Yang Jian or Jian Yang may refer to:

Historical figures

• Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604), personal name Yang Jian, founder and emperor of the Sui dynasty
• Yang Jian (Sui prince) (585–618), Sui dynasty prince and Emperor Wen's grandson
• Yang Jian (Song dynasty) (died 1121), Song dynasty eunuch politician

Sportspeople

• Yang Jian (rower) (born 1981), Chinese rower
• Yang Jian (footballer) (born 1988), Chinese footballer
• Yang Jian (diver) (born 1994), Chinese diver

Others

• Erlang Shen, personal name Yang Jian, a mythological Chinese God
  • New Gods: Yang Jian, 2022 animation film based on the character of Erlang Shen
• Jian Yang (politician) (born c. 1961), China-born New Zealand politician
• Jian Yang (geneticist), statistical geneticist, Ruth Stephens Gani Medalist

See also

• Yangjian, a town in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
• Yang Jiang (1911–2016), Chinese dramatist, writer, and translator