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Dryander is a family name. It originates as a 16th-century Humanist name, literally meaning (in Ancient Greek) "oak-man". It was used by people whose original name was Eichmann ("oak-man"), Eichholz ("oak-wood"), de Enzinas ("of the holm-oaks") etc., and may refer to:
- Athaulphus Dryander, adopted name of Adolf Eichholz, German humanist and jurist (1490-1563)
- Johann Dryander (Eichmann), German physician and scholar (1500–1560)
- Franciscus Dryander, adopted name of Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish humanist (1518-1552)
- Jacobus Dryander, adopted name of Diego de Enzinas, Spanish scholar (c.1520-1547)
- Jonas Carlsson Dryander (also "Johann Dryander"), Swedish botanist (1748-1810)
- Johann Friedrich Dryander, German painter (1756-1812)
- Dryander, alter ego of German author Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788-1857) in his poem Dryander und die Komödiantenbande
- Ernst Dryander (later "von Dryander"), German theologist and politician (1843-1922)
- Gottfried von Dryander, German jurist and politician (1876-1951)
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