Harding (surname)

Harding is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

 * Aaron Harding (1805–1875), American politician
 * Abi Harding, English saxophonist
 * Abner C. Harding (1807–1874), American politician
 * Alan Harding (born 1948), English footballer
 * Albert Austin Harding (1880–1958), First Director of Bands at the University of Illinois
 * Anita Harding (1952–1995), British neurologist
 * Ann Harding (1901–1981), American actress
 * Antony Harding (fl. c. 2000), English singer
 * Arthur Harding (1878–1947), Wales and British Isles rugby union international player
 * Austie Harding (1917–1991), ice hockey player
 * Baron Harding of Petherton, English peerage
 * Ben Harding (born 1984), English footballer
 * Ben Harding (guitarist)
 * Benjamin F. Harding (1823–1899), American politician
 * Brent Harding (born 1967), bass player
 * Buster Harding (1912–1965), Canadian jazz pianist
 * C. B. Harding, American film director
 * Charles R. Harding (c.1866 – ?), aka 'Wag' Harding, English champion sculler
 * Chester Harding (disambiguation)
 * Çiğdem Balım Harding, American academic
 * Clare Harding (1895–1973), English horsewoman
 * Dale Harding (artist), Australian artist, subject of a 2019 exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
 * Dan Harding (born 1983), English footballer
 * Daniel Harding (born 1975), British conductor
 * David Harding (disambiguation)
 * Donald Harding, American serial robber and spree killer
 * Douglas Harding (1909–2007), English mystic and author
 * Duncan Harding (1926–2007), pseudonym of Charles Whiting
 * Edwin F. Harding (1886–1970), military commander
 * Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding, Gambian diplomat
 * Eric Harding (born 1972), American boxer
 * Francis Pym Harding (1821–1875), English army general
 * Florence Harding (1860–1924), First Lady of the United States
 * Georg Harding (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
 * George Frederick Harding (1858–1927), Wales international rugby union player
 * George M. Harding (1827–1910), American architect
 * George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley (1601–1658), seventeenth-century English nobleman
 * Gilbert Harding (1907–1960), British journalist
 * Greg Harding (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
 * Hamish Harding (1964–2023), British businessman
 * Hamish Harding (rower) (born 1999), Australian rower
 * Harding of Bristol (c. 1048 – c. 1125), son of Eadnoth the Constable
 * Harold Harding (1900–1986), British civil engineer
 * Harry Harding (disambiguation)
 * Ian Harding (born 1986), American actor
 * Israel Harding (1833–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Jack Harding (1898–1963), American football coach
 * Jack Harding (hurler) (1933–2020), Irish hurler
 * Jaime Harding, English pop singer
 * James Harding (disambiguation)
 * Jamie Harding (born 1979), English actor
 * Jeff Harding (disambiguation)
 * Jesper Harding (1799–1865), American publisher
 * John Harding (disambiguation)
 * Joseph Harding (1805–1876), English cheesemaker
 * Josh Harding (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
 * June Harding (1940–2019), American actress
 * Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), German astronomer
 * Keith Harding (born 1938), Scottish politician
 * Kenneth R. Harding (1914–2007), American politician
 * Laverne Harding (1905–1984), American animator
 * Lee Harding (born 1983), Australian singer
 * Lee Harding (writer) (1937–2023), Australian writer
 * Leigh Harding (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
 * Lindsey Harding (born 1984), American basketball player
 * Lyn Harding (1867–1952), Welsh actor who appeared in British made silent films, talkies and radio
 * Major B. Harding (born 1935), American attorney
 * Mark Hardinges (born 1978), English cricketer
 * Maria Harding, Canadian mayor
 * Mary Esther Harding (1888–1971), American Jungian analyst
 * Matt Harding (born 1976), computer game designer
 * Matt Harding (musician) (born 1975), British musician
 * Matthew Harding (1953–1996), British businessman
 * Meg Harding (born 1945), American politician from Missouri
 * Michael Harding (born 1953), Irish writer
 * Mike Harding (born 1944), English comedian and singer
 * Natasha Harding (born 1989), Welsh association football player
 * Nicholas Harding (1956–2022), Australian artist
 * Nicholas Mark Harding (born 1964), English writer
 * Oliver P. Harding (1822–1900), American politician from Maryland
 * Oswald Harding (born 1935), Jamaican politician
 * Paul Harding (disambiguation)
 * Peter Harding (disambiguation)
 * Phil Harding (disambiguation)
 * Phyllis Harding (1907–1992), English swimmer
 * Prince Harding, Sierra Leone politician
 * Ralph R. Harding (1929–2006), Idaho congressman
 * Randolph Harding (1914–1996), Canadian politician
 * Reggie Harding (1942–1972), American basketball player
 * Richard Harding, English rugby union player
 * Rodney Harding (born 1962), Canadian American-football player
 * Ross Harding (1948–2006), pseudonym of David Gemmell
 * Rowe Harding (1901–1991), Welsh rugby union player
 * Ryan Harding (born 1984), Scottish soccer player
 * Sam Harding (rugby union) (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
 * Sam Harding (athlete) (born 1991), Australian Paralympic athlete
 * Samuel Harding (American football) (1873–1919), American football coach
 * Sandra Harding (born 1935), American philosopher
 * Sarah Harding (1981–2021), member of the British group Girls Aloud
 * Lama Sarah Harding, Buddhist teacher and translator
 * Seth Harding (1734–1814), officer in the US Navy
 * Stephen Harding (died 1134), Christian saint
 * Stephen Harding (cricketer), English cricketer of the mid-18th century
 * Stephen S. Harding (1808–1891), Utah politician
 * Ted Harding (1921–2004), Australian politician
 * Theo Harding (1860–1919), Wales rugby union player
 * Tim Harding (musician) (born 1978), Australian entertainer
 * Tim Harding (chess player) (born 1948)
 * Tanya Harding (born 1972), Australian softball player
 * Thomas Harding (1448–1532), 16th-century religious dissident
 * Tony Harding (1942–2014), British illustrator
 * Tonya Harding (born 1970), American figure skater
 * Traci Harding, Australian novelist
 * Trevor Harding (speedway rider) (born 1986), Australian speedway rider
 * Trevor Harding (politician), Canadian politician
 * Valerie Campbell-Harding (1932–2006), Canadian textile designer
 * Vanessa Harding (born 1970), American wrestler
 * Vic Harding (1952–1979), English speedway rider
 * Vincent Harding (1931–2014), African-American historian
 * Walter Harding (1917–1996), American academic
 * Warren Harding (climber) (1924–2002)
 * Warren G. Harding (1865–1923), 29th president of the United States
 * Weylan Harding (born 1972), American football coach
 * William Harding (disambiguation)
 * Zay Harding (born 1974), American television personality and actor

Fictional characters

 * Ace Harding, a character in Deja Vue video game
 * Cyrus Harding, a fictional character created by Jules Verne
 * Dale Harding, a character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 * Leyla Harding, a fictional character in British soap Emmerdale
 * Tess Harding, a fictional character created by Jason Katims
 * Septimus Harding, protagonist of Trollope's The Warden.