Galen (given name)

Galen is an almost exclusively masculine given name. The best-known Galen was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in Ancient Rome. Other Galens include:

People

 * Galen Bodenhausen (born 1961), American social psychologist
 * Galen A. Carter (1832–1893), American politician
 * Galen Cisco (born 1936), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Galen Clark (1814–1910), first European American to discover the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and conservationist
 * Galen Cole (1925–2020), American philanthropist
 * Galen Cranz, American professor of architecture
 * Galen Dreibelbis (born 1935), American politician
 * Galen Gering (born 1971), American actor
 * Galen Hadley (born 1942), American politician
 * Galen Hall (born 1940), American retired college and professional football coach and player
 * Galen Higdon (born 1954), American politician
 * Galen Hollenbaugh (fl. 2006–present), American politician
 * Galen Laack (1931–1958), American football player
 * Galen Rowell (1940–2002), American wilderness photographer, adventure photojournalist and climber
 * Galen Rupp (born 1986), American long-distance runner
 * Galen Seaman (1837–1932), American lawyer and politician
 * Galen L. Stone (1862–1926), American financier and philanthropist
 * Galen L. Stone (diplomat) (1921–2018), American diplomat, Ambassador to Cyprus, grandson of the above
 * Galen Stone (American football) (born 1988), American former football player
 * Galen Strawson (born 1952), British analytic philosopher and literary critic
 * Galen D. Stucky, American chemist
 * Galen Weston (1940–2021), British-Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist
 * Galen Weston Jr. (born 1972), Canadian billionaire businessman, son of the above

Fictional characters

 * Galen "Doc" Adams, in the long-running TV series Gunsmoke
 * Galen DeMarco, a character in the world of Judge Dredd
 * Galen Erso, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Galen Kord, in the Transformers universe
 * Galen Marek, aka Starkiller, a Dark Jedi in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project
 * Galen Tyrol, in the re-imagined TV series Battlestar Galactica
 * Galen, a character in Crusade
 * Galen, Dr. Zaius' assistant in the Planet of the Apes TV series