Valerian is a given name.
Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor (253-260)
Valerian II (died 257), Roman Caesar, grandson of the Emperor Valerian
Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
Valerian of Abbenza (377–457), bishop of Abbenza
Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator
Valerian A. Frolov (1895–1961), Soviet Russian military figure
Valerian Gracias (1900–1978), Indian Roman Catholic cardinal
Valerian Gribayedoff (1858–1908), Russian-American journalist
Valerian Kuybyshev (1888–1935), a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer and prominent Soviet politician
Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), Russian prince and Lieutenant General
Valerian Ruminski (born 1967), American singer
Valerian Sokolov (born 1946), former Soviet bantamweight amateur boxer
Valerian Șesan (1878-1940), Romanian theologian
Valerian Trifa (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist
I. Valerian (1895-1980), Romanian writer
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