Philander (given name)
Philander is a given name. Notable people with this given name include:
- Philander Chase, Episcopal Church bishop, educator, founder of Kenyon College, and pioneer of the United States western frontier
- Philander Claxton, American journalist
- Philander P. Humphrey, American physician and politician.
- Philander Chase Johnson, American journalist
- Philander C. Knox, American lawyer and politician
- Philander Prescott, American translator
- Philander Smith, American philanthropist and eponym of Philander Smith College
- Philander Stephens, Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania