Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

Rögnvaldr Ragnvald, Rögnvald or Rognvald or Rægnald is an Old Norse name (Old Norse ''Rǫgnvaldr'', modern Icelandic ''Rögnvaldur''; in Old English ''Regenweald'' and in Old Irish, Middle Irish '' Ragnall''). Notable people with the name include: * Rag ...

'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an

Anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

form of the Gaelic ''

Raghnall ''Ragnall'', ''Raghnall'', ''Raonall'', and ''Raonull'' are masculine personal names or given names in several Gaelic languages. ''Ragnall'' occurs in Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic. It is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse ''Røgnval ...

'', a name likewise derived from ''Rögnvaldr''. The latter name is composed of the Old Norse elements ''regin'' ("advice", "decision") and ''valdr'' ("ruler"). ''Ronald'' was originally used in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

, where Scandinavian influences were once substantial, although now the name is common throughout the

English-speaking world Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the ''Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest languag ...

. A short form of ''Ronald'' is ''Ron''.

Pet form A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

s of ''Ronald'' include ''Roni'' and ''

Ronnie Ronnie may refer to: *Ronnie (name), a unisex pet name and given name *Ronnie (Four Seasons song), "Ronnie" (Four Seasons song), a song by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe *"Ronnie," a song from the Metallica album ''Load (album), Load'' *Ronnie Brunswijk ...

''. ''Ronalda'' and ''Rhonda'' are feminine forms of ''Ronald''. ''

Rhona Rhona is the name of: * Rhona Adair (1878–1961), British golf champion * Rhona Bennett (born 1976), American singer, actress and model * Rhona Brankin (born 1950), Labour Co-operative politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament * Rhona Bro ...

'', a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of ''Ronald''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp. 230, 408; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Rhona. The names ''Renaud''/''Renault'' and ''Reynold''/''Reinhold'' are cognates from French and German respectively. The name ''Ronaldo'' is a cognate from Spanish and Portuguese.

People with the name

* Ronald I of Buganda *

Ronald Acuña Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form ...

, Venezuelan baseball player *

Ronald Alcock Ronald Cecil Alcock (26 March 1905 – 6 July 1991) was a British stamp dealer and philatelic publisher notable for writing or publishing some of the key works in British philately. He collaborated with Captain Frank Holland in many of his work ...

(died 1991), British stamp dealer and philatelic speaker *

Ronalds Arājs Ronalds Arājs (born 29 November 1987 in Tukums) is a Latvian athlete. Arājs is the current Latvian record holder in the 100 metres sprint, having a personal best of 10.18 seconds. His personal record in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds. Arājs ...

, Latvian athlete *

Ronald Arculli Ronald Joseph Arculli, GBM, GBS, CVO, OBE, JP (; born 2 January 1939 in Hong Kong) is former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco) and a senior partner at ...

, Former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco) and a senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons. *

Ron Atkinson Ronald Frederick Atkinson (born 18 March 1939), commonly known as "Big Ron" or "Mr. Bojangles", is an English former football player and manager. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was regarded as one of Britain's best-known football pundits. Ni ...

, English football manager *

Ronald Bandell Ronald Johan Gottlieb Bandell (24 August 1946 – 16 November 2015) was a Dutch civil servant and politician of the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and later the Labour Party (PvdA). Bandell was born in Gouda. He was mayor of Moordrecht (197 ...

(1946–2015), Dutch mayor *

Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as '' Porridge'', ''The Two Ronnies'', and ''Open All Hours''. ...

(1929–2005), British comedian, known as one half of The Two Ronnies *

Ronnie Belliard Ronald Belliard (born April 7, 1975) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2010 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardi ...

, retired American baseball player *

Ronnie Biggs Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 y ...

, British train robber *

Ron Blomberg Ronald Mark Blomberg (born August 23, 1948), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder. He playe ...

(born 1948), American major league baseball player *

Ronald Burkle Ronald Wayne Burkle (born November 12, 1952) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and managing partner of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC, a private investment firm that specializes in U.S. companies in the distribution, logistics, food, ...

, American businessman *

Ronnie Burns (actor) Ronald Jon Burns (July 9, 1935 – November 14, 2007) was an American television actor. He is primarily remembered as the son of comedians George Burns and Gracie Allen and a regular cast member of ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' (1950 ...

, part-time actor best noted as the adopted son of George Burns and Gracie Allen *

Ronnie Burns (Australian) Ronald Leslie Burns Order of Australia, AM (born 8 September 1946) is an Australian retired rock singer-songwriter and musician. He fronted the Melbourne band "The Flies" in the early 1960s, followed by a solo career into the 1970s and was a m ...

