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) [de], 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.
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