Tolan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ã?ber o, o-Dinitro-tolan 
Über o , o ′-Dinitro-tolan
Reaction of tolan with a mixture of iodine and peracetic acid
TGBA and TGBC phases in some chiral tolan derivatives
2,6-Di:fluoro-tolan derivs. - useful as components of liq. crystal media for electro=optical displays
Isatogens. VI. Synthesis of isatogens via tolan (diphenylacetylene) intermediates
Electronic spectra of matrix-isolated tolan: site selective one- and two-photon spectra
A Short -Sheet Containing Proline Nucleated by a 2,2'-Substituted Tolan -Turn Mimetic
John Tolan, Petrus Alfonsi and His Medieval Readers. Gainesville, Tallahassee, and Tampa, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1993. P...
Photochemisch gebildete Reaktionsprodukte aus Methylcyclopentadienylmangantricarbonyl und Tolan