, Australian singer *

Ronnie Burns (footballer) Ronald Paul Burns (born 13 March 1973) is a former indigenous Australian, Indigenous Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). Biography Burns is the nephew of former ...

, former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong and Adelaide Football Clubs *

Ron Butlin (ice hockey) Ronald James Butlin (August 8, 1925September 24, 2014) was a Canadian ice hockey executive. He was president of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) from 1968 to 1971, when the league separated from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ...

(1925–2014), Canadian ice hockey executive * Ronald Castree, British child murderer *

Ronald Cerritos Ronald Osvaldo Cerritos Flores (born January 3, 1975, in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played as a striker. Cerritos is the all-time leader in assists of the Major League Soccer team, the San Jose Earthquake ...

, Salvadoran footballer *

Ronald Cheng Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Life and career Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong. Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and a producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father (Dire ...

, Hong Kong pop star and movie actor *

Ron Chernow Ronald Chernow (; born March 3, 1949) is an American writer, journalist and biographer. He has written bestselling historical non-fiction biographies. He won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the 2011 American History Book Prize for h ...

, American writer, journalist, historian and biographer *

Ronalds Cinks Ronalds Cinks (born 11 March 1990) is a retired Latvian professional ice hockey player who played for Dinamo Riga in the KHL and represented Latvia as a junior four times. He most recently played for HK Mogo of the Latvian Hockey Higher League ...

, Latvian ice hockey player *

Ronald D. Coleman Ronald D'Emory Coleman (born November 29, 1941) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. Early life and career Born in El Paso, Texas, Coleman attended public schools, ea ...

, American politician *

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...

, English actor *

Ronnie Corbett Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show '' The Two Ronnies''. He achieved promin ...

, British comedian, known for his role as the other half of The Two Ronnies *

Ronald de Boer Ronaldus de Boer (; born 15 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a host of professional clubs in Europe. He is the twin brother of Frank de Boer ...

, Dutch football (soccer) player *

Ronald DeFeo Jr Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, Long Island, New York. Conde ...

, American mass murder and family annihilator *

Ronald dela Rosa Ronald Marapon dela Rosa (born January 21, 1962), also known as Bato, is a Filipinos, Filipino politician and retired police officer who is currently serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator of the Philippines since 2019. He served under ...

(born 1962), Filipino politician and retired police general * Ronald de Mel (born 1925), Sri Lanka Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 *

Ron Dennis Ronald Dennis CBE (born 1 June 1947) is a British businessman and Official British Business Ambassador for the United Kingdom. He is best known for his former role as owner, CEO, chairman and founder of McLaren Group. Dennis was removed from h ...

, British businessman *

Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th district in the U.S. House of Represe ...

, American politician *

Ronnie James Dio Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and ...

, American singer for Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven and Hell *

Ronald Fielding Dodd Ronald ''Fielding'' Dodd ARIBA (c.1890–1958) was a Scottish architect, later based in England. He was an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. R. Fielding Dodd served as a Second Lieutenant in the British Army's Machine Gun ...

(c.1890–1958), Scottish architect *

Ronald Dominique Ronald Joseph Dominique (born January 9, 1964), known as The Bayou Strangler, is an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006. On September 23, 2008, Dominique was f ...

(born 1964), prolific American serial killer and rapist *

Ronald dos Santos Lopes Ronald dos Santos Lopes (born 18 June 1998), simply known as Ronald, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortaleza. Club career Born in Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro, Ronald made his senior debut with Nova Iguaçu in 2016. Ah ...

(born 1998), Brazilian footballer *

Ronnie Drew Joseph Ronald Drew (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners. He is most recognised for his lead vocals on the sin ...

, Irish singer and a founding member of The Dubliners *

Ron Eldard Ronald Jason Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Early life Eldard was born on Long Island, New York. He is the sixth of seven children, and has four sisters and two brothers. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Eldard's mothe ...

, American actor * Ronald Evans (1933–1990), American astronaut * Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York *

Ronald Ferguson (economist) Ronald F. Ferguson (born 1950) in Cleveland, Ohio is an economist who researches factors that affect educational achievement. Major themes in his work include the race-related achievement gap in the United States and how to improve schools and id ...

, American researcher of the racial education achievement gap *

Ronald Fisher Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who ...

(1890–1962), British statistician and geneticist * Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower *

Ronald J. Garan, Jr. Ronald John Garan Jr. (born October 30, 1961) is a retired NASA astronaut. After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force, becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984. He became an F-16 pilot, a ...

, American astronaut *

Ronald Girones Ronald Girones (born May 10, 1983 in Guantánamo) is a male judoka from Cuba, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (– 73 kg) at the 2007 Pan American Games, alongside Canada's Nicholas Tritton Nicholas "Nick" ...

