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, Israeli taekwondo athlete
- Ron Balicki, American actor and stuntman
- Ron Blomberg, American major league baseball player
- Ron Brooks, American football player
- Ron Clinkscale, American football player
- Ron Darmon, Israeli Olympic triathlete
- Ron Hopkins, American football player
- Ron Howard, American actor and director
- Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
- Ron Kaplan, Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Ron Keselowski, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
- Ron McNair, American astronaut who died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- Ron Mix, American All-Pro Hall of Fame football player
- Ron Paul, American politician
- Ron Perlman, American actor
- Ron Reeves, Australian rules footballer
- Ron Reeves , American football player
- Ron Reagan, American former radio host, political analyst, and son of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States
- Ron Rivera, American football player and coach
- Ron Robin, Israeli historian and President of the University of Haifa
- Ron Rubin , Canadian voice actor
- Ron Rubin , American bridge player
- Ron Santo, American baseball player
- Ron Stern, Canadian ice hockey player
- Ron Torten, Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
- Ron Vlaar, Dutch football player
- Ron Williamson, American baseball player wrongly convicted of rape and murder
Fictional people with the name
- Ron, 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 ' and '
- Ron Troupe, a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.