'''Kanaan''' may refer to:

== Surname ==

'''Kanaan''' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Ahmad Kanaan (born 1965), Palestinian Arab painter and sculptor * Ghazi Kanaan (1942–2005), Syrian interior minister from 2004 to 2005 and long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon * Ibrahim Kanaan (born 1962), Maronite Lebanese politician * Michael Kanaan (born 1975), Australian gangster and murderer * Mohammed Kna'an or Kanaan (born 2000), Palestinian footballer * Ramsey Kanaan, Lebanese-Scottish publisher and distributor of anarchist literature, former singer of the Scottish anarcho-punk band Political Asylum * Seif Adnan Kanaan (died 2004), Iraqi citizen who was abducted in Iraq and beheaded * Taleb Kanaan (born 1974), Lebanese journalist * Tony Kanaan (born 1974), Brazilian race car driver

== Given name ==

'''Kanaan''' is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

*Kanaan Carlyle (born 2004), American basketball player

==See also== * Canaan (disambiguation) * Cannan, a surname of Manx origin

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