Harding (surname)


Harding is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

  • Aaron Harding, American politician
  • Abi Harding, English saxophonist
  • Abner C. Harding, American politician
  • Alan Harding, English footballer
  • Albert Austin Harding, First Director of Bands at the University of Illinois
  • Anita Harding, British neurologist
  • Ann Harding, American actress
  • Antony Harding, English singer
  • Arthur Harding, Wales and British Isles rugby union international player
  • Austie Harding, ice hockey player
  • Baron Harding of Petherton, English peerage
  • Ben Harding, English footballer
  • Ben Harding , English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
  • Benjamin F. Harding, American politician
  • Brent Harding, bass player
  • Buster Harding, Canadian jazz pianist
  • C. B. Harding, American film director
  • Charles R. Harding, aka 'Wag' Harding, English champion sculler
  • Chester Harding
  • Çiğdem Balım Harding, American academic
  • Clare Harding, English horsewoman
  • , Australian artist, subject of a 2019 exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • Dan Harding, English footballer
  • Daniel Harding, British conductor
  • David Harding
  • Donald Harding, American serial robber and spree killer
  • Douglas Harding, English mystic and author
  • Duncan Harding, pseudonym of Charles Whiting
  • Edwin F. Harding, military commander
  • Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding, Gambian diplomat
  • Eric Harding, American boxer
  • Fitz Harding, rugby union player
  • Francis Pym Harding, English army general
  • Florence Harding, First Lady of the United States
  • Georg Harding, Australian rules footballer
  • George Frederick Harding , Wales international rugby union player
  • George M. Harding, American architect
  • George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley, seventeenth-century English nobleman
  • Gerald Lankester Harding, British archaeologist
  • Gilbert Harding, British journalist
  • Greg Harding, Australian rules footballer
  • Hamish Harding, British businessman
  • Hamish Harding , Australian rower
  • Harding of Bristol, son of Eadnoth the Constable
  • Harold Harding, British civil engineer
  • Harry Harding
  • Ian Harding, American actor
  • Israel Harding, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Jack Harding, American football coach
  • Jack Harding , Irish hurler
  • Jaime Harding, English pop singer
  • James Harding
  • Jamie Harding, English actor
  • Jeff Harding
  • Jeremy Harding, British writer and journalist
  • Jesper Harding, American publisher
  • John Harding
  • Joseph Harding, English cheesemaker
  • Josh Harding, Canadian ice hockey player
  • June Harding, American actress
  • Karl Ludwig Harding, German astronomer
  • Keith Harding, Scottish politician
  • Kenneth R. Harding, American politician
  • Laverne Harding, American animator
  • Lee Harding, Australian singer
  • Lee Harding , Australian writer
  • Leigh Harding, Australian rules footballer
  • Lindsey Harding, American basketball player
  • Lyn Harding, Welsh actor who appeared in British made silent films, talkies and radio
  • Major B. Harding, American attorney
  • Mark Hardinges, English cricketer
  • Maria Harding, Canadian mayor
  • Mary Esther Harding, American Jungian analyst
  • Matt Harding, computer game designer
  • Matt Harding , British musician
  • Matthew Harding, British businessman
  • Meg Harding, American politician from Missouri
  • Michael Harding , Irish writer
  • Mike Harding, English comedian and singer
  • Natasha Harding, Welsh association football player
  • Nicholas Harding, Australian artist
  • Nicholas Mark Harding, English writer
  • Oliver P. Harding, American politician from Maryland
  • Oswald Harding, Jamaican politician
  • Paul Harding
  • Peter Harding
  • Phil Harding
  • Phyllis Harding, English swimmer
  • Prince Harding, Sierra Leone politician
  • Ralph R. Harding, Idaho congressman
  • Randolph Harding, Canadian politician
  • Reggie Harding, American basketball player
  • Richard Harding, English rugby union player
  • Rodney Harding, Canadian American-football player
  • Ross Harding, pseudonym of David Gemmell
  • Rowe Harding, Welsh rugby union player
  • Ryan Harding, Scottish soccer player
  • Sam Harding , New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Sam Harding , Australian Paralympic athlete
  • Samuel Harding , American football coach
  • Sandra Harding, American philosopher
  • Sarah Harding, member of the British group Girls Aloud
  • Sarah Harding , Buddhist teacher and translator
  • Seth Harding, officer in the US Navy
  • Stephen Harding, Christian saint
  • Stephen Harding, English cricketer of the mid-18th century
  • Stephen S. Harding, Utah politician
  • Stephen C Harding, infamous Hired Gun
  • Ted Harding, Australian politician
  • Theo Harding, Wales rugby union player
  • Tim Harding , Australian entertainer
  • Tim Harding
  • Tanya Harding, Australian softball player
  • Thomas Harding, 16th-century religious dissident
  • Tony Harding, British illustrator
  • Tonya Harding, American figure skater
  • Traci Harding, Australian novelist
  • Trevor Harding , Australian speedway rider
  • Trevor Harding, Canadian politician
  • Valerie Campbell-Harding, Canadian textile designer
  • Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
  • Vic Harding, English speedway rider
  • Vincent Harding, African-American historian
  • Walter Harding, American academic
  • Warren Harding
  • Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States
  • Weylan Harding, American football coach
  • William Harding
  • Zay Harding, 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.
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