title: Taran (name)
text: # Taran (name)
  
  Taran (also Țăran) is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Taran of the Picts, a 7th-century king of the Picts
  * Taran Adarsh (born 1965), Indian film critic
  * Taran Alvelo (born 1996), female American softball player
  * Taran Bajaj, Indian casting director and actor
  * Taran Butler, American sport shooter and world champion
  * Taran Davies, American film producer and director
  * Taran Killam (born 1982), American comic actor
  * Taran King, former editor of Phrack
  * Taran Kozun (born 1994), Canadian professional ice hockey player
  * Taran Noah Smith (born 1984), former American child actor
  * Taran Svami, founder of the Taran Panth religious sect
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Alexander Taran (born 1951), Russian convict
  * Alla Taran (1941–2017), Ukrainian violinist
  * Andriy Taran (born 1955), Ukrainian lieutenant general
  * Igor Taran (born 1986), Uzbekistani footballer
  * Ionuț Țăran (born 1987), Romanian luger
  * Lidiya Taran (born 1977), Ukrainian television presenter
  * Maricica Țăran (born 1962), Romanian rower
  * Oleh Taran (born 1960), Ukrainian footballer
  * Pavel Taran (1916–2005), Soviet-Ukrainian WWII pilot
  * Ruslana Taran (born 1970), Ukrainian sailor
  * Tetiana Taran (1946–2007), Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist
  