Harlan
Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to:
Surname
- Abram D. Harlan, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Bill Harlan, American winemaker
- Bob Harlan, American football executive
- Bruce Harlan, American Olympic diver
- Byron B. Harlan, American politician
- Byron G. Harlan, American singer
- Jack Rodney Harlan, American botanist
- James Harlan,, American politician and lawyer
- James Harlan , American politician and lawyer
- Jan Harlan, German-American film director and producer
- John Harlan , American television announcer
- John Marshall Harlan, United States Union Army officer and Supreme Court Associate Justice
- John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Josiah Harlan, American mercenary
- Kevin Harlan, American sportscaster
- Otis Harlan, American actor
- Patrick Harlan, American-Japanese television presenter
- Peter Harlan , German musical instrument maker and lute player
- Richard Harlan, American zoologist
- Russell Harlan, American cinematographer
- Ryan Harlan, American decathlete
- Silas Harlan, American settler and militiaman
- Thomas Harlan, German film director and writer
- Veit Harlan, German film director and actor
Given name
- Harlan Ala'alatoa, Australian Rugby League player
- Harlan Briggs, American actor, vaudeville performer
- Harlan M. Calhoun, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Harlan Coben, American novelist
- Harlan Cohen, American volleyball coach
- Harlan Ellison, American writer
- Harlan Greene, American writer and historian
- Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter
- Harlan Hubbard, American artist and author
- Harlan Huckleby, American football running back
- Harlan Lane, American psychologist
- Harlan Marbley, American boxer
- Harlan Mills, American professor of computer science
- Harlan F. Stone, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Harlan K. Ullman, United States military officer and political author
- Jessie Harlan Lincoln, granddaughter of United States President Abraham Lincoln
Fictional characters
- Harlan, an artificial intelligence in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Tin Man"
- Harlan Rook, in the 1988 film The Dead Pool
- Harlan Jane Eagleton, in Gayl Jones's 1998 novel The Healing
- Harlan Draka, in the Italian comic book series Dampyr
- Harlan Traub, in House of Cards
- Harlan Thrombey, in the 2019 film Knives Out
- Harlan, an artificial intelligence and antagonist of the 2024 film Atlas, played by ''Simu Liu''