, Cuban judoka *

Ronald Gora Ronald Francis Gora (July 10, 1933 – March 11, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion. Gora was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Lane Tech High School in Chicago. He remains tied with Tom Jager and Bria ...

, American swimmer * Ronald Green (1944-2012),

American-Israeli , native_name_lang = , image = , caption = , population = 110,000–150,000 , popplace = New York metropolitan area, Los Angeles metropolitan area, Miami metropolitan area, and other large metropolitan are ...

basketball player * Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (1933-1995), English killer and robber *

Ron McClure Ron McClure (born November 22, 1941) is an American jazz bassist. Early life McClure was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass. McClure studied privately with Joseph I ...

, Jazz bassist *

Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun Ronald John McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun, PC (30 April 1861 – 12 October 1934), was a British Conservative politician. Background and education McNeill was born in Ulster. He was the son of Edmund McNeill, DL, JP, and Sheriff of County Ant ...

, British Conservative politician *

Ron Greenwood Ronald Greenwood CBE (11 November 1921 – 9 February 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982, as well as being manager of West Ham United for ...

(1921–2006), English football player and manager *

Ron Guidry Ronald Ames Guidry (; born August 28, 1950), nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitch ...

, American baseball pitcher, New York Yankees *

Ron Hackenberger Ronald Ray Hackenberger (born 1935/1936) is an American businessman and car collector. He started as a truck driver, and then ran his own trucking business, before moving into ranching, real estate, and hospitality. He bought his first Stu ...

(born 1935), American businessman and car collector *

Ronald Max Hartwell Ronald Max Hartwell (1921–2009) was an Australian-born liberal economic historian of the British Industrial Revolution. Hartwell's first academic appointment was at University of New outh Wales (1950–56), where he held the chair of economic ...

, Australian historian *

Ronald Harvey (cricketer) Ronald Charles Harvey (born 7 May 1934) is a former English cricketer. Harvey was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Ingatestone, Essex. Harvey made his only first-class appearance for Essex against T. ...

, English cricketer *

Ronald A. Heifetz Ronald Heifetz (born February 7, 1951) is the King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and co-founder of C ...

, cofounder of the Center for Public Leadership at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University * Ronald Herd, American professional wrestler *

Ronald K. Hoeflin Ronald K. Hoeflin (born February 23, 1944) is an American philosopher by profession, creator of the MegaMorris, Scot. "The one-in-a-million I.Q. test". Omni magazine, April 1985, pp 128-132. and Titan"Mind Games: the hardest IQ test you'll ever lo ...

, American philosopher * Ronald Holassie, Trinidad and Tobago long-distance runner *

Ron Horsley Ron Horsley (born March 4, 1977) is an author and artist responsible for numerous short stories, essays, reviews, and book cover designs. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, his first published work was as editor of and contributor to ''The Midnig ...

, American author and illustrator * Ronald "Ron" Howard, American filmmaker and actor *

L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author, primarily of science fiction and fantasy stories, who is best known for having founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored ''Dianetics ...

(1911–1986), American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology * Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born 1953), American pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian *

Ronald Isley Ronald Isley (; born May 21, 1941) is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers. Early life Born in 1941 to Sall ...

, R&B singer *

Ron Johnson Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. S ...

(born 1955), senior United States senator for Wisconsin *

Ronald Jones (running back) Ronald Jones II (born August 3, 1997) is an American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC. A heavily recruited high school running back out of the state o ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Ron Jones (athlete) Ronald Jones (19 August 1934 – 30 December 2021) was a British track and field athlete. Career Jones represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting with the 1964 Tokyo Games. He was Britain's team captain in the 196 ...

, British track and field athlete *

Ronald Joseph Ronald Joseph (born October 9, 1944) is an American former pair skater who competed with his sister, Vivian Joseph. They are the 1964 Olympic bronze medalists, 1965 World silver medalists, and 1965 North American champions. Personal life ...

, American figure skater *

Ron Keel Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...

(born 1961), heavy metal vocalist and guitarist for a number of bands from the 1980s to the modern day *

Ronalds Ķēniņš Ronalds Ķēniņš (born February 28, 1991) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing c ...

, Latvian ice hockey player *

Ron Kind Ronald James Kind (born March 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for , since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is in the western part of the state and is anchored by La Crosse ...

, American congressman *

Ronald Klink Ronald Klink (born September 23, 1951) is an American television broadcaster and politician and who served four terms as a United States Representative from Pennsylvania from 1993 to 2001, as member of the Democratic Party. Early life and career ...

, Democratic politician and former United States Representative from Pennsylvania *

Ronald Koeman Ronald Koeman (; born 21 March 1963) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the younger brother of his former international teammate Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. Koeman was ca ...

