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

See also

• Valery (name)
• Valerie (given name)
• Valeriu (given name)
• Valerius (name)

• Valeria (given name)
• Valerian (disambiguation)
• Valeriano (name)
• Valerianus (disambiguation)

• Valer (disambiguation)
• Valera (disambiguation)
• Valérien (disambiguation)

• Walerian
• Valerian Runkovsky, town in Transnistria, Moldova
• Valeriano Lunense, a place near Five Lands, Italy

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