Ron (given name)

Ron is a given name. It is mostly used as a shortening of the name Ronald, but is also Hebrew for "joy". People with this name include:

People with the name[]

• Ron Atias (born 1995), Israeli taekwondo athlete
• Ron Baker (born 1993), American basketball player
• Ron Balicki (born 1963), American actor and stuntman
• Ron Blomberg (born 1948), American major league baseball player
• Ron Brooks (born 1988), American football player
• Ron Clinkscale (born 1933), American football player
• Ron Darmon (born 1992), Israeli Olympic triathlete
• Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida
• Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
• Ron Gillham, American politician
• Ron Hopkins (born 1960), American football player
• Ron Howard (born 1954), American actor and director
• Ron Jeremy (born 1953), American pornographic actor
• Ron Kaplan (born 1970), Israeli Olympic gymnast
• Ron Keselowski (born 1946), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Ron Ng (born 1979), Hong Kong actor
• Ron McNair (1950–1986), American astronaut who died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
• Ron Mix (born 1938), American All-Pro Hall of Fame football player
• Ron Paul (born 1935), American politician
• Ron Perlman (born 1950), American actor
• Ron Reeves (born 1938), Australian rules footballer
• Ron Reeves (gridiron football) (born 1960), American football player
• Ron Reagan (born 1958), American former radio host, political analyst, and son of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States
• Ron Rivera (born 1962), American football player and coach
• Ron Robin (born 1951), Israeli historian and President of the University of Haifa
• Ron Rubin (voice actor) (born 1959), Canadian voice actor
• Ron Rubin (bridge player) (born 1948), American bridge player
• Ron Santo (1940–2010), American baseball player
• Ron Stern (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ron Torten (born 1966), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
• Ron Vlaar (born 1985), Dutch football (soccer) player
• Ron Williamson (1953-2004), American baseball player wrongly convicted of rape and murder

Fictional people with the name[]

• Ron (King of Fighters), a video game character
• Ron Weasley, a main character from Harry Potter, best friend of Harry Potter, married to Hermione Granger.
• Ron Stoppable, Kim Possible's sidekick from the Disney animated series Kim Possible
• Ron Swanson, the mustachioed libertarian director of the eponymous department in the sitcom Parks and Recreation.
• Ron Burgundy, lead character of the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
• Ron Troupe, a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.

See also[]

• Ron (disambiguation)

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