Yang Jian is the name of:
- Erlang Shen, the mythological Chinese God
- Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604), founder and first emperor of China's Sui Dynasty
- Yang Jian (Sui prince) (585–618), Emperor Wen's grandson (and Emperor Yang's son)
- Yang Jian (rower) (born 1981), rower
- Yang Jian (diver) (born 1994), diver