Christian (surname)
Christian is an English surname from the Latin "Christianus" meaning follower of Christ, from "christus", created to translate the Hebrew messiah. As one of the native Manx surnames, the name originates as an anglicisation of "Mac Christen"; Notable people with the surname include:
- Ash Christian, American actor and film director
- Autumn Christian, American writer
- Harold Christian, South African-Rhodesian farmer
- Bill Christian, American ice hockey player
- Channon Christian, victim of Murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in 2007 in Tennessee, U.S.
- Charlie Christian, American swing and jazz guitarist
- Clara Marguerite Christian, first black woman to study at the University of Edinburgh
- Claudia Christian, American actress, a writer, a director singer and musician
- Cody Christian, American actor
- Dave Christian, American ice-hockey player
- Ewan Christian, British architect
- Fletcher Christian, Bounty mutineer settled on Pitcairn Island
- Frank Christian (disambiguation), several people
- Frederick Christian (disambiguation), several people
- Garth Christian, English nature writer, editor, teacher and conservationist
- Gerald Christian, American football player
- Geron Christian, American football player
- Glen Christian, American football player
- Hans Christian (disambiguation), multiple people
- Henry B. Christian, American painter
- Hugh Cloberry Christian, Royal Navy rear-admiral
- Ivan Christian, Pitcairn Island politician
- James Christian, American musician
- John Christian (disambiguation), multiple people
- J. Orlean Christian, American college sports coach
- Keith Christian, Australian zoologist
- Leonard Arthur Christian, Canadian World War I flying ace
- Lemuel McPherson Christian, Dominican composer
- Linda Christian, Mexican film actress
- Luci Christian, American voice actress
- Mary Christian (politician), American educator and politician
- Mary Ellen Christian, Australian contralto and teacher of singing
- Neil Christian, British singer
- Pearle Christian, Dominican music educator, composer and cultural worker
- Phyllis M. Christian, Ghanaian lawyer and consultant
- Robert Christian, American actor
- Robert Francis Christian, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Roy Christian, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Sharon Christian, Canadian artist
- Shawn Christian, American television and film actor
- Stephen Christian, American rock singer
- Steve Christian, Pitcairn Island politician
- Terry Christian, British television and radio presenter
- Thomas Christian, Manx poet and translator
- Tom Christian, Pitcairn Island radio operator
- William Christian (disambiguation), several people