Valiente is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alonso Valiente, Spanish conquistador José María Valiente Soriano (1900–1982), Spanish Carlist politician Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente (1917–1956), Argentine sport shooter Doreen Valiente (1922–1999), English Wiccan and occult writer Juan Valiente (died 1533), Spanish conquistador José Francisco Valiente (1911–1988), Salvadoran politician Marc Valiente (born 1987), Spanish footballer Mariano Vivanco Valiente (1933–2004), Cuban Roman Catholic bishop Mauro Valiente (born 2000), Argentine footballer Randy Valiente, Filipino comic book artist