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