Marian (given name)
Marian is a given name, either derived from Marius (male) or Maria (female). In Slovak, and sometimes in Czech, the male name is accented Marián.
Male:
- Marian von Bardowick (died 782), German deacon and saint
- Marián Čalfa (born 1946), ethnic Slovak former Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
- Marian Cozma (1982-2009), Romanian handball player
- Marian Czura, Polish-German filmmaker
- Marian Foik (1933–2005), Polish sprinter
- Marián Gáborík (born 1982), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Gold (born 1954), German singer from the synth pop band Alphaville
- Marian Heitger (1927-2012), German educationalist
- Marián Hossa (born 1979), Slovak professional ice hockey player
- Marian Hristov (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer
- Marian Jaworski (born 1926), former Catholic archbishop
- Marián Kochanský (1955-2006), Slovak singer
- Marian Kudera (1923-1944), Polish resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Marián Labuda (born 1944), Slovak actor
- Marián Lapšanský (born 1947), Slovak pianist
- Marian Moszoro, (born 1974), Polish economist
- Marian Orzechowski, (born 1931), Polish economist and politician
- Marian Oprea (born 1982), Romanian triple jumper
- Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), Polish mathematician and cryptologist who solved the Nazi Enigma machine
- Marian Sârbu (born 1958), Romanian trade unionist and politician
- Marian Smoluchowski (1872-1917), Polish physicist
- Marian Spychalski (1906-1980), Polish military leader and politician
- Marian Tumler (1887-1987), Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- Marian Vanghelie (born 1968), Romanian politician
- Marián Varga (born 1947), Slovak musician
Female:
- Maid Marian, legendary companion of Robin Hood
- Marian Anderson (1897-1993), African-American contralto opera singer
- Marian Bell (economist) (born 1957), British economist
- Marian Bell (field hockey) (born 1958), former Australian field hockey player
- Marie Booth (1864-1937), third daughter of William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army; born Marian Billups Booth
- Marian Stamp Dawkins (born 1945), British biologist
- Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
- Marian Rivera (born 1984), Spanish born-Filipino actress and model
- Marian Shields Robinson (born 1937), mother of First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama