Adrian

• Pope Adrian I (c. 700-795)
• Pope Adrian II (c. 792-872)
• Pope Adrian III (c. 830-885)
• Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159), English pope
• Pope Adrian V (c. 1205-1276)
• Pope Adrian VI (1459-1523), Dutch pope
• Adrian of Batanea (died 308), Christian martyr and saint
• Adrian of Canterbury (died 709 or 710), Berber scholar and abbot in Anglo-Saxon England
• Adrian of Castello (1460-1521), Italian cardinal and writer
• Adrian of May (died 875), Scottish saint from the Isle of May, martyred by Vikings
• Adrian of Moscow (1627-1700), last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
• Adrian of Nicomedia (died 306), martyr and Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian
• Adrian of Ondrusov (died 1549), Russian Orthodox saint and wonder-worker
• Adrian of Poshekhonye (died 1550), Russian Orthodox saint, hegumen of Dormition monastery in Yaroslavl region
• Adrian of Transylvania (fl. 1183-1201), Hungarian bishop and chancellor
• Adrian Fortescue (martyr) (1476-1539), English courtier at Henry VIII's court, beatified as a Roman Catholic martyr
• Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu (1923-2009), Ugandan Roman Catholic bishop
• Adrian Leo Doyle (born 1936), Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

• Adrian Amstutz (born 1953), Swiss politician
• Adrian Arnold (1932-2018), American politician
• Adrian Bailey (born 1945), British politician
• Adrian Baillie (1898-1947), British politician
• Adrian A. Basora (born 1938), US Ambassador to the Czech Republic
• Adrian Benepe (born 1957), American Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
• Adrian Bennett (1933-2006), Australian politician
• Adrian Benjamin Bentzon (1777-1827), Norwegian Governor of the British West Indies
• Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937-2016), British hereditary peer and journalist
• Adrian P. Burke (1904-2000), American judge and politician
• Adrián Fernández Cabrera (born 1967), Mexican politician
• Adrian Cioroianu (born 1967), Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Adrian Cochrane-Watson (born 1967), Irish politician
• Adrian Davis (civil servant), British economist and civil servant
• Adrian Delia (born 1969), Maltese politician
• Adrian Fenty (born 1970), American politician, mayor of Washington D.C.
• Adrian Flook (born 1963), British politician
• Adrian Foster (politician), Canadian politician
• Adrian Hasler (born 1964), Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
• Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen (1891-1976), Canadian lawyer and senator
• Adrian Kubicki (born 1987), Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York City.
• Adrián Vázquez Lázara (born 1982), Spanish politician
• Adrian Molin (1880-1942), Swedish writer and political activist
• Adrian Năstase (born 1950), Romanian politician
• Adrian Neritani, former Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
• Adrián Rivera Pérez (born 1962), Mexican politician
• Adrian Piccoli (born 1970), Australian politician
• Adrian Cola Rienzi (1905-1972), Trinidadin and Tobagonian trade unionist, civil rights activist, politician, and lawyer
• Adriano Sánchez Roa (born 1956), Dominican politician
• Adrian Rurawhe (born 1961), New Zealand politician
• Adrian M. Smith (born 1970), American politician
• Adrian Sanders (born 1959), British politician
• Adrian Severin (born 1954), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Adrian Smith (politician) (born 1970), American politician
• Adrian Stokes (courtier) (1519-1586), English politician
• Adrian Stoughton (1556-1614), English politician
• Adrian Zuckerman (born 1956), US Ambassador to Romania

• Adrian Albert (1905-1972), American mathematician
• Adrian Baddeley (born 1955), Australian scientist
• Adrian Bailey (academic), American scholar
• Adrian Bejan (born 1948), Romanian-born professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University
• Adrian Beverland (1650-1716), Dutch philosopher and jurist who settled in England
• Adrian Bird (born 1947), British geneticist
• Adrian Bowyer (born 1952), British engineer, creator of the RepRap project
• Adrian John Brown (1852-1919), British professor and pioneer
• Adrian David Cheok (born 1971/1972), Australian electrical engineer and professor
• Adrian Curaj (born 1958), Romanian engineer
• Adrian Darby (born 1937), British conservationist and academic
• Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969), British historian and author who writes mostly about ancient Roman history
• Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767-1833), English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist
• Adrian Ioana (born 1981), Romanian mathematician
• Adrian Mihai Ionescu, Romanian professor
• Adrian Ioviță (born 1954), Romanian-Canadian mathematician
• Adrian Jacobsen (1853-1947), Norwegian ethnologist and explorer
• Adrian Kaehler, American scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and author
• Adrian Liston (born 1980), British immunologist and author
• Adrian Paterson, South African scientist and engineer
• Adrián Recinos (1886-1962), Guatemalan historian, Mayanist and diplomat
• Adrian Smith (born 1946), British statistician
• Adrian Stephens (1795-1876), English engineer, inventor of the steam whistle
• Adrian V. Stokes (1945-2020), British computer scientist
• Adrian Webb (born 1943), British academic and public administrator
• Adrian Zenz (born 1974), German anthropologist

