# 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