Conan, Celtic male name, which means "wise", Bearers of the name include:
Literary persons
Historical persons
- Conan I (Le Torte), 927-992, duke of Brittany and of Rennes.
- Conan II (Le Petit), 1128-1171, duke of Brittany.
- Conan III (Le Gros) 1096-1148, duke of Brittany.
- Conan IV, + 1171, duke of Brittany.
- Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 - 1930, British author of fantasy and detective novels
- Conan Nado, 1955 -, musician, guitarist
- Conan O'Brien, 1963 -, American comedian and talk show host
- Conan Neutron, 1977 -, musician, writer and activist
Mythical persons
- Conand, King of the piratical Fomoraig of the Irish myth.
- Conán Maol, warrior of the Fianna in the Irish myth. Rescued from Tir na Tairngire by Fionn mac Cumhail.
- Conan Mac Lia, Lord of Luachar; ally of the mythical war leader Fionn mac Cumhail.
- A war leader that makes an alliance with Cadwallader in the prophecies of Merlin (Historia Regum Britanniae vii, 3). Together they slaughter the foreigners until the rivers run with blood. One of Conan's descendants will be a "huge boar" that fights in Gaul and is feared by the Africans and the Arabs. Maybe identical with Conan Meriadoc.
Semi-historical persons
Anime character
- Jimmy Kudo (Shin'ichi Kudo) a.k.a. Conan Edogawa, a character from Case Closed (Detective Conan in Japan). A detective stuck in the body of a child.
Placenames
de:Conan
it:Conan (disambigua)
pl:Konon
