Adrian is the form of the Latin given name Hadrianus (see Hadrian), Adrian was the name of several early Christian saints and martyrs. It is derived from the Latin name "Hadrianus," which is more familiar to English speakers as "Hadrian." There have been six Popes named Adrian, including Adrian IV, the only Englishman to be Pope. Adrian Mole is the title character in a series of books by Sue Townsend.

Adrian may refer to: * Adrian Alphona, Canadian comic book artist * Adrian Aucoin, Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman * Adrian Bailey, British Labour Co-operative politician * Adrian Belew, American guitarist * Adrian Biddle, English cinematographer * Adrian Boothroyd, English former footballer * Adrian Boult, English conductor * Adrian Brody, American actor * Adrian Cadbury, British Olympic rower and Chairman * Adrian Carton de Wiart, British officer of Belgian and Irish descent * Adrian Caceres, Argentine-Australian football (soccer) * Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter * Adrian Cioroianu, Romanian historian, politician, journalist and essayist * Adrian Cristea, Romanian football (soccer) midfielder * Adrian Cruciat, Romanian tennis player * Adrian Dantley, retired American basketball player * Adrian Degenhardt, fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe * Adrian Devine, Major League Baseball pitcher * Adrian Diaconu, Romanian professional boxer, living and fighting * Adrian Dix, Canadian politician * Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor * Adrian Durham, English football journalist and broadcaster * Adrian DSouza, field hockey goalkeeper from India * Adrian Earnshaw, Minister of Home Affairs in the Isle of Man Government * Adrian Edmondson, English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician * Adrian Elrick, football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand * Adrian Enescu, Romanian composer (film soundtracks & contemporary music) * Adrian Erlandsson, prolific Swedish death metal and black metal drummer * Adrian Esposito, professional ice hockey player, who plays for Bristol Pitbulls * Adrian Fenty, the sixth and current mayor of the District of Columbia * Adrian S. Fisher, American lawyer and federal public servant * Adrian Fletcher, former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach * Adrian Flook, Conservative politician in the United Kingdom * Adrian Forbes, English professional footballer * Adrian Fortescue, Roman Catholic priest * Adrian Frutiger, one of the prominent typeface designers of the twentieth century * Adrian Fulford, British judge * Adrian Goldsworthy, British historian and author who writes mostly about ancient Roman history * Adrian Gom�lski, international speedway rider, representing the Poland national U-21 team * Adrian Gonzalez, Mexican-American major league baseball player * Adrian Adolph Greenberg (Gilbert Adrian), Often known only as Adrian or Gilbert Adrian, costume designer for MGM * Adrian Grenier, American actor * Adrian Griffin, American professional basketball player in the NBA * Adrian Gunnell, English professional snooker player from Telford * Adrian Heaps, politician in Toronto, Canada for Scarborough Southwest Ward 35 * Adrian Hadley, former Wales international rugby union and rugby league player * Adrian Hardy Haworth, English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist * Adrian Heath, English football manager and former player * Adrian Henri, British poet and painter * Adrian Hodges, British television and film writer * Adrian Hoven, Austrian actor, producer and film director * Adrian Iencsi, Romanian football player * Adrian Ilie, Romanian international footballer * Adrian Iordache, Romanian football defender who playes at FC Rapid Bucure?ti * Adrian Jacobs, South African rugby union player * Adrian Johns, Governor of Gibraltar and a former senior officer in the Royal Navy * Adrian Jones, English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses * Adrian Joss, Major League Baseball pitcher in the early 20th century * Adrian K�ser, retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and four times World Champion * Adrian Klemm, former National Football League offensive lineman * Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen, Canadian lawyer and senator * Adrian Knox, Australian judge * Adrian Knup, retired Swiss football striker * Adrian Korbel, fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless * Adrian Kuiper, former South African cricketer * Adrian Lam, Australian rugby league football coach and former international player * Adrian Lamo, threat analyst and journalist, known as a former grey hat hacker * Adrian Leijer, Australian footballer * Adrian Legg, English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize" * Adrian Lester, British actor * Adrian Ludwig Richter, German painter and etcher * Adrian Lyne, English filmmaker and producer * Adrian Maguire, racehorse trainer and former