List of Famous people named Tan

Tan Chong Tee was a Chinese resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. An accomplished badminton player before the war, he joined Force 136 around 1942 after Singapore fell to the Japanese. In 1944, while on a mission, Tan, along with Lim Bo Seng and other Force 136 members, were captured by the Japanese. He was subjected to torture during his captivity. After the war, he returned to playing badminton and later became a businessman.

Jessica Tan Wei Han is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a first for Singapore in that discipline at the Games.

Tan Yuling, Noble Consort Mingxian, was a concubine of China's last emperor Puyi. She married Puyi when the latter was the nominal emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Her given name "Yuling" is sometimes transliterated into English as "Jade Years".

Tan Lee Wai is a former Malaysian badminton player. At the 1989 South east Asian games, Tan won bronze medal in doubles and women's team event. In 1991 and 1993 Southeast Asian Games, Tan won 3 bronze medals respectively at each games. At the Asian championship in 1992, she won bronze in doubles with Tan Sui Hoon. In 1994 she won bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games and in Asian Cup with Lee Wai Leng. She also represented her country twice in World championships in two disciplines.

Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay is a Malaysian Chinese billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of Genting Group, a casinos, resorts and palm oil conglomerate with a market capitalization of almost US$40 billion, and the second son of fellow billionaire Lim Goh Tong, the company's founder.

Tan Zuoren, from Chengdu, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, is an environmentalist, writer and former editor of Literati magazine (文化人).

Tan Sui Hoon is a former Malaysian badminton player. Tan won a bronze medal at the 1991 Asian championship in Mixed doubles and a bronze in Asian cup competition. In 1992 she medalled in both the doubles competition in Asian championship. She won a total of seven medals at the Southeast Asian games, which constitute one in 1987 and three medals in 1989 and 1991 respectively. She represented Malaysia in 1990 Commonwealth games and contested bronze medal fight in Women's doubles event with her partner Lim Siew Choon, against Denyse Julien and Johanne Falardeau of Canada. They eventually lost 13–18, 2–15 and settled for fourth position. Tan represented her country twice in World championships in 1989 and 1991.