Strain (surname)
Strain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Christina Strain, comic book artist
- Isaac Strain, American/Canadian explorer
- Julie Strain, American actress and model and musician
- Michael G. Strain, Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry in the U.S. state of Louisiana
- Rob Strain, NASA Goddard Center director
- Ted Strain, Former professional basketball player
- Dana Plato,, born Dana Michelle Strain, was an American actress best known for her role in the television series, Diff’rent Strokes
- John Paul Strain, Nashville-born illustrator and artist known for the vivid realism of his paintings of Civil War scenes
- Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, 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 is his granddaughter.
