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Subhan or Sobhan (Arabic: سبحان sub·ḥān) is masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin meaning "praise, exalted, glory". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Abdul Subhan Khan (died 1991), Nawab of Khar
• Abdul Subhan Qureshi (born 1972), a fugitive from India wanted on terrorism charges
• Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury, zamindar of Bogra
• Abdus Sobhan Golap (born 1956), Bangladeshi parliamentarian
• Abdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar (born 1976), Assam politician
• Abdus Sobhan Sikder (born 1956), Bangladeshi politician
• Sobhan Babu (1937–2008), Indian actor
• Sobhan Khaghani (born 2000), Iranian footballer
• Sobhan Rouhi (born 1947), Iranian wrestler
• Subhan Awan (born 1996), Pakistani actor and model
• Subhan Bakhsh (died 1799), Nawab of Masulipatam in northern India
• Subhan Fajri (born 2003), Indonesian footballer
• Subhan Jabrayilov (1983–2020), Azerbaijani military officer
• Subahan Kamal (born 1965), Malaysian businessman and president of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation
• Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh (1766–??), Indian Islamic scholar
• Subhan Quli Khan (1625–1702), sixth ruler of the Bukhara Khanate
• Subhan Raza Khan, former head of the Sufi center Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat in Bareilly, India
• Subhan Qureshi (born 1959), a biologist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Subhan Quli Qutb Shah (1543–1550), the third Sultan of Qutb Shahi dynasty in southern India

Middle name

• Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury (born 1943), Bangladeshi journalist

Surname

• Sobhan family of Bengal
  • Farooq Sobhan (born 1940), Bangladeshi diplomat
  • Rehman Sobhan (born 1935), Bangladeshi economist
  • Salma Sobhan (1937–2003), Bangladeshi lawyer and first female barrister of Pakistan
  • Zafar Sobhan (born 1970), Bangladeshi columnist
• Ahmed Akbar Sobhan (born 1952), Bangladeshi business magnate and founder of Bashundhara Group
• Muhammad Abdus Sobhan (1936–2020), Bangladeshi politician and Islamic scholar
• Fazal Subhan (born 1988), Pakistani cricketer
• K. M. Sobhan (1924–2007), former justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
• Mohammad Abdus Sobhan (born 1953), former vice chancellor of the University of Rajshahi
• Nahida Sobhan, Bangladeshi ambassador to Jordan
• Syed Abdus Sobhan (1932–2000), Bangladeshi politician

Places

• Sobhan, a village in Iran
• Sobhaniyeh, a village in Iran
• Sobhanpur, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
• Subhanpur, Nawada, a village in Bihar, India
• Subhanpur, Kapurthala, a village in Punjab, India
• Subhanpur, Ranga Reddy, a village in Telangana, India
• Subhanpura, a neighbourhood in Gujarat, India

See also

• Subhan'allah, an Arabic phrase meaning "Glory to God"