- 天方夜谭 tiānfāngyètán tall talethe Arabian Nights; an incredible tale; fantasy story
- 谭咏麟 Tán Yǒnglín Alan TamAlan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor
- 谭盾 Tán Dùn Tan DunTan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
- 谭嗣同 Tán Sìtóng Tan SitongTan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the unsuccessful 1898 reform movement
- 谭震林 Tán Zhènlín Tan ZhenlinTan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader who played a key political role after the Cultural Revolution
- 谭鑫培 Tán Xīnpéi Tan XinpeiTan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor
- 谭富英 Tán Fùyīng Tan FuyingTan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four Great Beards ([[四大须生|四大鬚生|si4 da4 xu1 sheng1]])
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH