Chen Yan or Yan Chen may refer to the following people surnamed Chen: Chen Yan (governor) (died 891), governor of Fujian during the Tang dynasty Chen Yan (politician, born 1963), Chinese politician, mayor of Tongren, mayor of Guiyang, vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Chen Yan (writer) (born 1963), Chinese dramatist and novelist Yan Chen (economist) (born 1966), Chinese American behavioral and experimental economist Yan Chen (mechanical engineer), Chinese professor of mechanical engineering Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1979), female Chinese backstroke swimmer Chen Yan (swimmer, born 1981), female Chinese individual medley and freestyle swimmer Yan Chen (professor), short name of Qingyan Chen, Fellow of the Royal Society