923 American astronaut
10 Alan Dershowitz 1938 American lawyer, author
11 Alan Arkin 1934 American actor, director, musician and singer
12 Alan Moore 1953 English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
13 Alan Sugar 1947 British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor
14 Alan Greenspan 1926 13th Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the United States
15 Alan Ruck 1956 American actor
16 Alan Bennett 1934 English actor, author
17 Alan Ritchson 1984 American actor
18 Alan Jackson 1958 American country singer
19 Alan Ladd 1913 Actor
20 Alan Colmes 1950 American broadcaster
21 Alan Menken 1949 American musical theatre and film composer and pianist.
22 Alan Young 1919 Canadian-American actor
23 Alan Davies 1966 English comedian, actor, and author
24 Alan Pardew 1961 English footballer and manager
25 Alan Carr 1976 British actor and comedian
26 Alan Yang American screenwriter
27 Alan Parsons 1948 Audio engineer, musician, and record producer from England
28 Alan Partridge Fictional radio and television presenter
29 Alan Scott Fictional superhero of the DC Comics Universe
30 Alan Bates 1934 English actor of the 1960s
31 Alan Ferguson 1963 Music video director
32 Alan Ruschel 1989 Brazilian footballer
33 Alan Bond 1938 Australian businessman and fraudster
34 Alan Autry 1952 American football player, politician and actor
35 Alan Rosenberg 1950 American actor
36 Alan Silvestri 1950 American composer
37 Alan Dale 1947 Actor
38 Alan Lascelles 1887 British Army officer and courtier
39 Alan Hale, Jr. 1921 Actor
40 Alan Jouban 1982 American martial artist
41 Alan Pulido 1991 Mexican footballer
42 Alan Grayson 1958 American politician
43 Alan Freed 1921 American disc jockey
44 Alan Keyes 1950 American politician
45 Alan Carvalho 1989 Association football player
46 Alan Price 1942 Musician
47 Alan Taylor 1965 American television and film director
48 Alan Johnson 1950 British politician
49 Alan Mulally 1945 President and CEO of Ford Motor Company
50 Alan Vega 1938 American artist
51 Alan Eustace 1957 Computer scientist
52 Alan Wilson 1943 Musician and leader of Canned Heat
53 Alan Kay 1940 Computer scientist
54 Alan Napier 1903 Actor
55 Alan Pownall 1986 British singer-songwriter
56 Alan Page 1945 American football player, judge
57 Alan Oppenheimer 1930 US voice actor
58 Alan Ford 1938 English actor
59 Alan Titchmarsh 1949 British television show presenter
60 Alan Smith 1962 English former professional footballer and current sports television pundit, born 1962
61 Alan Ball 1957 American screenwriter
62 Alan Wilder 1959 English musician
63 Alan van Sprang 1971 Canadian actor
64 Alan Peter Cayetano 1970 Filipino politician
65 Alan Dean Foster 1946 American fiction writer
66 Alan Hansen 1955 Scottish footballer
67 Alan Berg 1934 Radio talk show host, attorney
68 Alan Bean 1932 American astronaut and painter
69 Alan Harper Fictional character
70 Alan Lomax 1915 Music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
71 Alan Coren 1938 Humorist and writer from the United Kingdom
72 Alan J. Pakula 1928 American film director, writer and producer
73 Matthew Alan American actor
74 Alan Reed 1907 Actor
75 Alan Osmond 1949 Singer from the United States and member of The Osmonds
76 Alan Stubbs 1971 English footballer
77 Alan Brazil 1959 Scottish footballer
78 Alan Duncan 1957 British politician
79 Alan McManus 1971 Scottish snooker player
80 Alan Hutton 1984 Footballer
81 Alan K. Simpson 1931 American politician
82 Alan Sokal 1955 American physicist and mathematician
83 Alan Dzagoev 1990 Russian footballer
84 Alan Lake 1940 British actor
85 Alan Kulwicki 1954 American racecar driver
86 Jordan Alan 1967 Film director
87 Lori Alan 1966 Voice actress
88 Alan Branch 1984 Player of American Football
89 Alan Hamel 1936 Canadian television presenter
90 Alan Tam 1950 Hong Kong singer
91 Alan Andersz 1988 Polish actor and dancer
92 Alan White 1972 English drummer
93 Alan Jay Lerner 1918 Lyricist and librettist from the United States
94 Alan Halsall 1982 British actor
95 Alan Henning 1967 British humanitarian and taxi driver (1967-2014)
96 Alan Yentob 1947 British television executive and presenter
97 Alan Curbishley 1957 English footballer and manager
98 Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke 1883 British Field Marshal
