Valens (disambiguation)

Valens was a Roman emperor (364–378).

Valens may also refer to:

• Valens (usurper), probably Iulius Valens Licinianus, usurper (250) under emperor Decius
• Valerius Valens, Roman emperor (316–317) co-emperor of Licinius
• Valens, Ontario, a hamlet within Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Valens, Switzerland, a resort in the canton of St. Gallen
• Valens Semiconductor, an Israeli semiconductor company producing chips for the HDBaseT video standard
• Valens, a protagonist in Gladius

People with the name

• Fabius Valens, Roman general under Emperor Nero (died 69)
• Vettius Valens, astrologer (died c. 175)
• Valens Thessalonicus, usurper under Emperor Gallienus (261)
• Valens of Mursa (4th century AD), was bishop of Mursa (Osijek in modern Croatia) and a supporter of Homoian (semi-arianism) theology
• Valens Acidalius (1567–1595), was a German critic and poet
• Valens Comyn (1688–1751), was an English merchant and administrator and politician
• Ritchie Valens (1941–1959), American rock music pioneer
• Chloe Valens, a character in Tales of Legendia

See also

• Vale (disambiguation)
• Valen (disambiguation)