Harding (surname)

Harding is a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

• Aaron Harding (1805–1875), American politician
• Abi Harding, English saxophonist
• Abner C. Harding (1807–1874), American politician
• Alan Harding (born 1948), English footballer
• Albert Austin Harding (1880–1958), First Director of Bands at the University of Illinois
• Anita Harding (1952–1995), British neurologist
• Ann Harding (1901–1981), American actress
• Antony Harding (fl. c. 2000), English singer
• Arthur Harding (1878–1947), Wales and British Isles rugby union international player
• Austie Harding (1917–1991), ice hockey player
• Baron Harding of Petherton, English peerage
• Ben Harding (born 1984), English footballer
• Ben Harding (guitarist)
• Benjamin F. Harding (1823–1899), American politician
• Brent Harding (born 1967), bass player
• Buster Harding (1912–1965), Canadian jazz pianist
• C. B. Harding, American film director
• Charles R. Harding (c.1866 – ?), aka 'Wag' Harding, English champion sculler
• Chester Harding (disambiguation)
• Çiğdem Balım Harding, American academic
• Clare Harding (1895–1973), English horsewoman
• Dale Harding (artist), Australian artist, subject of a 2019 exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
• Dan Harding (born 1983), English footballer
• Daniel Harding (born 1975), British conductor
• David Harding (disambiguation)
• Donald Harding, American serial robber and spree killer
• Douglas Harding (1909–2007), English mystic and author
• Duncan Harding (1926–2007), pseudonym of Charles Whiting
• Edwin F. Harding (1886–1970), military commander
• Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding, Gambian diplomat
• Eric Harding (born 1972), American boxer
• Fitz Harding (born 1999), Rugby union player
• Francis Pym Harding (1821–1875), English army general
• Florence Harding (1860–1924), First Lady of the United States
• Georg Harding (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
• George Frederick Harding (1858–1927), Wales international rugby union player
• George M. Harding (1827–1910), American architect
• George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley (1601–1658), seventeenth-century English nobleman
• Gilbert Harding (1907–1960), British journalist
• Greg Harding (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
• Hamish Harding (1964–2023), British businessman
• Hamish Harding (rower) (born 1999), Australian rower
• Harding of Bristol (c. 1048 – c. 1125), son of Eadnoth the Constable
• Harold Harding (1900–1986), British civil engineer
• Harry Harding (disambiguation)
• Ian Harding (born 1986), American actor
• Israel Harding (1833–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Jack Harding (1898–1963), American football coach
• Jack Harding (hurler) (1933–2020), Irish hurler
• Jaime Harding, English pop singer
• James Harding (disambiguation)
• Jamie Harding (born 1979), English actor
• Jeff Harding (disambiguation)
• Jesper Harding (1799–1865), American publisher
• John Harding (disambiguation)
• Joseph Harding (1805–1876), English cheesemaker
• Josh Harding (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• June Harding (1940–2019), American actress
• Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), German astronomer
• Keith Harding (born 1938), Scottish politician
• Kenneth R. Harding (1914–2007), American politician
• Laverne Harding (1905–1984), American animator
• Lee Harding (born 1983), Australian singer
• Lee Harding (writer) (1937–2023), Australian writer
• Leigh Harding (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
• Lindsey Harding (born 1984), American basketball player
• Lyn Harding (1867–1952), Welsh actor who appeared in British made silent films, talkies and radio
• Major B. Harding (born 1935), American attorney
• Mark Hardinges (born 1978), English cricketer
• Maria Harding, Canadian mayor
• Mary Esther Harding (1888–1971), American Jungian analyst
• Matt Harding (born 1976), computer game designer
• Matt Harding (musician) (born 1975), British musician
• Matthew Harding (1953–1996), British businessman
• Meg Harding (born 1945), American politician from Missouri
• Michael Harding (born 1953), Irish writer
• Mike Harding (born 1944), English comedian and singer
• Natasha Harding (born 1989), Welsh association football player
• Nicholas Harding (1956–2022), Australian artist
• Nicholas Mark Harding (born 1964), English writer
• Oliver P. Harding (1822–1900), American politician from Maryland
• Oswald Harding (born 1935), Jamaican politician
• Paul Harding (disambiguation)
• Peter Harding (disambiguation)
• Phil Harding (disambiguation)
• Phyllis Harding (1907–1992), English swimmer
• Prince Harding, Sierra Leone politician
• Ralph R. Harding (1929–2006), Idaho congressman
• Randolph Harding (1914–1996), Canadian politician
• Reggie Harding (1942–1972), American basketball player
• Richard Harding, English rugby union player
• Rodney Harding (born 1962), Canadian American-football player
• Ross Harding (1948–2006), pseudonym of David Gemmell
• Rowe Harding (1901–1991), Welsh rugby union player
• Ryan Harding (born 1984), Scottish soccer player
• Sam Harding (rugby union) (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Sam Harding (athlete) (born 1991), Australian Paralympic athlete
• Samuel Harding (American football) (1873–1919), American football coach
• Sandra Harding (born 1935), American philosopher
• Sarah Harding (1981–2021), member of the British group Girls Aloud
• Lama Sarah Harding, Buddhist teacher and translator
• Seth Harding (1734–1814), officer in the US Navy
• Stephen Harding (died 1134), Christian saint
• Stephen Harding (cricketer), English cricketer of the mid-18th century
• Stephen S. Harding (1808–1891), Utah politician
• Ted Harding (1921–2004), Australian politician
• Theo Harding (1860–1919), Wales rugby union player
• Tim Harding (musician) (born 1978), Australian entertainer
• Tim Harding (chess player) (born 1948)
• Tanya Harding (born 1972), Australian softball player
• Thomas Harding (1448–1532), 16th-century religious dissident
• Tony Harding (1942–2014), British illustrator
• Tonya Harding (born 1970), American figure skater
• Traci Harding, Australian novelist
• Trevor Harding (speedway rider) (born 1986), Australian speedway rider
• Trevor Harding (politician), Canadian politician
• Valerie Campbell-Harding (1932–2006), Canadian textile designer
• Vanessa Harding (born 1970), American wrestler
• Vic Harding (1952–1979), English speedway rider
• Vincent Harding (1931–2014), African-American historian
• Walter Harding (1917–1996), American academic
• Warren Harding (climber) (1924–2002)
• Warren G. Harding (1865–1923), 29th president of the United States
• Weylan Harding (born 1972), American football coach
• William Harding (disambiguation)
• Zay Harding (born 1974), 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.