Rand (surname)

Rand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Archie Rand (born 1949), American painter and muralist
 * Austin L. Rand (1905–1982), Canadian zoologist
 * Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Russian-American philosopher and author
 * Benjamin H. Rand (1827–1883), American physician
 * Dave Rand (born 1973), Welsh cyclist
 * Dick Rand (1936–1996), American baseball player
 * Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905_1955), American business executive
 * Frank C. Rand (1876–1949), American businessman and philanthropist
 * Gloria Rand, Canadian actor
 * Isaac Rand (1674–1743), English botanist and apothecary
 * Ivan Rand (1884–1969), Canadian lawyer and politician
 * Jack Rand (1902–1970), English football player
 * James Rand, Jr. (1886–1968), American industrialist
 * Joanne Rand (1969/70–2017), English acid attack victim
 * John G. Rand (1801–1873), American inventor of paint tube
 * John L. Rand (1861–1942), American politician and jurist
 * Johnathan Rand (born 1964; Christopher Wright), American children's writer
 * Keith Rand (1956–2013), English sculptor
 * Kristjan Rand (born 1987), Estonian ice dancer
 * Leander Rand (1827–1900), Canadian politician
 * Mary Rand (born 1940), British track-and-field athlete
 * Nelson Rand, Canadian journalist
 * Paul Rand (1914–1996), American graphic designer
 * Philinda Rand (1876–1972), American English-language teacher in the Philippines
 * Reili Rand (born 1991), Estonian politician
 * Ripley Rand (born ca. 1970), American jurist
 * Rose Rand (1903–1980), Austrian-American logician and philosopher
 * Sally Rand (1904–1979), American burlesque dancer and film actress
 * Scott Rand (darts player) (born 1975), British darts player
 * Shuli Rand (born 1962), Israeli film actor
 * Sidney Rand (ambassador) (1916–2003), American diplomat
 * Sidney Rand (rower) (1934–2008), English rower
 * Silas Tertius Rand (1810–1889), Canadian clergyman, ethnologist, linguist and translator
 * Taavi Rand (born 1992), Estonian ice dancer
 * Ted Rand (1916–2005), American book illustrator
 * Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900), Canadian educator and poet
 * Tom Rand (costume designer), British costume designer
 * Tony Rand (1939–2020), American lawyer and politician
 * Tuuli Rand (born 1990), Estonian singer
 * Tyler Rand (born 1991), American arts executive
 * Walter Rand, American politician
 * William Rand (athlete) (1886–1981), American hurdler
 * William Rand (physician) (fl. 1650–1660), English physician
 * William Rand (printer) (1828–1915), American publisher and businessman
 * Yvonne Rand, American Zen Buddhist priest

Fictional characters


 * Atton Rand, from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
 * Janice Rand, in the Star Trek universe
 * Iron Fist (comics) (Daniel Rand), a Marvel Comics character
 * Ben Rand, from Being There (1979) performed by Melvyn Douglas