# Sagan

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**Sagan** may refer to:

## Places

- German name for - [Żagań](/source/%C5%BBaga%C5%84), Poland - [Duchy of Żagań](/source/Duchy_of_%C5%BBaga%C5%84) (1274–1549), one of the duchies of Silesia
- [Sagan, Iran](/source/Sagan,_Iran), a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
- [Sagan, West Azerbaijan](/source/Sagan,_West_Azerbaijan), a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- [Sagan, Ethiopia](/source/Sagan,_Ethiopia)
- [Sagan River](/source/Sagan_River), Ethiopia
- [Şağan](/source/%C5%9Ea%C4%9Fan), Azerbaijan

- [2709 Sagan](/source/2709_Sagan), asteroid named after Carl Sagan
- [Sagan (crater)](/source/Sagan_(crater)), impact crater on Mars named after Carl Sagan

## People

- [Segan](/source/Segan), an Aramaic term for the deputy of a civil or religious leader, rendered as *sagan* in Hebrew

- [Anna of Sagan](/source/Anna_of_Sagan) (died 1541), duchess by marriage to Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels
- [Alexandra "Sasha" Sagan](/source/Sasha_Sagan) (born 1982), American author, television producer, and filmmaker
- [Carl Sagan](/source/Carl_Sagan) (1934–1996), American astronomer, science writer, and advocate for rationalism and skepticism
- [Dorion Sagan](/source/Dorion_Sagan) (born 1959), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
- [Françoise Sagan](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_Sagan) (1935–2004), French writer
- [Ginetta Sagan](/source/Ginetta_Sagan) (1925–2000), American human-rights activist
- [Hedwig of Sagan](/source/Hedwig_of_Sagan) (died 1390), Queen of Poland as wife of Casimir III
- [Jacob Dungau Sagan](/source/Jacob_Dungau_Sagan) (born 1946), Malaysian politician and Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia
- [Jeanne Sagan](/source/Jeanne_Sagan) (born 1979), American musician, bassist for All That Remains
- [Juraj Sagan](/source/Juraj_Sagan) (born 1988), Slovak cyclist, Peter Sagan's brother
- [Leontine Sagan](/source/Leontine_Sagan) (1889–1974), Austrian film director and actress
- [Nick Sagan](/source/Nick_Sagan) (born 1970), American writer, one of Carl Sagan's sons
- [Peter Sagan](/source/Peter_Sagan) (born 1990), Slovak cyclist, Juraj Sagan's brother
- [Scott Sagan](/source/Scott_Sagan) (born 1955), professor of political science at Stanford University

## Engineering, science and technology

- [Sagan (number)](/source/Sagan_(number)), the number of stars in the observable universe
- [Sagan (unit of measurement)](/source/Sagan_(unit_of_measurement)), humorous unit of measurement named after Carl Sagan
- [S.A.G.A.N.](/source/S.A.G.A.N.), social and collaborative web-platform
- [Sagan (software)](/source/Sagan_(software)), a high performance, multi-threaded log analysis engine

## Other

- [Sagan (ceremony)](/source/Sagan_(ceremony)), a Nepalese sacred ritual
- [*Sagan* (film)](/source/Sagan_(film)), 2008 French film about the French writer Françoise Sagan
- [Sagan Tosu](/source/Sagan_Tosu), Japanese professional football club based in Tosu, Saga Prefecture

## See also

- [Sagen (disambiguation)](/source/Sagen_(disambiguation))

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