Valerian Explained

Valerian may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• a fictional character in Valérian and Laureline, a comics series
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a film adaptation of the comic series
• an early pseudonym for Gary Numan (b. 1958), a musician
• a fictional race in "Dramatis Personae" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• an arms manufacturer in On the Frontier, a play published in 1938

People

• Valerian (name), including a list of people with the given name and surname
• Valerian (emperor), Roman emperor from 253 to 260

Plants

• Valerian (herb), Valeriana officinalis, a medicinal plant, and the namesake for other valerians.
  • other plants in the genus Valeriana
• Centranthus, a genus containing plants closely related to Valeriana

Ships

• HMS Valerian (1916)

See also

• • Valeria (disambiguation)
• Valerianus (disambiguation)
• Valérien (disambiguation)
• Valyrian languages, in the fiction of George R. R. Martin
• Sweet Valerian, a series of manga and anime episodes