People
- Given name
- Mian Mir, a Sufi saint of Punjab region (India and Pakistan)
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, a Sufi saint and poet of Punjab
- Mian Hayaud Din, a major general of Pakistan
- Mian Iftikharuddin, a Pakistani leftist leader
- Surname
- Mian (surname), a family name and title of nobelity used by Muslims
- Mian (Rajput), family name and a title of nobility used in India by Rajputs from northern India
- Ajmal Mian, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Aziz Mian, noted Pakistani singer (Qawwal)
- Emran Mian, a British Pakistani author
- Li Mian, a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty
- Mian Mian, a Chinese writer
- Michele Mian, an Italian basketball shooting guard
- Muhammad Mian Soomro, a politician and former Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
- Pei Mian, an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty
- Salahuddin Mian, the first ceramic artist of Pakistan
- Wang Mian, a Chinese painter of plums during the Yuan Dynasty
- Xu Mian, an official of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty
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