• Adrian Becher (1897-1957), British Army officer and cricketer
• Adrian von Bubenberg (1434-1479), Bernese knight, military commander and mayor
• Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880-1963), Belgian-born British Army lieutenant-general awarded the Victoria Cross
• Adrian Cole (RAAF officer) (1895-1966), Australian World War I flying ace
• Adrian Johns (born 1951), English governor of Gibraltar and former Royal Navy vice-admiral
• Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (1848-1920), German military commander in Africa
• Adrian Marks (1917-1998), United States Navy pilot
• Adrian Consett Stephen (1894-1918), Australian artillery officer and playwright
• Adrian Warburton (1918-1944), British Second World War pilot
• Adrián Woll (1795-1875), French Mexican general during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War

American football

• Adrian Amos (born 1993), American football player
• Adrian Arrington (born 1985), American football player
• Adrian Awasom (born 1983), Cameroon-born American football player
• Adrian Baird (born 1979), Canadian football player
• Adrian Baril (1898-1961), American football player
• Adrian Battles (born 1987), American football player
• Adrian Breen (quarterback) (born 1965), American football player
• Adrian Burk (1927-2003), American football player
• Adrian Clarke (born 1991), Canadian football player
• Adrian Clayborn (born 1988), American football player
• Adrian Colbert (born 1993), American football player
• Adrian Cooper (born 1968), American football player
• Adrian Davis (Canadian football) (born 1981), Canadian football player
• A. J. Davis (cornerback, born 1983), American football player known as A.J. Davis
• Adrian Dingle (American football) (born 1977), American football player
• Adrian Ealy (born 1999), American football player
• Adrian Ford (1904-1977), American football player
• Adrian Grady (born 1985), American football player
• Adrian Hamilton (born 1987), American football player
• Adrian Hardy (born 1970), American football player
• Adrian Hubbard (born 1992), American football player
• Adrian Jones (offensive guard) (born 1981), American football player
• Adrian Killins (born 1998), American football player
• Adrian Klemm (born 1977), American football player and coach
• Adrian Madise (born 1980), American football player
• Adrian Magee (born 1996), American football player
• Adrian Martinez (American football) (born 2000), American football player
• Adrian Mayes (born 1980), American football player
• Adrian Moten (born 1988), American football player
• Adrian Murrell (born 1970), American football player
• Adrian Peterson (American football, born 1979), American football player
• Adrian Peterson (born 1985), American football player
• Adrian Phillips (born 1992), American football player
• Adrian Robinson (1989-2015), American football player
• Adrian Ross (born 1975), American football player
• Adrian Tracy (born 1988), American football player
• Adrian White (American football) (born 1964), American football player
• Adrian Wilson (American football) (born 1979), American football player
• Adrian Young (American football) (born 1949), American football player

