Ron (given name)

Ron (Hebrew: רוֹן) is a given name for boys. It is mostly used as a shortening of the name Ronald and Cameron, 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 Bolton (born 1950), American footballer
 * Ron Bolton (politician) (fl. 2022), American politician
 * Ron Browz (born 1982), American record producer and rapper
 * Ron Bushy (1941-2021), American drummer known for Iron Butterfly
 * Ron Cannan (born 1961), Canadian politician
 * Ron Clinkscale (born 1933), American football player
 * Ron Darmon (born 1992), Israeli Olympic triathlete
 * Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida
 * Ron Fernandes (1951–2023), American football player
 * Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
 * Ron Gardenhire (born 1957), American baseball player and manager
 * 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), American NASCAR Cup Series driver
 * 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 Ng (born 1979), Hong Kong actor
 * Ron Pardo (born 1967), Canadian actor and comedian
 * 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