Valerian

Valerian may refer to:

Botany

 * Valeriana, a genus of plants
 * Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant
 * Red valerian, a garden flower, Centranthus ruber 

People

 * Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor 253-260
 * Valerian II (died 257), son of Gallienus
 * Valerianus Magnus (1586–1661), Italian Capuchin missionary preacher in Central Europe
 * 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 Trifa (1914–1987), Romanian Orthodox cleric and fascist political activist

Saints

 * Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
 * Valerian of Abbenza (377–457), bishop of Abbenza
 * Valerianus, bishop of Aquileia (4th century)
 * Valerian, bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Auxerre

Music and literature

 * Valérian and Laureline, French comics characters since the 1960s
 * Valerian, a pseudonym used by English musician Gary Numan (b. 1958)
 * Valerian, a character in the book The Book of Dead Days written by Marcus Sedgwick

Other

 * Sweet Valerian, a series of manga and five minute anime episodes
 * Valerians a race in Star Trek