Ro (name)

Ro is a given name, nickname and surname. This page does not list hyphenate -ro, -Ro, Ro- or ro- names, nor people with the Royal Ro title. Select hyphenated nicknames are in the See also section. Notable people known by this name include the following:

Given name

 * Ro Ann Maggiolino Destito, full name of RoAnn Destito (born 1956), American politician
 * Ro Haber (fl. 2013 – present), American transgender writer and director
 * Ro Hindson (born 1951), Canadian rugby union player
 * Ro Khanna, nickkname of Rohit Khanna (born 1976), American politician
 * Rō Takenaka (1930 – 1991), Japanese reporter, anarchist and critic
 * RO Tambunan, nickkname of Robert Odjahan Tambunan (1935 – 2015), Indonesian lawyer veteran and politician

Middle name

 * Mary Ro Reyes (born 1992), Mexican figure skater
 * John Ro Myung, full name of John Myung (born 1967), Korean American musician

Surname

 * Ro Chol-ok (born 1993), North Korean football defender
 * Ro Do-chon (born 1936), South Korean cyclist
 * Eric Ro (fl. 2007 – present), Korean-American producer
 * Ro Hak-su (born 19 1990), North Korean international football player
 * Ro Hyon-il (born 1969), North Korean weightlifter
 * Ro Jai-bong (born 1936), South Korean politician
 * Ro Jong-suk (fl. 1979), North Korean table tennis player
 * Ro Song-sil (born 1960), North Korean politician
 * Ro Tu-chol (born 1950), North Korean politician
 * YoungSang Ro (born 1954), South Korean theologian

Nickname

 * Adam Ro (fl. 2015 – present), stagename of Rashid Rauf Adam, Ghanaian entertainer and personality
 * Lady of Ro, nickname of Despina Achladiotou (1890 – 1982), Greek patriot
 * Kara Ro, stagename of Kara Rheault (born 1975), boxing and MMA trainer and boxer
 * Ro Allen, (formerly Rowena Allen, fl. 2015 – 2021), Australian LGBTIQ advocate
 * Ro Atherton (fl. 1979 – present), nickname of Rowena Atherton, British military officer
 * Ro Foege, nickname of Romaine Henry Foege (born 1938), American politician
 * Ro James, (fl. 2011 – present), stagename of Ronnie James Tucker, American singer and songwriter
 * Ro Mogendorff, nickname of Rosa Catherina Mogendorff (1907-1969), Dutch artist.
 * Ro Ransom (fl. 2011 – present), stagename of Noah Gale, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
 * Yung Ro, stagename of Roland Sato Lee Page, American hip-hop/rap artist

Fictional characters

 * Kanjar Ro, DC Comics supervillain
 * Ro Laren, from Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Rosalie "Ro" Rowan, from The Zeta Project