title: Galen (surname)
text: # Galen (surname)
  
  Galen is the surname of:
  
  ## People
  
  * Albert J. Galen (1876–1936), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
  * Louis Galen (1925–2007), American banker, CEO and philanthropist
  * Rich Galen (born 1946), American columnist, Republican strategist and former press secretary
  * Robert S. Galen (born 1946), physician, Professor Emeritus Epidemiology and former Senior Associate Dean in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Dr. Galén, in Karel Čapek's play The White Disease and in its movie adaptation Skeleton on Horseback
  * Richard Galen, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase"
  