Association football

• Adrián Aldrete (born 1988), Mexican footballer
• Adrian Aliaj (born 1976), Albanian footballer
• Adrian Allenspach (born 1969), Swiss footballer
• Adrian Alston (born 1949), English footballer
• Adrián Álvarez (born 1968), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Anca (born 1976), Romanian footballer and manager
• Adrian Antunović (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Adrián Argachá (born 1986), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian García Arias (born 1975), Mexican footballer and manager
• Adrián Arregui (born 1992), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Ascues (born 2002), Peruvian footballer
• Adrian Ávalos (born 1974), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Avrămia (born 1992), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Bajrami (born 2002), Swiss footballer
• Adrian Bakalli (born 1976), Belgian footballer
• Adrian Bălan (born 1990), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Balboa (born 1994), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian Baldovin (born 1971), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Barbullushi (born 1968), Albanian footballer
• Adrian Bartkowiak (born 1987), Polish footballer
• Adrian Basta (born 1988), Polish footballer
• Adrián Bastía (born 1978), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Beck (born 1997), German footballer
• Adrian Benedyczak (born 2000), Polish footballer
• Adrián Berbia (born 1977), Uruguayan goalkeeper
• Adrián Bernabé (born 2001), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Bevington (born c. 1971), British football PR and director
• Adrian Bielawski (born 1996), Polish footballer
• Adrian Bird (born 1969), English footballer
• Adrian Błąd (born 1991), Polish footballer
• Adrian Blake (born 2005), English footballer
• Adrian Bogoi (born 1973), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Bone (born 1988), Ecuadorian footballer
• Adrian Boothroyd (born 1971), English footballer and manager
• Adrian Borza (born 1985), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Budka (born 1980), Polish footballer
• Adrian Bumbescu (born 1960), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Bumbut (born 1984), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Butters (born 1988), Canadian soccer player
• Adrián Butzke (born 1999), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Caceres (born 1982), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Calello (born 1987), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Cañas (born 1992), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Cann (born 1980), Canadian soccer player
• Adrian Cașcaval (born 1987), Moldovan footballer
• Adrián Centurión (born 1993), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Čermák (born 1993), Slovak footballer
• Adrian Chama (born 1989), Zambian footballer
• Adrián Chávez (born 1962), Mexican footballer
• Adrian Chomiuk (born 1988), Polish footballer
• Adrián Chovan (born 1995), Slovak footballer
• Adrian Cieślewicz (born 1990), Polish footballer
• Adrian Clarke (footballer) (born 1974), English footballer
• Adrian Clifton (born 1988), English footballer
• Adrián Colombino (born 1993), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrián Colunga (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Coote (born 1978), English footballer
• Adrián Cortés (born 1983), Mexican footballer
• Adrián Cova (born 2001), Venezuelan footballer
• Adrian Cristea (born 1983), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Cruz (born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Cuadra (born 1997), Chilean footballer
• Adrian Cuciula (born 1986), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Cucovei (born 1982), Moldovan footballer
• Adrian Dabasse (born 1993), French footballer
• Adrián Dalmau (born 1994), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Danek (born 1994), Polish footballer
• Adrián Diéguez (born 1996), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Drida (born 1982), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Dubois (born 1987), American footballer
• Adrian Dulcea (born 1978), Romanian footballer and manager
• Adrian Durrer (born 2001), Swiss footballer
• Adrian Edqvist (born 1999), Swedish footballer
• Adrián El Charani (born 2000), Venezuelan footballer
• Adrian Elrick (born 1949), New Zealand footballer
• Adrián Escudero (1927-2011), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Faúndez (born 1989), Chilean footballer
• Adrian Fein (born 1999), German footballer
• Adrián Fernández (footballer, born 1980), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Fernández (footballer, born 1992), Paraguayan footballer
• Adrian Foncette (born 1988), Trinidadian footballer
• Adrian Forbes (born 1979), English footballer
• Adrian Foster (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer and manager
• Adrián Fuentes (born 1996), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Gabbarini (born 1985), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Dan Găman (born 1978), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Gheorghiu (born 1981), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Gîdea (born 2000), Romanian footballer
• Adrián González (footballer, born 1976), Argentine footballer
• Adrián González (footballer, born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Adrián González (footballer, born 1995), Argentine footballer
• Adrián González (footballer, born 2003), Mexican footballer
• Adrián Hernán González (born 1976), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Goransch (born 1999), Mexican footballer
• Adrian Grbić (born 1996), Austrian footballer
• Adrian Grigoruță (born 1983), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Gryszkiewicz (born 1999), Polish footballer
• Adrián Gunino (born 1989), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian Hajdari (born 2000), Macedonian footballer
• Adrian Aleksander Hansen (born 2001), Norwegian footballer
• Adrian Heath (born 1961), English footballer and manager
• Adrian Henger (born 1996), Polish footballer
• Adrián José Hernández (born 1983), Spanish footballer, known as Pollo
• Adrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
• Adrian Iencsi (born 1975), Romanian footballer and manager
• Adrian Ilie (born 1974), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Ilie (footballer, born 1981), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Ionescu (footballer, born 1958), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Ionescu (footballer, born 1985), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Ioniță (born 2000), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Iordache (born 1980), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Dragoș Iordache (born 1981), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Jevrić (born 1986), German footballer
• Adrián Jusino (born 1992), Bolivian footballer
• Adrian Kappenberger (born 1996), Danish footballer
• Adrian Kasztelan (born 1986), Polish footballer
• Adrian Klepczyński (born 1981), Polish footballer
• Adrian Klimczak (born 1997), Polish footballer
• Adrian Knup (born 1968), Swiss footballer
• Adrián Kocsis (born 1991), Hungarian footballer
• Adrian Kunz (born 1967), Swiss footballer
• Adrián Lapeña (born 1996), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Torres Lázaro (born 1998), Spanish footballer commonly known as Lele
• Adrian Leijer (born 1986), Australian footballer
• Adrián Leites (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian LeRoy (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
• Adrián Leško (born 1995), Slovak footballer
• Adrian Liber (born 2001), Croatian footballer
• Adrian Lis (born 1992), Polish footballer
