Bastian

Bastian is a German short form of Sebastian. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adolf Bastian, a 19th-century anthropologist
• Ali Bastian, an English television actress
• Amy Bastian, an American neuroscientist
• Bob Bastian, an American farmer and politician
• Bruce Bastian, an American computer programmer and businessman
• Frank Bastian, an American medical doctor and neuropathologist studying Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)
• Fritz Bastian, an American tennis player
• Gert Bastian, (1923-1992), a German military officer and politician (Greens)
• Henry Charlton Bastian (1837–1915), an English zoologist, physiologist and neurologist
• Mary Bastian, a Tamil Human Rights activist
• Michael Bastian, an American fashion designer
• Noah Bastian, an actor
• Wally Bastiansz, Sri Lankan baila musician

Bastian is also a male given name:

• Bastian Schweinsteiger a German soccer player
• Bastian Seidel (born 1975), Australian politician and medical doctor

See also

• Bastian Balthazar Bux, fictional character
• Bas Bron, a producer and musician using the moniker Bastian.
• Bastian Pagez, servant of Mary, Queen of Scots
• Bastian Pastewka, a German comedian
• Bastian Schweinsteiger
• Bastian, Virginia, a community in the U.S. state of Virginia