Xiong Yan (Chinese: 熊焱; born 1 September 1964) is a Chinese-American human rights activist, military officer, and Protestant chaplain.

[5] He ran for Congress in New York's 10th congressional district in 2022, and his campaign was reportedly attacked by agents of China's Ministry of State Security.

[9] Growing up in Hunan, he moved to Beijing to pursue graduate level studies in law at Peking University.

[21] In 2009, he made a trip to Hong Kong to attend a candlelight vigil on the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.

[18] In 2010, Chai Ling and he were panel members at a discussion on China's One-child policy held at Rayburn House Office Building.

[26] In 2017, when a United Kingdom diplomatic cable was declassified, which estimated that about 10,000 civilians were killed, Xiong agreed with the account.

[27] Xiong Yan was listed as a member of the preparatory committee of the Wang Dan's June 4 Memorial Museum.

[28] On 16 February, Xiong Yan participated in an event organized by an overseas Chinese group against the June 4th Memorial Museum.

[29] Yan went on to join the United States Army[2] while working on a second bachelor's degree, studying at the University of North Carolina.

[1] She was arrested along with Shen Tong due to activity relating to the Democracy for China Fund in 1992;[38] they were released and sent to the United States.