Valerian may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* A fictional character in ''
Valérian and Laureline
''Valérian and Laureline'' (), originally titled ''Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent'' () and also commonly known as ''Valérian'', is a French science fiction comics series, created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. I ...
'', a comics series
** ''
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' () is a 2017 space opera film written and directed by Luc Besson, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It is based on the French science fiction comics series '' Valérian and Laurel ...
'', a film adaptation of the comic series
* An early pseudonym for
Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...
(b. 1958), a musician
* A fictional race in
"Dramatis Personae" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'')
* An arms manufacturer in ''
On the Frontier
''On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts'', by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the third and last play in the Auden–Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1938.
The play tells the story of the outbreak of war between the f ...
'', a play published in 1938
People
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Valerian (name)
Valerian is a given name and surname.
Ancient world
* Valerian (emperor) (200–c. 260), Roman emperor (253-260)
* Valerian II (died 257), Roman Caesar, grandson of the Emperor Valerian
* Saints Tiburtius, Valerian and Maximus
* Valerian of Abbe ...
, including a list of people with the given name and surname
*
Valerian (emperor)
Valerian ( ; ; – 260 or 264) was Roman emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD. Valerian is known as the first Roman emperor to have been taken captive in battle, captured by the Sassanid Empire, Persian emperor Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa ...
, Roman emperor from 253 to 260
Plants
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Valerian (herb)
Valerian (''Valeriana officinalis'', Caprifoliaceae) is a perennial flowering plant native to Eurasia. It produces a catnip-like response in cats.
Crude Extract, extracts of valerian root may have sedative and anxiolytic effects; however, the ...
, ''Valeriana officinalis'', a medicinal plant, and the namesake for other valerians.
** other plants in the genus ''
Valeriana
''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of div ...
''
* ''
Centranthus
''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of div ...
'', a genus containing plants closely related to ''Valeriana''
Ships
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HMS ''Valerian'' (1916)
See also
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Valeria (disambiguation)
Valeria may refer to:
People
* Valeria (given name), a female given name
* The gens Valeria, a family at Rome
* Valeria (ancient Roman women), a name used in ancient Rome for women of the gens Valeria
* Saint Valeria (disambiguation), severa ...
*
Valerianus (disambiguation)
Valerianus or Valerian the Elder was Roman Emperor from 253 AD to 260 AD.
Valerianus is a name also held by:
* Valerian II (Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus; died 258), Roman Caesar, son of Emperor Gallienus and grandson of Emperor Valeria ...
*
Valérien (disambiguation)
Valérien may refer to:
* Fort Mont-Valérien, a fortress
* Harry Valérien (1923-2012), German sports journalist and television presenter
* Valérien Ismaël (born 1975), French footballer
See also
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*
* Valeri (name)
* Valerian (disambi ...
*
Valyrian languages
The Valyrian languages are a fictional language family in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, and in their television adaptation ''Game of Thrones'' and later ''House of the Dragon''.
In the novels, Hi ...
, in the fiction of George R. R. Martin
* ''
Sweet Valerian
is a series of manga and three-minute anime episodes. The anime is produced by Madhouse Production and originally conceptualized by Clamp, who also designed the characters. The series is a Powerpuff Girls spoof.
The series features three ...
'', a series of manga and anime episodes
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