Zidan is a given name and family name in various cultures. As an Arabic name (زيدان) it is also romanised as Zidane or Zeidan. As a Chinese given name, it can be written in various ways (e.g. 子丹), with different meanings depending on the component Chinese characters.
People with the patronymic or family name Zidan include:
Al Walid ben Zidan (died 1636), sultan of MoroccoGregor Židan (born 1965), Slovenian football playerMohamed Zidan (born 1981), Egyptian football playerRaed Zidan (born 1971), first Palestinian mountaineer to summit Mount EverestIbrahim Mahdy Achmed Zeidan, Libyan man detained at Guantanamo Bay from 2002 to 2007People with the given name Zidan include:
Zidan al-Nasir (died 1627), sultan of MoroccoZidan Saif (died 2014), a Druze policeman killed while responding to a terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogueZhen Zidan (Donnie Yen, born 1965), Hong Kong actorCao Zhen (died 231), style name Zidan, military general under Cao Cao