• Adrian Littlejohn (born 1970), English footballer
• Adrián Lois (born 1989), Spanish footballer
• Adrián López (footballer, born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Adrián López (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Lozano (born 1999), Mexican footballer
• Adrian Lucaci (1966-2020), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Lucero (born 1985), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Marín Lugo (born 1994), Mexican footballer
• Adrián Luna (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian Łyszczarz (born 1999), Polish footballer
• Adrian Madaschi (born 1982), Australian footballer
• Adrian Małachowski (born 1998), Polish footballer
• Adrian Marek (born 1987), Polish footballer
• Adrian Mariappa (born 1986), English footballer
• Adrián Marín (footballer, born 1994), Mexican footballer
• Adrián Marín (footballer, born 1997), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Mărkuș (born 1992), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Martín (footballer) (born 1982), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Martínez (Mexican footballer) (born 1970)
• Adrián Martínez (Venezuelan footballer) (born 1993)
• Adrián Emmanuel Martínez (born 1992), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Nahuel Martínez (born 1992), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Matei (footballer) (born 1968), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Mazilu (born 2005), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Mierzejewski (born 1986), Polish footballer
• Adrian Mihalcea (born 1976), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Moescu (born 2001), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Mouriño (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Mrowiec (born 1983), Polish footballer
• Adrian Mutu (born 1979), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Nalați (born 1983), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Napierała (born 1982), Polish footballer
• Adrian Neaga (born 1979), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Negrău (born 1968), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Neniță (born 1996), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Nikçi (born 1989), Swiss footballer
• Adrian Romeo Niță (born 2003), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Olegov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballer
• Adrian Olszewski (born 1993), Polish footballer
• Adrián Ortolá (born 1993), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Palacios (born 2004), Venezuelan footballer
• Adrian Paluchowski (born 1987), Polish footballer
• Adrian Pătraș (born 1984), Moldovan footballer
• Adrian Pătulea (born 1984), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Paz (born 1966), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian Pelka (born 1981), German footballer
• Adrian Pennock (born 1971), English footballer
• Adrián Peralta (born 1982), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Pereira (born 1999), Norwegian footballer
• Adrian Petre (born 1998), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Pettigrew (born 1986), English footballer
• Adrian Pigulea (born 1968), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Piț (born 1983), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Pitu (born 1975), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Popa (footballer, born 1988), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Popa (footballer, born 1990), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Poparadu (born 1987), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Popescu (born 1960), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Popescu (footballer, born 1975), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Pukanych (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
• Adrian Pulis (born 1979), Maltese footballer
• Adrian Purzycki (born 1997), Polish footballer
• Adrian Rakowski (born 1990), Polish footballer
• Adrián Ramos (born 1986), Colombian footballer
• Adrián Ricchiuti (born 1978), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Riera (born 1996), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Ripa (born 1985), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Rochet (born 1987), Israeli footballer
• Adrián Rojas (born 1977), Chilean footballer
• Adrian Rolko (born 1978), Czech footballer
• Adrián Romero (Argentine footballer) (born 1975)
• Adrián Romero (Uruguayan footballer) (born 1977)
• Adrian Ropotan (born 1986), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Ruelas (born 1991), American soccer player
• Adrian Rus (born 1996), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Rusu (born 1984), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Sahibeddine (born 1994), French footballer
• Adrian Sălăgeanu (born 1983), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Sánchez (born 1999), Argentine footballer
• Adrián San Miguel del Castillo (born 1987), Spanish football goalkeeper known as simply Adrián
• Adrián Sardinero (born 1990), Spanish footballer
• Adrian Sarkissian (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
• Adrian Scarlatache (born 1986), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Schlagbauer (born 2002), German footballer
• Adrián Scifo (born 1987), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Šemper (born 1998), Croatian footballer
• Adrian Senin (born 1979), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Serioux (born 1979), Canadian soccer player
• Adrian Sikora (born 1980), Polish footballer
• Adrian Sosnovschi (born 1977), Moldovan footballer and manager
• Adrián Spörle (born 1995), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Spyrka (born 1967), German footballer
• Adrian Stanilewicz (born 2000), German footballer
• Adrian Șter (born 1998), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Stoian (born 1991), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Stoicov (1967-2017), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Șut (born 1999), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Świątek (born 1986), Polish footballer
• Adrián Szekeres (born 1989), Hungarian footballer
• Adrián Szőke (born 1998), Serbian footballer
• Adrian Toma (born 1976), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Torres (born 1989), Argentine footballer
• Adrian Trinidad (born 1982), Argentine footballer
• Adrián Turmo (born 2001), Spanish footballer
• Adrián Ugarriza (born 1997), Peruvian footballer
• Adrian Ursea (born 1967), Romanian footballer and manager
• Adrian Valentić (born 1987), Croatian footballer
• Adrian Vera (born 1997), American footballer
• Adrian Viciu (born 1991), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Viveash (born 1969), English footballer, better known as Adi Viveash
• Adrian Vlas (born 1982), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Ionuț Voicu (born 1992), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Voiculeț (born 1985), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Webster (footballer, born 1951), English footballer and coach
• Adrian Webster (footballer, born 1980), New Zealand footballer
• Adrian Whitbread (born 1971), English footballer and manager
• Adrian Williams, better known as Ady Williams (born 1971), English footballer and manager
• Adrian Winter (born 1986), Swiss footballer
• Adrian Woźniczka (born 1982), Polish footballer
• Adrian Zahra (born 1990), Australian footballer
• Adrian Zaluschi (born 1989), Romanian footballer
• Adrián Zambrano (born 2000), Venezuelan footballer
• Adrián Zela (born 1989), Peruvian footballer
• Adrian Zendejas (born 1995), American footballer
• Adrián Zermeño (born 1979), Mexican footballer

