Stan (given name)

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Stan is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Stanley or Stanford or Stanislaus. Notable persons with that name include:

  • Stan Blake (born 1954), American politician
  • Stan Brakhage (1933–2003), American filmmaker
  • Stanley Stan Coveleski (1880–1984), American Major League Baseball pitcher born Stanislaus Kowalewski
  • Stan Davis (disambiguation)
  • Stan Fairbairn (1886–1943), Australian rules footballer
  • Stanley Stan Galazin (1915–1989), American National Football League player
  • Stanley Stan Getz (1927–1991), American jazz saxophonist
  • Stan Ghițescu (1881–1952), Romanian politician and government minister
  • Stan Grant (journalist) (born 1963), Australian journalist
  • Stanley Stan Grant (Wiradjuri elder) (born 1940), elder of the Wiradjuri tribe of Indigenous Australians
  • Stanley Stan Heath (born 1964), American college basketball coach
  • Stanley Stan Heath (gridiron football) (1927–2010), American football quarterback
  • Stanley Stan Heptinstall (born 1946), British academic and politician
  • Stanley Stan Isaacs (1929–2013), American sportswriter and columnist
  • Stan Jones (disambiguation)
  • Stanley Stan Kenton (1911–1979), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
  • Wallace Stanfield Stan Lane (born 1953), American retired pro wrestler and commentator
  • Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, writer and film director, half of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson
  • Stan Lee (1922–2018), American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, born Stanley Lieber
  • Stanley Stan Love (basketball) (born 1949), American former National Basketball Association player
  • Stanley Stan Mortensen (1921–1991), English footballer
  • Constant Stan Ockers (1920–1956), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Stanley Stan Olejniczak (1912–1979), American National Football League player
  • Stan Mikita (born 1940), Slovak-Canadian Hall-of-Fame National Hockey League player born Stanislav Gvoth
  • Stanley Stan Musial (1920–2013), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player born Stanisław Franciszek Musia
  • Stan Ioan Pătraș (1908–1977), Romanian wood sculptor
  • Stan Rogers (1949–1983), Canadian folk singer and songwriter
  • Stan Rosen (1906–1984), American NFL football player
  • Stan Ross (disambiguation)
  • Stan Shaw (born 1952), American actor
  • Stan Smith (disambiguation)
  • Stan Thomas (disambiguation)
  • Stan VanDerBeek (1927–1984), American experimental filmmaker
  • Stanislas Stan Wawrinka (born 1985), Swiss tennis player
  • Stanley Stan White (linebacker) (born 1949), American former National Football League player
  • Stan White (quarterback) (born 1971), American former National Football League player
  • Stan White (politician), North Carolina state senator (2011–2012)
  • Stan Williams (disambiguation)
  • Stanley Stan Wright (rugby union) (born 1978), Cook Islands international rugby union player
  • Stan Wright (track coach) (1921–1998), first black head coach of a United States track and field team
  • Stan Wright (Australian rules footballer) (born 1918), Australian rules footballer
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