Valerian

Valerian is the usual modern form of a particular Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius Licinius Valerianus, a Roman emperor. It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• A character in Valérian and Laureline, a comics series
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a film adaptation of the comic series
• Early pseudonym for Gary Numan, a musician
• A race in the Star Trek universe, see Dramatis Personae (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Plants

• Valerian (herb), a medicinal plant, Valeriana officinalis
• Other plants in the genus Valeriana
• Centranthus, a genus containing plants closely related to Valeriana

People

• Valerian (name), persons with the given name

See also

• Giuseppe Valeriano, Italian painter and architect
• Valeriano Lunense, a place near Five Lands, Italy
• Valerius
• Valérien (disambiguation)
• Valeria (disambiguation)
• Valerianus (disambiguation)
• Valyrian languages, in the fiction of George R. R. Martin