Strain (surname)

Strain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Christina Strain (born 1981), comic book artist (colorist)
• Isaac Strain (1821-1857), American/Canadian explorer
• Julie Strain (born 1962), American actress and model and musician
• Michael G. Strain (born 1958), Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry in the U.S. state of Louisiana
• Rob Strain, NASA Goddard Center director
• Ted Strain (1917-1999), Former professional basketball player
• Dana Plato, (1964–1999), born Dana Michelle Strain, was an American actress best known for her role in the television series, Diff’rent Strokes
• Rev. John Strain, (c. 1733 – 1774), 1757 graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), was known as one of the most eloquent Presbyterian ministers of colonial Pennsylvania.
• John Paul Strain (born 1955), Nashville-born illustrator and artist known for the vivid realism of his paintings of Civil War scenes
• Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (1890–1968), born Malcolm Strain in Greeneville, Tennessee, was a military officer and author of military and western-themed stories and novels, as well as founder of National Allied Publications, which eventually merged to become DC Comics. Actress Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960) is his granddaughter.
• Drucilla Strain, Ziegfeld Girl actress
• Joseph Allan Strain, professional baseball player who was an infielder in the Major Leagues from 1979 to 1981 for the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants
• Walderus de Stratheihan, 12th century Scottish landowner