jockey * Adrian Madaschi, Australian Football (Soccer) player * Adrian Mannarino, professional tennis player from France * Adrian McKinty, Irish novelist * Adrian Miedzi?ski, Polish motorcycle speedway * Adrian Mitchell, English poet, novelist and playwright * Adrian Mole, fictional protagonist in a series of books by Sue Townsend * Adrian Monk, fictional character portrayed by Tony Shalhoub * Adrian Morley, English professional rugby league footballer * Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer * Adrian Nala?i, Romanian professional football player * Adrian N?stase, Romanian politician * Adrian Neaga, Romanian football player * Adrian Newey, chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team * Adrian Nikci, footballer from Switzerland * Adrian Noble, theatre director * Adrian OConnor, retired male backstroke swimmer from Ireland * Adrian Olah, Romanian football player * Adrian Orange, American guitarist * Adrian Ostade, Dutch genre painter * Adrian Pang, Singaporean Chinese actor * Adrian Pasdar, actor and film director * Adrian Paul, British actor * Adrian P?unescu, notable Romanian poet, journalist, and politician * Adrian L. Peterson, American football * Adrian N. Peterson, an American football running back and specialist * Adrian Piccoli, Australian politician * Adrian Pi?, Romanian football player * Adrian Purtell, Australian rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the NRL * Adrian Quist, Australian male tennis player * Adrian Rawlins, English actor * Adrian Reland, Dutch scholar, cartographer and philologist * Adrian Rogers, American pastor, conservative, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention * Adrian Rollini, multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music * Adrian RMante, American actor * Adrian Ropotan, Romanian football midfielder * Adrian Rymel, Czech speedway rider * Adrian Sanders, Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom * Adrian Schultheiss, Swedish figure skater * Adrian Serioux, Canadian soccer player * Adrian Smith, English guitarist and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden * Adrian D. Smith, American architect * Adrian M. Smith, American politician from the state of Nebraska * Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler known * Adrian Sutil, German Formula One racing driver * Adrian Tinniswood, English writer * Adrian Tomine, popular contemporary cartoonist * Adrian Trinidad, Argentine football midfielder who last played for Persiba Balikpapan in the Liga Indonesia * Adrian Truss, Actor, Voice actor and Television writer * Adrian Turner, British swimmer * Adrian Ungur, Romanian tennis player * Adrian Ursu, Romanian journalist * Adrian Utley,musician most widely known for his work as a member of the band Portishead * Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch rock guitarist * Adrian Voinea, Romanian tennis player * Adrian van Hooydonk, Dutch automobile designer * Adrian von Mynsicht, German alchemist * Adrian Vowles, Australian former professional rugby league footballer * Adrian White, Canadian drummer * Adrian Wichser, Swiss ice hockey winger * Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School * Adrian Williams, Wales international footballer * Adrian Wilson, South African model and actor. * Adrian Young, drummer for the rock band, No Doubt * Adrian Zackheim, American business book editor * Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver * Adrian Zecha, Indonesian hotelier who is best known as the founder of Aman Resorts * Adrian Zingg, Swiss painter * Adrian Zmed, American television and film actor

Papacy * Pope Adrian I (died 795) * Pope Adrian II (792-872) * Pope Adrian III (died 885) * Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159), English pope * Pope Adrian V (c. 1205-1276) * Pope Adrian VI (1459-1523), Dutch pope

Religious figures * Adrian of Nicomedia Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian * Adrian of Canterbury (died 710), scholar and the Abbot of St Augustines Abbey in Canterbury * Adrian of Corinth (died 251), early Christian saint and martyr * Pope Adrian III * Adrian of May, Scottish saint and martyr from the Isle of May, martyred by Vikings, 875 * Adrian of Poshekhon (died 1550), Russian Orthodox saint, hegumen of Dormition monastery in Yaroslavl region * Adrian of Monza, Russian Orthodox saint, see May 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Adrian of Ondrusov (died 1550), Russian Orthodox saint and wonder-worker * San Adrian (tunnel) and hermitage, a landmark in the Way of St. James * Hadrian the Seventh, novel and play featuring a fictional English Pope Hadrian VII * Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric, concept album by Rudimentary Peni

;Ships *MVAdrian, a German coaster in service 1935-45

See also * Adriaan * Adriaen * Adriano * Adrianus * Adrien * Hadrian * Hadrianus * Jadranko

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