Harlan is a given name and a surname which may refer to:

Contents

• Surname
• Given name
• Fictional characters
• See also

Surname

• Abram D. Harlan (1833–1908), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Bill Harlan (born 1940), American winemaker
• Bob Harlan (born 1936 Robert E. Harlan), American football executive
• Bruce Harlan (1926–1959), American Olympic diver
• Byron B. Harlan (1886–1949), American politician
• Byron G. Harlan (1861–1936), American singer
• Jack Rodney Harlan (1917–1998), American botanist
• James Harlan (Iowa politician), (1820–1899), American politician and lawyer
• James Harlan (Kentucky politician) (1800–1863), American politician and lawyer
• Jan Harlan (born 1937), German-American film director and producer
• John Harlan (announcer) (1925–2017), American television announcer
• John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), United States Union Army officer and Supreme Court Associate Justice
• John Marshall Harlan II (1899–1971), American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), American mercenary
• Kevin Harlan (born 1960), American sportscaster
• Otis Harlan (1865–1940), American actor
• Patrick Harlan (born 1970), American-Japanese television presenter
• Peter Harlan (1898–1966), German musical instrument maker and lute player
• Richard Harlan (1796–1843), American zoologist
• Russell Harlan (1903–1974), American cinematographer
• Ryan Harlan (born 1981), American decathlete
• Silas Harlan (1753–1782), American settler and militiaman
• Thomas Harlan (1929–2010), German film director and writer
• Veit Harlan (1899–1964), German film director and actor

Given name

• Harlan Ala'alatoa (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
• Harlan Briggs (1879–1952), American actor, vaudeville performer
• Harlan M. Calhoun (1903–1977), justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
• Harlan Coben (born 1962), American novelist
• Harlan Cohen (1934–2020), American volleyball coach
• Harlan Ellison (1934–2018), American writer
• Harlan Greene (born 1953), American writer and historian
• Harlan Howard (1927–2001), American country music songwriter
• Harlan Hubbard (1900–1988), American artist and author
• Harlan Huckleby (born 1957), American football running back
• Harlan Lane (1936–2019), American psychologist
• Harlan Marbley (1943–2008), American boxer
• Harlan Mills (1919–1996), American professor of computer science
• Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946), U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Harlan K. Ullman (born 1941), United States military officer and political author
• Jessie Harlan Lincoln (1875–1948), granddaughter of United States President Abraham Lincoln

Fictional characters

• Harlan (Stargate), an artificial intelligence in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Tin Man"
• Harlan Rook, in the 1988 film The Dead Pool
• Harlan Jane Eagleton, in Gayl Jones's 1998 novel The Healing
• Harlan Draka, in the Italian comic book series Dampyr
• Harlan Traub, in House of Cards
• Harlan Thrombey, in the 2019 film Knives Out
• Harlan, an artificial intelligence and antagonist of the 2024 film Atlas , played by Simu Liu

See also

• Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan) (born 1932), German actress, dancer, painter and singer
• Harland (name)
• Harlon, given name

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