Baseball

• Adrian Constantine Anson better known as Cap Anson (1852-1922), American baseball player
• Adrián Beltré (born 1979), Dominican Republic baseball player
• Adrian Brown (baseball) (born 1974), American baseball player
• Adrian Burnside (born 1977), Australian baseball player
• Adrian Cárdenas (born 1987), American baseball player
• Adrian Devine (1951-2020), American baseball player
• Adrian Garrett (1943-2021), American baseball player and coach
• Adrián González (born 1982), American-Mexican baseball player
• Adrian Houser (born 1993), American baseball player
• Addie Joss (1880-1911), American baseball pitcher
• Adrian Lynch (1897-1934), American baseball player
• Adrián Morejón (born 1999), Cuban baseball player
• Adrián Nieto (born 1989), Cuban baseball player
• Adrian Sampson (born 1991), American baseball player
• Adrián Sánchez (born 1990), Colombian-Venezuelan baseball player
• Adrián Zabala (1916-2002), Cuban baseball player

Basketball

• Adrian Autry (born 1972), American basketball player
• Adrian Banks (born 1986), American basketball player
• Adrian Bauk (born 1985), Australian basketball player
• Adrian Branch (born 1963), American basketball player
• Adrian Caldwell (born 1966), American basketball player
• Adrian Celada, Filipino basketball player
• Adrian Dantley (born 1956), American basketball player
• Adrian Griffin (born 1974), American basketball player
• Adrian Pledger (born 1976), American basketball player
• Adrian Smith (basketball) (1936-2026), American basketball player
• Adrian Tudor (born 1985), Romanian basketball player
• Adrian Williams-Strong (born 1977), American basketball player

Boxing

• Adrian Blair (1943-2008), Australian boxer
• Adrian Clark (boxer) (born 1986), American boxer
• Adrian Diaconu (born 1978), Romanian boxer
• Adrián Hernández (boxer) (born 1986), Mexican boxer
• Adrian Mora (born 1978), American boxer

Cricket

• Adrian Aymes (born 1964), British cricketer
• Adrian Barath (born 1990), West Indian cricketer
• Adrian Birrell (born 1960), South African cricketer and coach
• Adrian Brown (cricketer) (born 1962), English cricketer
• Adrian Jones (cricketer) (born 1961), English cricketer
• Adrian Rollins (born 1972), English cricketer

Ice hockey

• Adrian Aucoin (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
• Adrian Foster (ice hockey) (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Adrian Kempe (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player
• Adrian Wichser (born 1980), Swiss ice hockey player

Racing

• Adrian Adgar (born 1965), English cyclist
• Adrian Archibald (born 1969), British motorcycle racer
• Adrian Banaszek (born 1993), Polish cyclist
• Adrián Campos (1960-2021), Spanish racing driver
• Adrián Campos Jr. (born 1988), Spanish racing driver
• Adrian Carrio (born 1989), American racing driver
• Adrian "Wildman" Cenni, American off-road racing driver
• Adrián Fernández (born 1965), Mexican racing driver and team owner
• Adrián Fernández (motorcyclist) (born 2004), Spanish motorcycle racer
• Adrián González (cyclist) (born 1992), Spanish cyclist
• Adrian Kurek (born 1988), Polish road bicycle racer
• Adrián Martín (motorcyclist) (born 1992), Spanish motorcycle racer
• Adrian Newey (born 1958), British race car engineer and designer
• Adrian Prosser (1956-2024), Canadian cyclist
• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born 1991), British racing driver
• Adrian Aas Stien (born 1992), Norwegian cyclist
• Adrian Sutil (born 1983), German racing driver
• Adrián Vallés (born 1986), Spanish race car driver
• Adrian Zaugg (born 1986), South African racing driver

Rugby

• Adrian Apostol (born 1990), Romanian rugby player
• Adrian Barich (born 1963), Australian rules footballer and television and radio presenter
• Adrian Barone (born 1987), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Adrian Bassett (born 1967), Australian rules footballer
• Adrian Battiston (born 1963), Australian rules footballer
• Adrian Beer (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
• Adrian Clarke (rugby union) (born 1938), New Zealand rugby player
• Adrian Davies (born 1969), English rugby player
• Adrian Davis (rugby league) (born 1990), Australian rugby player
• Adrian Garvey (born 1968), Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player
• Adrian Lungu (born 1960), Romanian rugby player
• Adrian Morley (born 1977), English rugby player
• Adrian Pllotschi (born 1959), Romanian rugby player and coach
• Adrian Stoop (1883-1957), English rugby union player
• Adrian Young (footballer) (1943-2020), Australian rugby player

Swimming

• Adrian Andermatt (born 1969), Swiss swimmer
• Adrian Moorhouse (born 1964), English swimmer
• Adrian O'Connor (born 1972), Irish backstroke swimmer
• Adrian Radley (born 1976), Australian swimmer
• Adrian Robinson (swimmer) (born 2000), Botswanan swimmer
• Adrian Romero (swimmer) (born 1972), Guamanian swimmer
• Adrian Turner (born 1977), British Olympic swimmer

