Can you please confirm that 'une fan' is correct?

Question

I ask because you say "une personne', regardless of whether the person is male or female, whereas it seems that 'fan', on the contrary, follows the gender of the underlying individual - is that correct?

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Bonjour Charles, 
In French, the word 'fan' is interesting — it is a borrowed word from English and is generally considered masculine by default (un fan), but it can be made feminine.
Here's how it works:
Masculine: un fan — used for a male fan, or generically
Feminine: une fan — used for a female fan
The word itself doesn't change; only the article does.
So you might say:
 
Il est un grand fan du football = He is a big football fan 
Elle est une grande fan de Taylor Swift = She is a big Taylor Swift fan
Bonne  Continuation !