title: Adrian (surname)
text: # Adrian (surname)
  
  Adrian is a surname derived from the Latin personal name Adrianus. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Barbara Adrian (1931–2014), American artist
  * Chris Adrian (born 1970), American author
  * Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889–1977), British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology
  * Iris Adrian (1912–1994), American actress
  * Max Adrian (1903–1973), Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer
  * Nathan Adrian (born 1988), American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
  * Phil Adrian, Canadian football player
  * Rhys Adrian (1928–1990), British playwright and screenwriter
  * Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian (1927–1995), British physiologist, only son of Edgar Adrian
  