Varian

Varian may refer to:

People:

• Varian Fry (1907-1967), American journalist who helped thousands escape from Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II
• Varian Lonamei (born 1962), Minister for Aviation, Communication and Meteorology, and member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands
• Hal Varian (born 1947), Google's chief economist
• Isaac Varian (1793-1864), American politician and mayor of New York
• John Osborne Varian (1863-1931), Theosophist affiliated with the Temple of the People and the utopian community of Halcyon, California
• Russell Varian (1898-1959), co-founder of Varian Associates
• Sigurd Varian (1901-1961), co-founder of Varian Associates
• Sheila Varian, breeder of Arabian horses

Companies:

• Varian Associates, an electronics company which split up into three companies in 1999:
  • Varian Medical Systems, a manufacturer of medical equipment
  • Varian, Inc., a manufacturer of scientific instruments, now part of Agilent Technologies
  • Varian Semiconductor, a supplier of equipment for semiconductor manufacturers, soon to be part of Applied Materials
• Varian Data Machines, a division of Varian Associates which made minicomputers

Other:

• USS Varian (DE-798), a U.S. Navy World War II destroyer escort
• Varian, one of the Baronies of Gwynedd (fictional) in the Deryni fantasy universe of author Katherine Kurtz