Valerian (name)
Valerian is a given name and surname.
Ancient world
- Valerian (emperor), Roman emperor
- Valerian II, Roman Caesar, grandson of the Emperor Valerian
- Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
- Valerian of Abbenza, bishop of Abbenza
Modern world
- Valerian Abakovsky, Russian engineer, inventor of the Aerowagon
- Valerian Albanov, Russian navigator
- Valerian Bestayev, Russian footballer
- Valerian Borisovich Aptekar, Russian linguist and propagandist
- Valerian Engelhardt, Russian lieutenant general
- Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg, British peer, sitting as a crossbencher
- Valerian A. Frolov, Soviet Russian military figure
- Valerian Borowczyk, Polish film director
- Valerian Gaprindashvili, Georgian Symbolist poet and translator
- Valerian Gârlă, Romanian football player
- Valerian Gracias, Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
- Valerian Gribayedoff, Russian-American journalist
- Valerian Gunia, Georgian dramatist, actor, director, critic, and translator
- Valerian Gvilia, Georgian football midfielder
- Valerian Kalinka, Polish priest and historian
- Valerian Klenevski, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Social Security
- Valerian Kobakhia, Abkhaz Soviet statesman and party leader
- Valerian Krasinski, Polish Calvinist politician, nationalist and historian
- Valerian Kuybyshev, a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer and prominent Soviet politician
- Valerian Madatov, Russian prince and Lieutenant General
- Valerian Maykov, Russian writer and literary critic
- Valerian Netedu, Romanian ice hockey goaltender
- Valerian Onițiu, Romanian chess problemist
- Valerian Osinsky, Russian revolutionary Marxist
- Valerian Pereverzev, Soviet literary scholar
- Valerian Pidmohylny, Ukrainian realist novelist
- Valerian Pletnev, Russian revolutionary, playwright and activist
- Valerian Polyansky, Bolshevik revolutionary and later state functionary
- Valerian Protasewicz, bishop of Lutsk and Vilnius, founder of the Jesuit college
- Valerian Revenco, Moldovan politician, Minister of Labor, Family and Social Protection
- Valerian Rodrigues, Indian political scientist
- Valerian Ruminski, American singer
- Valerian Rybar, American interior designer
- Valerian Safonovich, Russian ruler of Oryol Governorate
- Valérian Sauveplane, French sport shooter
- Valerian Savelyev, Russian football player and coach
- Valerian Shalikashvili, Georgian producer, actor, and playwright
- Valerian Sidamon-Eristavi, Georgian Modernist artist and set designer
- Valerian Sokolov, Soviet boxer
- Valerian Șesan, Romanian theologian
- Valerián Švec, Slovak football player and coach
- Valerian Stan, Romanian dignitary, lawyer and military officer, civic and human rights activist
- Valerian Tevzadze, Georgian military officer
- Valerian Trifa, Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist
- Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, American football player
- Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, styled Marquess of Douro, member of the House of Lords
- Valerian Zirakadze, Georgian footballer
- Valerian Zorin, Soviet diplomat
- Valerian Zubov, Russian general who led the Persian Expedition of 1796
- Lars Valerian Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician
Surname
- Bice Valerian, Italian film actress of the silent era
- Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Church of Ireland cleric
- Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Church of England cleric who became the Dean of Windsor
- I. Valerian, Romanian writer
- Jan Valerián Jirsík, Roman Catholic Bishop of Budweis