# 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) [de], 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
* Fitz Harding (born 1999), Rugby union player
* 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.