surname Fan

pattern; model; example

category

(coll.) style; manner

example; model case

Fan County or Fanxian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市[Pu2 yang2 Shi4], Henan

paradigm

norm (math.)

historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书

model (example worthy of being imitated); template

Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth

Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist

Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4]

Fan Gongcheng (12th century), Southern Song author of 過庭錄|过庭录

Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player

Versace (fashion designer)

Dianne Feinstein (1933-), US Senator from California

fantasy (loanword)

Christine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress

category theory (math.)

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

Van de Graaff (name); Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist

van der Waals; Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837-1923), Dutch physicist

Van de Graaff generator

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

Van de Graaff generator