Govan (disambiguation)

Govan is a district in Glasgow, Scotland.

Govan may also refer to:

Places

• Govan, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Govan, South Carolina, USA
• Govan, Washington, USA
• Govans, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Given name

• St Govan (died 586), Irish monk in Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Govan Hinds, contestant in Big Brother in the UK
• Govan Mbeki (1910–2001), South African politician, father of Thabo Mbeki

Surname

• Alex Govan (born 1929), Scottish footballer
• Andrew R. Govan (1794–1841), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Daniel Govan (1829–1911), American Confederate general
• Gerald Govan (born 1942), American basketball player
• Guthrie Govan (born 1971), English guitarist
• James Govan (1949–2014), American R&B soul singer
• James Govan (cricketer) (born 1966), Scottish cricketer
• Jock Govan (1923–1999), Scottish footballer
• John George Govan (1861–1927), Scottish businessman and evangelist, father of Sheena
• Michael Govan (born 1963), director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Sheena Govan (1912–1967), spiritual teacher, daughter of John George Govan
• Tommy Govan, Scottish football full back during the 1950s and 1960s
• William Govan (1623–1661), Scottish officer who fought for the Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Other

• Govan (ward), electoral division of Glasgow City Council
• Govan High School, secondary school in Glasgow, Scotland
• Govan railway station, formerly on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
• Govan subway station, underground station and bus interchange
• Govan Shipbuilders, British shipbuilding company based on the River Clyde
• Kvaerner Govan, shipyard subsidiary formed from Govan Shipbuilders in 1988

See also

• Glasgow Govan (disambiguation)
• Govana