Actors edit

• Dan Duran (broadcaster), Canadian television entertainment journalist and actor
• Rafael Durán (1911–1994), Spanish actor
• Tita Duran (1929–1991), Filipina film actress

Artists edit

• Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand; 1837–1917), French painter
• Tony Duran (photographer), American photographer
• Victorina Durán (1899–1993), Spanish artist

Musicians and composers edit

• Alejo Durán (1919–1989), Colombian composer, singer and accordionist
• Dolores Duran (1930–1959), Brazilian singer and composer
• Domingo Marcos Durán (c.1465–1529), Spanish music theorist and choirmaster
• Eddie Duran (1925–2019), American jazz guitarist
• Elena Duran (born 1949), Mexican American flautist
• Gustavo Durán (1906–1969), Spanish composer, soldier and diplomat
• Hilario Durán (born 1953), Cuban jazz pianist
• Ivan Duran, Belizean music producer and musician
• Joaquín Valverde Durán (1846–1910), Spanish composer, conductor and flautist
• Lucy Durán, UK-based ethnomusicologist, record producer and radio presenter
• Tony Duran, member of the American band Ruben and the Jets

Writers edit

• Aaron Duran (born 1976), American writer and media producer
• Diego Durán (1537–1588), 16th century chronicler of the Aztecs
• Jane Duran (born 1944), Cuban-born poet
• José María Pasquini Durán (1939–2010), Argentine journalist

• Blanca Inés Durán Hernández (born 1971), Colombian politician
• Crisanta Duran (born 1980), American politician in Colorado
• Dianna Duran (born 1956), American politician in New Mexico
• Enric Duran (born 1976), Catalan anticapitalist activist
• Florencio Durán (1893–1978), President of the Senate of Chile from 1941 to 1944
• Francisco Martin Duran (born 1968), American criminal who attempted to assassinate President Bill Clinton in 1994
• Germán García Durán, Colombian diplomat
• John Duran, American politician in California
• José Antonio Durán (1810-1880), Argentine military man and politician
• Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born 1952), Spanish politician
• Luisa Durán (born 1941), former First Lady of Chile
• Sixto Durán Ballén (1921–2016), former president of Ecuador

Baseball and softball edit

• Andrea Duran (born 1984), American softball player
• Dan Duran (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
• Ezequiel Durán (born 1999), Dominican baseball player
• Germán Durán (born 1984), Mexican-American baseball player
• Jarren Duran (born 1996), American baseball player
• Jhoan Durán (born 1998), Dominican baseball player
• Roberto Durán (baseball) (born 1973), Dominican baseball player

Boxing and martial arts edit

• Jacob Duran (born 1951), American cutman
• José Durán (born 1945), Spanish boxer
• Kutluhan Duran (born 2000), Turkish karateka
• Massimiliano Duran (born 1963), Italian boxer
• Ossie Duran (born 1977 as Osumanu Yahaya), Ghanaian boxer
• Reuben Duran (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
• Roberto Durán (born 1951), Panamanian former professional boxer

Football (soccer) edit

• Antonio Durán (1924–2009), Spanish football player and manager
• Favio Durán (born 1995), Argentine footballer
• Francisco Manuel Durán (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Hugo González Durán (born 1990), Mexican footballer
• Jhon Durán (born 2003), Colombian footballer
• Luís Marcelo Durán (born 1974), Uruguayan footballer
• Manuel Agudo Durán (born 1986), Spanish footballer
• Rubén Durán (born 1983), Spanish footballer
• Sargon Duran (born 1987), Austrian footballer

Other edit

• Alejandro Durán (cyclist) (born 1991), Argentine racing cyclist
• Arkaitz Durán (born 1986), Spanish racing cyclist
• Cassius Duran (born 1979), Brazilian diver
• Guillermo Durán (born 1988), Argentine tennis player
• Mariah Duran (born 1996), American skateboarder
• Rafael Duran (born 1938), Venezuelan former Olympic wrestler
• Salvador Durán (born 1985), Mexican racing driver
• Sergi Durán (born 1976), Spanish tennis player

• Agustín Durán (1789–1862), Spanish scholar
• Alfredo Duran (born 1936), Cuban-born American lawyer
• Andrés Durán (born 1966), Colombian rock historian, radio broadcaster and producer
• Carolyn Duran, American materials scientist
• Desiree Durán (born 1985), Bolivian model and beauty contestant
• Elvis Duran (born 1964), American radio host
• Enver Duran (born 1945), Turkish medic and educator
• Franklin Duran (born 1967), Venezuelan entrepreneur
• George Duran (born 1975), American chef and entertainer
• Inés García de Durán (1928–2011), Colombian folklorist
• Jaime González Durán (born 1971), Mexican drug trafficker
• José Durán (disambiguation), multiple people
• Khalid Duran (1939–2010), scholar of the Islamic world
• Manuel Garcia-Duran, Spanish businessman
• María Ángeles Durán (born 1942), Spanish sociologist
• Maria Duran (c. 1710 – ?), Portuguese nun
• Narciso Durán (1776–1846), Franciscan friar and missionary
• Profiat Duran, Catalan physician, philosopher, grammarian, and controversialist
• Simeon ben Zemah Duran (1361–1444), also known as the Rashbatz, Majorcan Rabbinical authority and medic
• Solomon ben Simon Duran (1400–1467), also known as the Rashbash, Algerian rabbi