Valerian (name)

Valerian is a given name and surname.

Ancient world

 * Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor (253-260)
 * Valerian II (died 257), Roman Caesar, grandson of the Emperor Valerian
 * Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
 * Valerian of Abbenza (377–457), bishop of Abbenza
 * Valerian Protasewicz (1505-1579), bishop of Lutsk and Vilnius, founder of the Jesuit college

Modern world

 * Valerian Abakovsky (1895-1921), Russian engineer, inventor of the Aerowagon
 * Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator
 * Valerian Bestayev (born 1982), Russian footballer
 * Valerian Borisovich Aptekar (1889-1937), Russian linguist and propagandist
 * Valerian Engelhardt (1798-1856), Russian lieutenant general
 * Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg (born 1970), British peer, sitting as a crossbencher
 * Valerian A. Frolov (1895–1961), Soviet Russian military figure
 * Valerian Borowczyk (1923-2006), Polish film director
 * Valerian Gaprindashvili (1888-1941), Georgian Symbolist poet and translator
 * Valerian Gârlă (born 1986), Romanian football player
 * Valerian Gracias (1900–1978), Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
 * Valerian Gribayedoff (1858–1908), Russian-American journalist
 * Valerian Gunia (1862-1938), Georgian dramatist, actor, director, critic, and translator
 * Valerian Gvilia (born 1994), Georgian football midfielder
 * Valerian Kalinka (1826-1886), Polish priest and historian
 * Valerian Klenevski, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Social Security
 * Valerian Kobakhia (1929-1992), Abkhaz Soviet statesman and party leader
 * Valerian Krasinski (1795-1855), Polish Calvinist politician, nationalist and historian
 * Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935), a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer and prominent Soviet politician
 * Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and Lieutenant General
 * Valerian Maykov (1823-1847), Russian writer and literary critic
 * Valerian Netedu (born 1953), Romanian ice hockey goaltender
 * Valerian Onițiu (1872-1948), Romanian chess problemist
 * Valerian Osinsky (1887-1938), Russian revolutionary Marxist
 * Valerian Pereverzev (1882–1968), Soviet literary scholar
 * Valerian Pidmohylny (1901–1939), Ukrainian realist novelist
 * Valerian Pletnev (1886–1947), Russian revolutionary, playwright and activist
 * Valerian Polyansky (1881-1948), Bolshevik revolutionary and later state functionary
 * Valerian Revenco (1939–2016), Moldovan politician, Minister of Labor, Family and Social Protection
 * Valerian Rodrigues (born 1949), Indian political scientist
 * Valerian Ruminski (born 1967), American singer
 * Valerian Rybar (1919-1990), American interior designer
 * Valerian Safonovich (1798-1867), Russian ruler of Oryol Governorate
 * Valérian Sauveplane (born 1980), French sport shooter
 * Valerian Savelyev (born 1962), Russian football player and coach
 * Valerian Shalikashvili (1874-1919), Georgian producer, actor, and playwright
 * Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi (1889-1983), Georgian Modernist artist and set designer
 * Valerian Sokolov (born 1946), Soviet boxer
 * Valerian Șesan (1878-1940), Romanian theologian
 * Valerián Švec (born 1995), Slovak football player and coach
 * Valerian Stan (born 1955), Romanian dignitary, lawyer and military officer, civic and human rights activist
 * Valerian Tevzadze (1894-1987), Georgian military officer
 * Valerian Trifa (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist
 * Valerian Ume-Ezeoke (born 1993), American football player
 * Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1915-2014), styled Marquess of Douro, member of the House of Lords
 * Valerian Zirakadze (born 1978), Georgian footballer
 * Valerian Zorin (1902-1986), Soviet diplomat
 * Valerian Zubov (1771-1804), Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796
 * Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907-1996), Finnish mathematician

Surname

 * Bice Valerian (1886-1969), Italian film actress of the silent era
 * Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1770–1848), Church of Ireland cleric
 * Gerald Valerian Wellesley (1809-1882), Church of England cleric who became the Dean of Windsor
 * I. Valerian (1895-1980), Romanian writer
 * Jan Valerián Jirsík (1798-1883), Roman Catholic Bishop of Budweis