Julian

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Julian, also spelled Julien, is a common male given name in Britain, United States, Ireland, Germany, Poland, France (as Julien) and elsewhere.

The name literally means, in Latin, "belonging to Julius", hence its use for the Julian calendar introduced by Julius Caesar. Some families have taken it as a female name, possibly due to the influence of the French feminine form, Julienne.

Variations

Some variations of the name are:

A female equivalent is Gillian.

People

Notable people named Julien/Julian include:

Rulers

• Didius Julianus (133 or 137–193), Roman emperor
• Sabinus Iulianus (fl. 283-293), also known as Julian I or Julian of Pannonia, Roman usurper
• "Julian the Apostate" (332–363), Flavius Claudius Julianus, also known as Julian, Roman emperor
• Julianus ben Sabar (Julian ben Sabar) (fl. 529-531), leader of the Samaritans, "King of Israel".
• Julian, count of Ceuta (fl. 710), Visigothic hero/traitor

Religion

• St. Julian of Toledo (642–690), a Catholic saint
• Julian, bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) in 1077-1110
• St. Julian the Hospitaller, legendary Roman Catholic saint
• St. Julian of Le Mans, venerated as first bishop of Le Mans
• Julian of Norwich (1342–c.1413), woman English mystic
• Sts. Julian and Basilissa, fourth century martyrs
• Julian of Eclanum
• Julian of Antioch (of Cilicia, of Anazarbus)
• Friar Julian, Hungarian Dominican friar, explorer
• Julianus of Samosata, a companion in martydrom of Romanus of Samosata
• Julian, a companion of Saint Lucian of Beauvais

Others

• Percy Lavon Julian, 20th century American chemist
• Julian (pornographic actor) (born 1970), American pornographic actor
• Julian Cannonball Adderley, American jazz musician
• Julien Arias, French rugby footballer
• Julian Austin, Canadian field hockey player
• Julian Austin, Canadian musician
• Julian Barnes, English novelist
• Julian Barratt, English actor, comedian, and musician
• Julian Bond, African American civil rights leader
• Julian Bream, English classical musician
• Julian Casablancas, American rock musician
• Julien Chouinard, French Canadian lawyer and judge
• Julian Clary, English comedian
• Julian Cochran, English classical composer
• Julian Cope, English rock musician
• Julien Dillens, Belgian sculptor
• Julian Dufreche, Clerk of Court and President of the Board of Election Supervisors for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
• Julien Duvivier, French film director
• Julien Fountain, English Cricket Coach
• Julian Glover, English actor
• Julian Golley, English athlete
• Julien Green, American novelist (French-born and wrote in French)
• Julian Hamilton, Australian musician
• Julian Hartridge, American politician
• Julian Hodge, English/Welsh banker, businessman
• Julian Hodgson, English chess Grandmaster and former British Champion
• Julian Huxley, English biologist and first director of UNESCO
• Julian Illingworth, American squash professional
• Julian Jaynes, 20th century American psychologist
• Julien Josephson, American screenwriter
• Julian Kelly, English-born Irish footballer
• Julien Lahaut, Belgian politician and political activist
• Julien Leclercq, French poet and art critic
• Julian Lennon, English musician
• Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
• Julien Lorcy, French boxer
• Julian Marley, English/Jamaican musician
• Julian May, American fiction writer (female)
• Julian McMahon, Australian actor and model
• Julian Mitchell, English screenwriter, novelist
• Julián Morrison, Cuban discus thrower
• Julian Morrow, Australian comedian
• Julien Mory Sidibé, Malian bishop
• Julian Myerscough, English music producer, broadcaster, and academic
• Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French physician and philosopher
• Julian Opie, English artist
• Julian Peterson, American Football player for the Detroit Lions
• Julian Rachlin, Lithuanian Jewish / Austrian classical musician
• Julien Raimond, Haitian black civil rights activist
• Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor
• Julian Sands, English actor
• Julián Sotelo, Spanish javelin thrower
• Julien Temple, English documentary, film, and music video director
• Julian Turner, American young singer, awarded the james fotinos award in 2006
• Julian Wilson, former BBC horse-racing correspondent

Fictional

• Julian, supporting character in The Chronicles of Amber
• Julien Sorel, main character in Stendhal's novel The Red and the Black
• Dr. Julian Bashir, chief medical officer of Star Trek Deep Space Nine
• Julian Kirrin, oldest of Enid Blyton's Famous Five
• Julian Leftfields, the main character in The Final Worldian Saga and the animated adaptation, Tales of the Final World
• Julian Moore, minuscule character in, "His Dark Materials"
• Julian Pato, recurring character in Miko's Butterfly
• Julian Phelps, apothecary in The Resounding Litany
• Julian Savage, fictional character in the novel Dark Challenge by Christine Feehan
• Julian, a main character in the Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys.
• Julian, the protagonist of the short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
• Julian Kaye, Richard Gere's character in the 1980 movie American Gigolo
• Julian Delphiki, one of the main characters in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series
• Julian, a supporting character in Bret Easton Ellis' novel, Less Than Zero
• Julian, the strongest character in the game Little Fighter 2
• King Julien XIII, Lord-of-the-Lemurs, a character from the animated "Madagascar" movie franchise and the TV cartoon series "The Penguins of Madagascar"
• Julian Kintobor, now known as Ivo Robotnik, the primary antagonist of the Sonic series
• Julián Carax, the mysterious author investigated by the protagonist of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• Julian Baker, character on the CW television series One Tree Hill

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