Ian
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"Ian" or "Iain" is the Scottish Gaelic version of John. It is a very common name in much of the English-speaking world. In the UK, Ian was the 19th most common male name, taking account of the whole population (over 300,000 Ians in total). However, it has disappeared from the top 100 male baby names. In the United States, however, it is now becoming more popular, currently at number 68 in the baby name charts. Many notable people in many different walks of life have been given it as a first name, the most notable translated version of the name 'Ian' is 'Yanis' or 'Ianis'. Either is accepted in Greek or Spanish.
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[edit] Notable Ians
[edit] As a first name (alphabetical by family name)
- Ian Anderson - head of rock band Jethro Tull
- Ian Willoughby Bazalgette - recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir Ian Blair - Head of the Metropolitan Police Service
- Ian Botham - Cricketer
- Ian Broudie - Singer in The Lightning Seeds and music producer
- Ian Brown - Singer/lyricist in The Stone Roses
- Ian Carmichael - OBE, actor
- Ian Chappell - Cricketer
- Ian Clark - Professor
- Ian Clyde - Boxer
- Ian James Corlett - Cartoon writer and voice actor
- Ian Curtis - singer and lyricist in Joy Division
- Ian Davis - writer
- Ian Dewhirst - DJ and Music Journalist
- Ian Dury - singer and songwriter
- Ian Ferguson - disambiguation (four)
- Ian Flanagan - Tennis Player
- Ian Fleming - novelist, creator of James Bond
- Ian Frazier - writer and humorist
- Ian Garvey - Pokémon League champion
- Ian Gibson - disambiguation page (three)
- Ian Gillan - Lead singer of the hard rock band Deep Purple.
- Ian Gomm - British guitarist and singer
- Ian Hart - Actor
- Ian Henderson (Britain) - former head of secret police in Bahrain, accused of torture
- Ian Henderson (ABC) - Australian news presenter
- Ian Henderson (football) - current Norwich City F.C. player in the FA Premier League
- Ian Henderson - Ornithologist
- Ian Herbers - Hockey player
- Ian Hicks - Chicago DJ and electronic musician
- Ian Hislop - satirist and editor of Private Eye
- Ian Holm - Actor
- Ian Hunter - Singer Mott the Hoople
- Ian Huntley - Murderer
- Ian Kershaw - Historian
- Ian Kilmister - Singer/Bass player in Motörhead
- Ian Krankie - entertainer
- Ian Laperriere - U.S. Hockey Player
- Ian Lavender - Actor
- Ian Oswald Liddell - recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ian Linnegan - Entrepreneur
- Ian Livingstone - Author
- Ian Lucas - Politician
- Ian MacArthur - Politician
- Ian MacKaye - Musician
- Ian Maxtone-Graham - Television Writer and Producer
- Ian McCaskill - weatherman
- Ian McCulloch (actor)
- Ian McCulloch (singer)
- Ian McCulloch (snooker player)
- Ian McDiarmid - Actor
- Ian McEwan - novelist
- Ian John McKay - recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
- Ian McMillan - Poet
- Ian McShane - Actor
- Ian Morris - Irish professional footballer
- Ian Murdock - Computer professional. Creator of the Debian project.
- Ian Paice - drummer Deep Purple
- Ian Paisley - Protestant politician
- Ian Pannell - BBC correspondent
- Ian Pooley - German DJ
- Ian Rankin - Scottish novelist
- Ian Reid - disambiguation page (four)
- Ian Richardson - Scottish actor
- Ian Rush - Welsh international footballer
- Ian Skelly - Drummer in The Coral
- Ian Smith - disambiguation (four)
- Ian Somerhalder - Actor
- Ian Somers - Canadian musician
- Ian Stanley - British musician
- Ian Stewart - disambiguation page (several)
- Ian Thomson - Footballer
- Ian Watkins - Welsh vocalist for the Lostprophets
- Ian Weatherhead - is an English watercolour artist
- Ian Woosnam - Welsh golfer
- Ian Wright - Footballer
- Ian Ziering - Actor
[edit] As a family name
- Janis Ian - singer and songwriter
[edit] Notable Iains
- Iain Balshaw - MBE, English rugby player
- Iain Banks - Scottish writer
- Iain Black - British Columbia politician
- Iain Lee - British comedian, TV presenter and radio presenter
- Iain Macleod - British politician
- Iain Paxton - Scottish rugby player
- Iain Smith - Scottish politician
- Iain Duncan Smith - Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001-2003
- Iain Softley - film director
- Iain Dowie - Northern Irish football manager
[edit] Fictional characters
- Ian Beale - from the TV soap opera Eastenders.
- Ian Chesterton - from the TV series Doctor Who.
- Ian Craig - from the radio soap opera The Archers.
- Ian Gallagher - one of the main characters in the television drama, Shameless.
- Ian Kelley - from the TV series Being Ian.
- Ian Lewis and Ian Ketterman (together with dozens of other Ians) - characters created by Lee and Herring. The duo used 'Ian' as their de facto comedy name, in such sketches as the Ian News.
- Ian Malcolm - from Michael Crichton's novel 'Jurassic Park'.
- Ian Maxtone-Graham - from the TV series Suddenly Susan.
- Professor Ian McClaine - adoptive father of Joe 90.
- Ian Miller - from the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
- Ian Randall - from the 'Dichotic' episode of Smallville, a character who had the ability to duplicate himself.
- Ian Raymond - Laura's boyfriend in the film (and novel) High Fidelity.
- Ian Schulenburg - Unseen husband of Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing.
- Ian Scuffling - Tyrone Slothrup's adopted name after he goes into hiding in Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow.
- Ian - from Shane Jiraiya Cummings' short story, Ian. Every male character who the protagonist meets is called Ian.
- Ian - from Sarah Kane's play, Blasted.
