Beran (surname)

Beran (feminine Beranová) is a Czech surname meaning "ram/wether" (male sheep). The Polish and Slovak variant of this surname is Baran. Notable people with this surname include:


 * Ben Beran, American basketball player
 * Bruce Beran, American coast guard
 * Christa Beran, Austrian rescuer of Holocaust victims
 * Dave Beran, American chef
 * Emerik Beran, Slovenian composer
 * Jiří Beran, Czech fencer
 * Josef Beran, Czech cardinal
 * Ladislav Beran, Czech actor
 * Lajos Berán, Hungarian sculptor
 * Matěj Beran, Czech ice hockey player
 * Michal Beran (ice hockey), Slovak ice hockey player
 * Rudolf Beran, Czech politician