Tennis

• Adrian Andreev (born 2001), Bulgarian tennis player
• Adrian Bey (1938-2019), Rhodesian-born American professional tennis player
• Adrian Bodmer (born 1995), Swiss tennis player
• Adrian Bohane (born 1981), Irish-American former professional tennis player
• Adrian Cruciat (born 1983), Romanian tennis player
• Adrian Gavrilă (born 1984), Romanian tennis player
• Adrian Mannarino (born 1988), French tennis player
• Adrian Marcu (born 1961), professional tennis player from Romania
• Adrián Menéndez Maceiras (born 1985), Spanish tennis player
• Adrian Quist (1913-1991), Australian tennis player
• Adrian Ungur (born 1985), Romanian tennis player
• Adrian Voinea (born 1974), Romanian tennis player

Other

• Adrian Adonis (1954-1988), American professional wrestler
• Adrian Ang (born 1988), Malaysian bowler
• Adrián Annus (born 1973), Hungarian hammer thrower
• Adrian Bachmann (born 1976), Swiss sprint canoer
• Adrian Ballinger (born 1976), British-American climber, skier, and mountain guide
• Adrián Ben (born 1998) Spanish middle-distance runner
• Adrian Berce (1958-1993), Australian field hockey player
• Adrian Blincoe (born 1979), New Zealand runner
• Adrian Błocki (born 1990), Polish racewalker
• Adrian Breen (hurler) (born 1992), Irish hurler
• Adrian Cosma (1950-1996), Romanian handball player
• Adrian Crișan (born 1980), Romanian table tennis player
• Adrián Gavira (born 1987), Spanish beach volleyball player
• Adrian Gomes (born 1990), Brazilian gymnast
• Adrian Gray (born 1981), English darts player
• Adrian Gunnell (born 1972), English snooker player
• Adrian Hansen (born 1971), South African squash player
• Adrian Lewis (born 1985), English darts player
• Adrian Metcalfe (1942-2021), British runner and sports broadcaster
• Adrian Neville (born 1986), English professional wrestler, known professionally as Pac
• Adrian Parker (born 1951), British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion
• Adrian Patrick (born 1973), English former sprinter
• Adrián Alonso Pereira (born 1988), Spanish futsal player
• Adrián Popa (born 1971), Hungarian weightlifter
• Adrian Rollinson (born 1965), British strongman
• Adrian Schultheiss (born 1988), Swedish figure skater
• Adrián Sieiro (born 1992), Spanish canoeist
• Adrian Smith (strongman) (born 1964), British strongman
• Adrian Street (1940-2023), Welsh wrestler and author
• Adrian Strzałkowski (born 1990), Polish long jumper
• Adrián Paz Velázquez (born 1964), Mexican Paralympic athlete
• Adrian Watt (born 1947), American ski jumper
• Adrian White (equestrian) (born 1933), New Zealand equestrian
• Adrian Alejandro Wittwer (born 1986), Swiss extreme athlete and ice swimmer
• Adrian Zieliński (born 1989), Polish weightlifter

