Tarzan (nickname)

The nickname Tarzan may refer to:

• Al-Nour Al-Jilani (born 1944), Sudanese singer
• Enrico Annoni (born 1966), Italian retired footballer
• Tom Beer (born 1944), American former National Football League player
• David Ben-Uziel (born 1935), Israeli Mossad agent and lieutenant colonel
• Migueli (born Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti in 1951), Spanish retired footballer
• Gilles Bilodeau (1955–2008), Canadian ice hockey player, mainly in the World Hockey Association
• Don Bragg (1935–2019), American retired pole vaulter
• Ellison Brown (1914–1975), Narragansett Indian runner
• Younus Changezi (born 1944), Pakistani politician
• Tarzan Cooper (1907–1980), African-American basketball player
• Cyrille Delannoit (1926–1998), European middleweight boxing champion in 1948
• John F. Druze (1914–2005), American football player and college football coach
• Bobby Estalella (outfielder) (1911–1991), Major League Baseball player
• Ludwig Fainberg (born 1958), Ukrainian mobster
• Brendon Gale (born 1968), Australian rules football sports administrator and former player
• Eric Glass (1910–1985), Australian rules footballer
• Michael Heseltine (born 1933), Welsh-British politician and businessman
• Carl Holtz (1920–2006), American rower
• Joe Kendall (1909–1965), African-American member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Mohamed Nur, Somali politician, mayor of Mogadishu (2010–2014)
• Roberto Olivo (1914–2005), Venezuelan baseball umpire
• David "Tarzan" Ritchie (born 1945), Scottish former shinty player
• Antonio Roma (1932–2013), Argentine football goalkeeper
• Hector Tarrazona (born 1944), former Philippine Air Force colonel and a founding member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement
• Tarzan Taylor (1895–1971), American football player
• David Tyrrell (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league player
• Joe Wallis (born 1952), American retired Major League Baseball player
• Art White (1915–1996), American National Football League player
• Tarzan Woltzen (1905–1995), American professional basketball player
• Tarzan Yamada (born 1962), Japanese race car driver
• Tarzzan (born 2002), South Korean artist, member of the K-pop group AllDay Project.

See also

• Laurent Dauthuille (1924-1971), French boxer nicknamed the "Tarzan of Buzenval"
• Earl Durand (1913–1939), American poacher, jail escapee and killer nicknamed the "Tarzan of the Tetons"
• Mike Massey (born 1947), American pocket billiards player and trick-shot artist nicknamed "Tennessee Tarzan"