Harding (surname)
Harding is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Real people
- Aaron Harding, American politician
- Abi Harding, English saxophonist
- Abner C. Harding, American politician
- Alan Harding, English footballer
- Albert Austin Harding, First Director of Bands at the University of Illinois
- Anita Harding, British neurologist
- Ann Harding, American actress
- Antony Harding, English singer
- Arthur Harding, Wales and British Isles rugby union international player
- Austie Harding, ice hockey player
- Baron Harding of Petherton, English peerage
- Ben Harding, English footballer
- Ben Harding (guitarist), English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
- Benjamin F. Harding, American politician
- Brent Harding, bass player
- Buster Harding, Canadian jazz pianist
- C. B. Harding, American film director
- Charles R. Harding, aka 'Wag' Harding, English champion sculler
- Chester Harding (disambiguation)
- Çiğdem Balım Harding, American academic
- Clare Harding, English horsewoman
- , Australian artist, subject of a 2019 exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
- Dan Harding, English footballer
- Daniel Harding, British conductor
- David Harding (disambiguation)
- Donald Harding, American serial robber and spree killer
- Douglas Harding, English mystic and author
- Duncan Harding, pseudonym of Charles Whiting
- Edwin F. Harding, military commander
- Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding, Gambian diplomat
- Eric Harding, American boxer
- Fitz Harding, rugby union player
- Francis Pym Harding, English army general
- Florence Harding, First Lady of the United States
- Georg Harding, Australian rules footballer
- George Frederick Harding, Wales international rugby union player
- George M. Harding, American architect
- George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley, seventeenth-century English nobleman
- Gerald Lankester Harding, British archaeologist
- Gilbert Harding, British journalist
- Greg Harding, Australian rules footballer
- Hamish Harding, British businessman
- Hamish Harding (rower), Australian rower
- Harding of Bristol, son of Eadnoth the Constable
- Harold Harding, British civil engineer
- Harry Harding (disambiguation)
- Ian Harding, American actor
- Israel Harding, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Jack Harding, American football coach
- Jack Harding (hurler), Irish hurler
- Jaime Harding, English pop singer
- James Harding (disambiguation)
- Jamie Harding, English actor
- Jeff Harding (disambiguation)
- Jeremy Harding, British writer and journalist
- Jesper Harding, American publisher
- John Harding (disambiguation)
- Joseph Harding, English cheesemaker
- Josh Harding, Canadian ice hockey player
- June Harding, American actress
- Karl Ludwig Harding, German astronomer
- Keith Harding, Scottish politician
- Kenneth R. Harding, American politician
- Laverne Harding, American animator
- Lee Harding, Australian singer
- Lee Harding (writer), Australian writer
- Leigh Harding, Australian rules footballer
- Lindsey Harding, American basketball player
- Lyn Harding, Welsh actor who appeared in British made silent films, talkies and radio
- Major B. Harding, American attorney
- Mark Hardinges, English cricketer
- Maria Harding, Canadian mayor
- Mary Esther Harding, American Jungian analyst
- Matt Harding, computer game designer
- Matt Harding (musician), British musician
- Matthew Harding, British businessman
- Meg Harding, American politician from Missouri
- Michael Harding, Irish writer
- Mike Harding, English comedian and singer
- Natasha Harding, Welsh association football player
- Nicholas Harding, Australian artist
- Nicholas Mark Harding, English writer
- Oliver P. Harding, American politician from Maryland
- Oswald Harding, Jamaican politician
- Paul Harding (disambiguation)
- Peter Harding (disambiguation)
- Phil Harding (disambiguation)
- Phyllis Harding, English swimmer
- Prince Harding, Sierra Leone politician
- Ralph R. Harding, Idaho congressman
- Randolph Harding, Canadian politician
- Reggie Harding, American basketball player
- Richard Harding, English rugby union player
- Rodney Harding, Canadian American-football player
- Ross Harding, pseudonym of David Gemmell
- Rowe Harding, Welsh rugby union player
- Ryan Harding, Scottish soccer player
- Sam Harding (rugby union), New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Sam Harding (athlete), Australian Paralympic athlete
- Samuel Harding (American football), American football coach
- Sandra Harding, American philosopher
- Sarah Harding, member of the British group Girls Aloud
- Sarah Harding (lama), Buddhist teacher and translator
- Seth Harding, officer in the US Navy
- Stephen Harding, Christian saint
- Stephen Harding (cricketer), English cricketer of the mid-18th century
- Stephen S. Harding, Utah politician
- Stephen C Harding, infamous Hired Gun
- Ted Harding, Australian politician
- Theo Harding, Wales rugby union player
- Tim Harding (musician), Australian entertainer
- Tim Harding (chess player)
- Tanya Harding, Australian softball player
- Thomas Harding, 16th-century religious dissident
- Tony Harding, British illustrator
- Tonya Harding, American figure skater
- Traci Harding, Australian novelist
- Trevor Harding, Australian speedway rider
- Trevor Harding (politician), Canadian politician
- Valerie Campbell-Harding, Canadian textile designer
- Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
- Vic Harding, English speedway rider
- Vincent Harding, African-American historian
- Walter Harding, American academic
- Warren Harding (climber)
- Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States
- Weylan Harding, American football coach
- William Harding (disambiguation)
- Zay Harding, American television personality and actor
Fictional characters
- Ace Harding, a character in Deja Vue video game
- Cyrus Harding, a fictional character created by Jules Verne
- Dale Harding, a character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Leyla Harding, a fictional character in British soap Emmerdale
- Tess Harding, a fictional character created by Jason Katims
- Septimus Harding, protagonist of Trollope's The Warden.