Galen (given name)

Galen is an almost exclusively masculine given name. The best-known Galen was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in Ancient Rome. Other Galens include:

## People

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* Galen Bodenhausen (born 1961), American social psychologist
* Galen A. Carter (1832–1893), American politician
* Galen Cisco (born 1936), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Galen Clark (1814–1910), first European American to discover the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees and conservationist
* Galen Cole (1925–2020), American philanthropist
* Galen Cranz, American professor of architecture
* Galen Dreibelbis (born 1935), American politician
* Galen Gering (born 1971), American actor
* Galen Hadley (born 1942), American politician
* Galen Hall (born 1940), American retired college and professional football coach and player
* Galen Higdon (born 1954), American politician
* Galen Hollenbaugh (fl. 2006–present), American politician
* Galen Laack (1931–1958), American football player
* Galen Rowell (1940–2002), American wilderness photographer, adventure photojournalist and climber
* Galen Rupp (born 1986), American long-distance runner
* Galen Seaman (1837–1932), American lawyer and politician
* Galen L. Stone (1862–1926), American financier and philanthropist
* Galen L. Stone (diplomat) (1921–2018), American diplomat, Ambassador to Cyprus, grandson of the above
* Galen Stone (American football) (born 1988), American former football player
* Galen Strawson (born 1952), British analytic philosopher and literary critic
* Galen D. Stucky, American chemist
* Galen Weston (1940–2021), British-Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist
* Galen Weston Jr. (born 1972), Canadian billionaire businessman, son of the above

## Fictional characters

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* Galen "Doc" Adams, in the long-running TV series Gunsmoke
* Galen DeMarco, a character in the world of Judge Dredd
* Galen Erso, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
* Galen Kord, in the Transformers universe
* Galen Marek, aka Starkiller, a Dark Jedi in the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed project
* Galen Tyrol, in the re-imagined TV series Battlestar Galactica
* Galen, a character in Crusade
* Galen, Dr. Zaius' assistant in the Planet of the Apes TV series

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