• Adrian Adlam (born 1963), British violinist and conductor
• Adrian Aeschbacher (1912-2002), Swiss classical pianist
• Adrian Alandy (born 1980), Filipino actor and model
• Adrian Allinson (1890-1959), British painter, potter and engraver
• Adrián Alonso (born 1994), Mexican actor
• Adrian Alphona, Canadian comic book artist
• Adrian Anantawan (born 1986), Canadian violinist
• Adrian Augier, St. Lucian poet and producer
• Adrian Bică Bădan (born 1988), Romanian footballer
• Adrian Baker (born 1951), English singer, songwriter, and record producer
• Adrian Bărar (1960-2021), Romanian guitarist and composer
• Adrian Barber (1938-2020), English musician and producer
• Adrian Batten (1591-1637), English organist
• Adrian Bawtree (born 1968), English composer and organist
• Adrian Beaumont (born 1937), British composer, conductor, and professor
• Adrian Beers (1916-2004), British double bass player and teacher
• Adrian Belew (born 1949), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
• Adrian Biddle (1952-2005), English cinematographer
• Adrian Blevins (born 1964), American poet
• Adrian Borland (1957-1999), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer
• Adrian Boult (1889-1983), English conductor
• Adrian Brown (1929-2019), British director and poet
• Adrian Brown (born 1949), British conductor
• Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter
• Adrian Bustamante (born 1981), American actor
• Adrián Caetano (born 1969), Uruguayan-Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer
• Adrian Carmack (born 1969), American video game artist
• Adrián Carrio (born 1986), Spanish pianist
• Adrian Chiles (born 1967), British television and radio presenter
• Adrian Clarke (photographer), English photographer
• Adrian Clarke (poet), British poet
• Adrian Conan Doyle (1910-1970), English race-car driver, big-game hunter, explorer, and writer
• Adrian Dingle (artist) (1911-1974), Welsh-Canadian painter and comic book artist
• Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Ireland actor
• Adrian Edmondson (born 1957), better known as Ade Edmondson, English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician
• Adrian Egan (1944-2025), South African-born Canadian voice actor
• Adrian Enescu (1948-2016), Romanian composer
• Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), Swedish heavy metal drummer
• Adrian, explain our friend group. 2025 internet meme
• Adrian Fisher (musician) (1952-2000), former guitarist for Sparks (band)
• Adrian Gaxha (born 1984), Macedonian singer-songwriter and producer
• Adrian Ghenie (born 1977), Romanian painter
• Adrian Gonzales (1937-1998), Filipino comic book artist
• Adrián Luis González (born 1939), Mexican potter
• Adrian Gray (born 1961), British artist
• Adrian Adolph Greenburg (1903-1959), costume designer for over 250 films, known as simply Adrian
• Adrian Grenier (born 1976), American actor, producer, director, musician and environmentalist
• Adrian Griffin (drummer), Australian drummer
• Adrian Gurvitz (born 1949), English singer, musician and songwriter
• Adrian Hall (actor) (born 1959), British actor and co-director
• Adrian Hall (artist) (born 1943), British artist
• Adrian Hall (director) (1927-2023), American theatre director
• Adrian Hates (born 1973), German dark wave musician
• Adrian Heath (1920-1992), British painter
• Adrian Heathfield, British writer and curator
• Adrian Hoven (1922-1981), Austrian actor, producer and film director
• Adrian A. Husain (born 1945), Pakistani poet
• Adrian Ivaniţchi (born 1947), Romanian folk musician and guitarist
• Adrian Jones (sculptor) (1845-1938), English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses
• Adrian Jones (born 1978), Swedish musician, member of Gjallarhorn
• Adrian Karsten (1960-2005), American sports reporter
• Adrian Kowanek (born 1977), Polish musician
• Adrian Le Roy (1520-1598), French string player, composer, music publisher and educator
• Adrian Leaper (born 1953), English conductor
• Adrian Legg (born 1948), English guitar player
• Adrian Lester (born 1968), British actor
• Adrian Lucas (born 1962), English organist, tutor, and composer
• Adrian Lulgjuraj (born 1980), Albanian rock singer
• Adrian Lukis (born 1957), British actor
• Adrian Lux (born 1986), Swedish disc jockey and music producer
• Adrian Lyne (born 1941), English filmmaker and producer
• Adrian Maben (1942-2025), British film and television director, writer, and producer
• Adrian Martin (film critic) (born 1959), Australian film and arts critic
• Adrian Martinez (actor) (born 1972), American actor and comedian
• Adrian McKinty (born 1968), Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels
• Adrian Minune (born 1974), Romani-Romanian manele singer
• Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008), English poet, novelist, and playwright
• Adrian Molina (born 1985), Mexican-American screenwriter, directo,r and story artist at Pixar Animation Studios
• Adrian William Moore (born 1956), British philosopher and broadcaster
• Adrián Navarro (born 1969), Argentine actor
• Adrian Noble (born 1950), English theatre director
• Adrian Pasdar (born 1965), American actor and film director
• Adrian Paul (born 1959), English actor
• Adrian Pecknold (1920-1999), Canadian mime, director, and author
• Adrian Petriw (born 1987), Canadian actor
• Adrian Picardi (born 1987), American filmmaker
• Adrian Pintea (1954-2007), Romanian actor
• Adrian Piotrovsky (1898-1937), Russian dramaturge
• Adrian Piper (born 1948), American conceptual artist and philosophy professor
• Adrian Rawlins (born 1958), English actor
• Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803-1884), German painter and etcher
• Adrian Rodriguez (DJ), German DJ
• Adrián Rodríguez (born 1988), Spanish actor and singer from Catalonia
• Adrian Rodriguez, American bass guitarist for The Airborne Toxic Event
• Adrian Rollini (1903-1956), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music
• Adrian Ross (1859-1933), British lyricist
• Adrián Rubio, Mexican actor and model
• Adrian Scarborough (born 1968), English character actor
• Adrian Scott (1912-1972), American screenwriter and film producer
• Adrian Shaposhnikov (1888-1967), Russian classical composer
• Adrian Sherwood (born 1958), English record producer
• Adrian Sînă (born 1977), Romanian singer-songwriter and record producer
• Adrian D. Smith (born 1944), American architect
• Adrian Smith (born 1957), English musician and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden
• Adrian Smith (illustrator), British illustrator
• Adrian Steirn, Australian photographer and filmmaker working in Africa
• Adrian Consett Stephen (1894-1918), Australian artillery officer and playwright
• Adrian Stokes (critic) (1902-1972), British art critic
• Adrian Scott Stokes (1854-1935), English landscape painter
• Adrian Stroe (born 1959), Romanian serial killer
• Adrian Sturges (born 1976), British film producer
• Adrián Suar (born 1968), Argentine actor and media producer
• Adrian Tanner, English writer and director
• Adrian Taylor (producer) (1954-2014), American television news producer
• Adrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972), British fantasy and science fiction author
• Adrián Terrazas-González (born 1975), Mexican jazz composer and wind player
• Adrian Thaws (born 1968), English musician and actor
• Adrian Tomine (born 1974), American cartoonist
• Adrian Utley (born 1957), English musician best known as a member of the band Portishead
• Adrian Vandenberg (born 1954), Dutch rock guitarist
• Adrian Wells (born 1989), British-American clinical psychologist, singer, and songwriter
• Adrian White (musician), Canadian drummer
• Adrian Willaert (c. 1490-1562), Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School
• Adrian Wilson (actor) (born 1969), South African model and actor
• Adrian Wilson (artist) (born 1964), British artist and photographer
• Adrian Wong (born 1990), Hong Kong actress
• Adrian Wright (1947-2015), English-Australian actor
• Adrian Young (born 1969), American drummer for the rock band No Doubt
• Adrian Younge (born 1978), American composer, arranger, and music producer
• Adrian Zagoritis (born 1968), British songwriter and record producer
• Adrian Zingg (1734-1816), Swiss painter
• Adrian Zmed (born 1954), American television personality and film actor

