Tan

Tan or TAN may refer to:

Businesses and organisations

Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, especially disparagingly.
TAN Books, a Catholic publishing company
FC Rubin-TAN Kazan, a Russian professional ice hockey club in Kazan in 1991-94
Transportes Aereos Nacionales, an airline based in Honduras known as TAN Airlines

Tan (surname) (譚), a Chinese surname
Chen (surname) (陳), a Chinese surname, pronounced "Tan" in Min Nan languages
Laozi, posthumous name "Tan" or "Dān" (聃), philosopher of ancient China
Leborgne, nicknamed Tan, a patient of Paul Broca's, on whose autopsy he identified Broca's area
TAN (musician) (born 1990), Malaysian pop singer
Tan Sağtürk (born 1969), Turkish ballet dancer

Tan Track, also known as "The Tan", a running track in Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram: TAN), a country
Taunton Municipal Airport (IATA airport code: TAN), in Taunton, Massachusetts, US

Tan (goat pattern), a goat color pattern
Tanbark, or tan, the bark of certain species of tree
Sun tanning, the darkening of skin in response to ultraviolet light
- Sunless tanning, the darkening of skin without ultraviolet light
Tropical ataxic neuropathy

-tan, a Japanese honorific
Tan, an album by the Polish rock band Kult
TAN (group), South Korean boy band
Tan (newspaper), a newspaper in Turkey
Tan (weekly newspaper), a newspaper in Kosovo
Irish War of Independence, sometimes called the "Black and Tan war" or "Tan war"
Tahn (Armenian թան tʻan), a yoghurt-based drink from the Middle East
Tanfana, or Tan, an ancient European goddess
Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN), an Indian tax code
TAN, marketing name for Semitan, operates public transport in Nantes, France