Dayan may refer to: People Dayan (surname), Hebrew surname Moshe Dayan (1915–1981), Israeli military leader and politician Given name Dayan Deerh Dayán Díaz (born 1989), Colombian professional baseball pitcher Dayan Jayatilleka, (born 1956), leftist Sri Lankan academic, diplomat, writer and politician Dayan Khan, Mongol ruler of Dayan Dayan Khan (Khoshut), ruler of the Khoshut Khanate Dayan Rajapakse (born 1972), Sri Lankan physician, educator and businessman Dayan Téllez (born 2002), Mexican football goalkeeper Dayán Viciedo (born 1989), Cuban professional baseball infielder Dayan van der Westhuizen (born 1994), South African rugby union player Places Dayan, or Old Town of Lijiang, World Heritage Site in Yunnan, China Dayan, in Evenk Autonomous Banner, Inner Mongolia, China Dayan, Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Dayan Township, in Jiangyou, Sichuan, China Dayan, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Dayan Lake, in Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia Dayan Town (disambiguation) Others Dayan (rabbinic judge), Jewish religious judge in a Beth din Dayan (witch), a witch or vengeful female spirit in Indian culture Northern Yuan dynasty, also Dayan in Mongolian Yuan dynasty, Dayan in Mongolian Dayan, a Rubik's Cube Company Dayan, the smaller drum of the tabla set See also Dayana Dayyán Unisex given names