Arts and Entertainment
- Adrian (costume designer) (1903–1959), born Adrian Adolph Greenberg, costume designer for over 250 films
- Adrian Alphona, Canadian comic book artist
- Adrian Belew (born 1949), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
- Adrian Biddle (1952–2005), English cinematographer
- Adrian Borland (1957–1999), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer
- Adrian Boult (1889–1983), English conductor
- Adrian Chiles (born 1967), British television and radio presenter
- Adrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Ireland actor
- Adrian Edmondson (born 1957), English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician
- Adrian Enescu (born 1948), Romanian composer
- Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), Swedish heavy metal drummer
- Adrian Grenier (born 1976), American actor, musician and director
- Adrian Gurvitz (born 1949), English singer, musician and songwriter
- Adrian Griffin (drummer), Australian drummer
- Adrian Heath (painter) (1920–1992), British painter
- Adrian Hodges, British television and film writer
- Adrian Hoven (1922–1981), Austrian actor, producer and film director
- 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 Kowanek (born 1977), Polish musician
- Adrian Legg (born 1948), English guitar player
- Adrian Lester (born 1968), British actor
- Adrian Lukis (born 1958), British actor
- Adrian Lyne (born 1941), English filmmaker and producer
- Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), English poet, novelist and playwright
- Adrian Pasdar (born 1965), American actor and film director
- Adrian Paul (born 1959), English actor
- Adrian Rawlins (born 1958), English actor
- Adrian Rollini (1903–1956), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music
- Adrian Scarborough (born 1968), English character actor
- Adrian Sherwood (born 1958), English record producer
- Adrian Sieber (born 1972), Swiss singer and the lead singer in the Swiss Britpop band Lovebugs
- Adrian Smith (born 1957), English musician and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden
- Adrian Truss, English actor, voice actor and comedy writer
- Adrian Utley (born 1957), English musician best known as a member of the band Portishead
- Adrian Vandenberg (born 1954), Dutch rock guitarist
- Adrian Willaert (c. 1490–1562), Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School
- Adrian Young (born 1969), American drummer for the rock band No Doubt
- Adrian Zingg (1734–1816), Swiss painter
- Adrian Zmed (born 1954), American television personality and film actor
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