99 Alan Guth 1947 American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
100 Alan Cranston 1914 American politician
101 Alan Jones 1946 Australian racecar driver and journalist
102 Alan Magee 1919 American airman
103 Alan Belcher 1984 American martial artist
104 Alan Anderson 1982 American basketball player
105 Alan Ayckbourn 1939 English playwright
106 Alan Doyle 1969 Canadian musician
107 Alan Aldridge 1943 English artist, graphic designer and illustrator
108 Alan Furst 1941 Novelist
109 Alan Lancaster 1949 British musician
110 Alan Williams 1993 American basketball player
111 Alan Sues 1926 American actor, comedian
112 Alan Joyce 1966 Irish-Australian airline executive
113 Alan Trammell 1958 Baseball player, coach and manager from the United States
114 Alan Gordon 1981 American soccer player
115 Alan Rubin 1943 Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
116 Alan Estrada 1980 Mexican actor and singer.
117 Alan Freeman 1927 British DJ
118 Alan Rachins 1942 American actor
119 Alan Faneca 1976 American football player, offensive lineman
120 Alan Faena 1965 Argentine real estate developer
121 Alan Schwartz 1950 Business executive
122 Alan McGee 1960 British businessman and journalist
123 Alan F. Horn 1943 American entertainment industry executive (Disney corporation)
124 Alan Hunter 1957 American VJ
125 Alan Rusbridger 1953 British newspaper editor
126 Alan Longmuir 1948 British musician
127 Alan Gilbert 1967 American conductor and violinist
128 Alan Wong American chef
129 Alan McInally 1963 Scottish footballer
130 Alan Powell 1949 British musician
131 Alan Lee 1947 Illustrator and movie conceptual designer
132 Alan Paton 1903 South African writer and activist
133 Alan Resnick American comedian
134 Alan King 1927 American actor and comedian
135 Alan Bradley 1938 Mystery writer
136 Alan Garner 1934 English fiction writer and folklorist
137 Alan García 1949 President of Peru
138 Alan Minter 1951 Middleweight boxer champion of the world
139 Alan Walker 1930 Canadian music historian
140 Alan Barton 1953 British musician
141 Alan Gross 1949 American international development professional
142 Alan Seeger 1888 American poet
143 Alan Sked 1947 British historian politician
144 Alan Stern 1957 American planetary scientist
145 Alan Ball, Jr. 1945 English footballer and manager
146 Alan Whicker 1925 British journalist and broadcaster
147 Alan Norris 1972 English darts player
148 Alan Webb 1983 American middle distance runner
149 Alan Moulder 1959 British record producer
150 Alan Rufus 1100 Relative and companion of William the Conqueror
151 Alan John Clarke 1935 English film director
152 Alan Cox 1968 British computer programmer
153 Alan Yau 1962 British restaurateur
154 Alan Fletcher 1957 Australian actor
155 Alan West, Baron West of Spithead 1948 First Sea Lord
156 Alan Ameche 1933 American football player
157 Alan Kardec 1989 Football player
158 Alan Hovhaness 1911 Armenian-American composer
159 Alan Sillitoe 1928 British writer
160 Alan Irvine 1958 Scottish footballer and manager
161 Alan Badel 1923 British actor
162 Alan Keith 1908 British actor and DJ
163 Alan Dedicoat 1954 British television personality
164 Alan Richman 1944 American journalist
165 Alan Eagleson 1933 Canadian lawyer and politician
166 Alan Mullery 1941 English footballer and manager
167 Alan Shirahama 1993 Japanese entertainer
168 Alan Purwin 1962
169 Alan Krueger 1960 Economist
170 Alan Dawa Dolma 1987 Tibetan singer
171 Alan Mowbray 1896 Actor
172 Alan North 1920 Actor
173 Alan Green 1952 British sports commentator
174 Alan Hollinghurst 1954 English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator
175 Alan Zweibel 1950 American producer
176 Alan Cooper 1952 American computer programmer
177 Alan Kennedy 1954 English footballer
178 Alan Davis 1956 Writer
179 Alan C. Greenberg 1927 Businessman
180 Alan Scarfe 1946 Canadian actor
181 Alan Roger Currie 1963 American Author and Writer
182 Alan Farthing 1963 English obstetrician and gynaecologist
183 Alan Simpson 1929 British screenwriter
184 Alan Marshal 1909 Australian actor
185 Buddy Alan 1948 Singer
186 Alan Milburn 1958 British politician
187 Alan Melikdjanian 1980 Latvian filmmaker
188 Alan Grant 1949 Writer
189 Alan Perlis 1922 American computer scientist
190 Alan Bullock 1914 Historian and academic administrator
191 Alan Pasqua 1952 American pianist
192 Alan Hale 1958 American astronomer and comet discoverer
193 Alan Frew 1956 Musician
194 Alan Howard 1963 British hedge fund manager
195 Alan Wiggins 1958 American baseball player
196 Alan Clark 1952 English keyboardist
197 Alan Hudson 1951 Footballer
198 Alan Mak 1983 British politician
199 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin 1914 Physiologist and biophysicist
200 Alan Stivell 1944 Breton musician and singer