Fanning

Fanning can refer to:

• Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Atoll or Fanning Island, one of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean.
• Fanning (firearms), a revolver shooting technique in which one hand holds the revolver and the other hits the revolver hammer repeatedly for an increased rate of fire.
• Fanning friction factor, a dimensionless number used in fluid flow calculations.
• Fan dance, a dance art form with now takes both classic and more modern forms.

As a surname of English or Irish origin

• Bernard Fanning (born 1969), an Australian musician, best known for his role as the lead singer of the Australian rock band Powderfinger.
• Buist M. Fanning (born 1949), an American biblical Greek scholar.
• Dakota Fanning (born 1994), an American child actress.
• Dave Fanning, an Irish television and radio personality.
• Edmund Fanning (1769–1841), an American explorer.
• Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator) (1739–1818), an American-born administrator for the British government in New York and Loyalist; later a governor in Canada.
• Elle Fanning (born 1998), an American child actress and younger sister of Dakota.
• Fred Fanning (born 1921), an Australian rules footballer.
• Jim Fanning (born 1927), a former catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
• Juan Fanning (1824–1881), a Peruvian naval officer and war hero.
• Eugene Michael "Mick" Fanning, an Australia professional surfer and two time world champion
• Nathaniel Fanning (1755–1804), an American naval officer and war hero.
• Shawn Fanning (born 1980), a computer programmer and creator of the original Napster application.