• Adrian Gonzalez (kidnapper) (born 2000), American kidnapper
• Adrián Gómez González, Mexican drug lord
• Adrián Arroyo Gutiérrez (born 1976), Costa Rican serial killer and rapist, known as The Southern Psychopath
• Adrian Lim (1942-1988), Singaporean serial killer
• Adrian Stroe (born 1959), Romanian serial killer

• Adrian Arendt (born 1952), Romanian sailor
• Adrian Bancker (1703-1772), American silversmith
• Adrian Beecroft (born 1947), British venture capitalist
• Adrian Bell (1901-1980), English ruralist journalist, crossword compiler, and farmer
• Adrian Bellamy (born 1941/1942), British businessman
• Adrian Block (1567-1627), Dutch explorer of the American East Coast
• Adrian Brown (archivist) (born 1969), British archivist
• Adrian Brown (journalist), Australian journalist
• Adrian Cheng (born 1979), Hong Kong entrepreneur and business executive
• Adrian Cioroianu (born 1967), Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist
• Adrian Cronauer (1938-2018), American former lawyer and radio speaker
• Adrian Diel (1756-1839), German physician
• Adrian Finighan (born 1964), British journalist
• Adrian Frutiger (1928-2015), Swiss typeface designer
• Adrian Fulford (born 1953), British judge
• Adrian Geiges (born 1960), German writer and journalist
• Adrian Anthony Gill (1954-2016), British writer and critic
• Adrian Hanauer (born 1966), American businessman and minority owner and general manager of the Seattle Sounders FC
• Adrian Holovaty (born 1981), American web developer, journalist and entrepreneur
• Adrian van Hooydonk (born 1964), Dutch automobile designer
• Adrian Albert Jurgens (1886-1953), South African philatelist
• Adrian Kantrowitz (1918-2008), American cardiac surgeon
• Adrian Kashchenko (1858-1921), Ukrainian writer, historian of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
• Adrian Knox (1863-1932), Australian judge
• Adrian Künzi (born 1973), Swiss banker
• Adrian Lamo (born 1981), Colombian-American threat analyst and "grey hat" hacker
• Adrian Long, British civil engineer
• Adrian Mikhalchishin (born 1954), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Adrian von Mynsicht (1603-1638), German alchemist
• Adrian Parr (born 1967), Australian philosopher and cultural critic
• Adrian Păunescu (1943-2010), Romanian poet, journalist, and politician
• Adrian Plass (born 1948), English author and speaker
• Adrian Rogers (1931-2005), American pastor, conservative, and author
• Adrian Andrei Rusu (born 1951), Romanian medieval archaeologist
• Adrian Anthony Spears (1910-1991), American judge
• Adrián Steckel, Mexican businessman
• Adrian Stephen (1883-1948), British author and psychoanalyst, brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
• Adrian Swire (1932-2018), billionaire British heir and businessman
• Adrian Ursu (born 1968), Romanian journalist
• Adrian Weale (born 1964), English writer, journalist, illustrator and photographer
• Adrian Wewer (1836-1914), German-born American architect and Franciscan friar
• Adrian White (businessman) (born 1942), British businessman, founder of Biwater
• Adrian Zecha (born 1933), Indonesian hotelier

Male

• Adrien Agreste, a superhero and male protagonist of the French TV series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Adrian Chase, a DC Comics superhero
• Adrian Corbo, alias Flex, a Marvel Comics superhero
• Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher, on the British medical dramas Casualty and Holby City
• Adrian Leverkühn, protagonist of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus
• Adrian Mole, protagonist of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
• Adrian Monk, protagonist of the television series Monk
• Adrian Shephard, protagonist of the Half-Life expansion "Half-Life: Opposing Force"
• Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş, alias Alucard, in the Castlevania video games
• Adrian Toomes, alias Vulture, a Marvel Comics villain
• Adrian Veidt, alias Ozymandias, in the Watchmen graphic novel series

Female

• Adrian Andrews, from the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Justice for All
• Adrian Hall (Home and Away), on the soap opera Home and Away
• Adrian Pennino, wife of Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series