, Dutch football (soccer) player and coach *

Ron LeFlore Ronald LeFlore (born June 16, 1948) is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder. He played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Montreal Expos. He retired with the Chicago White Sox in 1982. He stole 455 ba ...

(athlete), Detroit Tigers *

Ronald Lacey Ronald William Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in ''Porridge'' (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy ''Ch ...

(1935–1991) British actor *

Ronald Lanzoni Ronald ("Ronaldo") Lanzoni Campos (born August 21, 1959) is a retired long-distance runner from Costa Rica. He claimed the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the Men's Marathon, and twice represented his native country at the Summer O ...

, Costa Rican long-distance runner * Dr.

Ronald Leung Ronald Leung Ding-bong, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (; born 20 January 1934) is a Hong Kong politician and businessman in banking. Early life Leung was born in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 20 January 1934. Leung's family ...

, Hong Kong politician and businessman in banking *

Ron Mael Ronald David Mael (born August 12, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the keyboard player and principal songwriter in the band Sparks (band), Sparks which he founded with vocalist, occasional songwrite ...

, American musician and songwriter *

Ronald Mallett Ronald Lawrence Mallett (born March 30, 1945) is an American theoretical physicist, academic and author. He has been a faculty member of the University of Connecticut since 1975 and is best known for his scientific position on the possibility of ...

, American physicist *

Ronald Mason Jr. Ronald Francis Mason Jr. (born January 15, 1953) is an American lawyer and university administrator, serving as the ninth president of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). He took office in July 2015. This is Mason's third presidentia ...

, African-American university president *

Rónald Matarrita Rónald Alberto Matarrita Ulate (born 9 July 1994) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a left-back and winger for the Ukrainian club Dnipro-1 and the Costa Rica national team. Club career New York City FC Matarrita was sign ...

, Costa Rican footballer *

Ronald Méndez Ronald Jose Méndez Garcia (born October 26, 1982) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the final Méndez' team defeate ...

, Venezuelan volleyball player *

Ronald D. Moore Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on ''Star Trek''; on the re-imagined '' Battlestar Galactica'' television series, for which he won a Peabody Award and an E ...

, American screenwriter and television producer * David Ronald Musgrove, Democratic politician and former governor of Mississippi, better known as "Ronnie Musgrove" *

Ronald Clark O'Bryan Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man and The Man Who Killed Halloween, was an American man convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy (April 5, 1966 – October 31, 1974) on Halloween 1974 ...

(1944-1984), American murderer *

Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...

, British snooker player *

Ronald Patrick Ronald Patrick Jr. (born November 1, 1991) is a former American football center. He played college football at the University of South Carolina. Early years Patrick attended Cocoa High School. He accepted a football scholarship from the Uni ...

(born 1991), American football player * Ron Paul, Texan congressman * Ronald Pelton, American intelligence analyst and convicted spy * Ronald Pereira Martins (born 2001), Brazilian footballer * Ron Perlman, American actor * Ron Petersen (b. 1934), American mycologist using the standard author abbreviation "R.H.Petersen" * Ronald Pofalla (born 1959), German politician and manager * Ronald Powell (born 1991), American football player * Ronald van Raak (born 1969), Dutch politician * Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), former actor, Governor of California and 40th President of the United States * Ronald Reid-Daly (1928–2010), Rhodesian military commander * Ronald Ringsrud, US author and emerald expert * Ron Rivest, American cryptographer * Ronald Santanna Rodrigues (born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Ron Saunders (1932–2019), English Association football, football player and manager * Ronald Scobie (1893–1969), British Army officer * Bon Scott, Ronald "Bon" Scott, lead singer of AC/DC from 1974 to 1980 * Ronald Schill, German judge and politician * Ronald L. Schlicher, American diplomat * Ronald Alan Schulz (1965–2005), American civilian contract worker killed in Iraq * Ronnie Schneider, American Rock and roll manager * Ronald Searle (1920–2011), British cartoonist * Ron Sexmith, Ronald "Ron" Sexmith (born 1964), Canadian singer-songwriter * Ronald Gene Simmons (1940-1990), American spree killer and family annihilator * Ronald Steele, American basketball player * Ronald Stretton, British track cyclist * J. R. R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), British writer * Tina Turner, Ronald "Ronnie" Turner (1960-2022), American actor, singer, and youngest son of Tina Turner * Ron Underwood, American film director * Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., American musician and member of The Killers * Ronnie Van Zant (1948–1977), American musician * Ronald Venetiaan, former president of Suriname * Ronald Washington (born 1952), American baseball player and manager * Ronnie Wood, British rock musician (The Rolling Stones), and artist * Ronald Wright (boxer) American professional boxer * Ronalds Žagars, Latvian former football goalkeeper * Dr Ronald Maj (born 1989), Polish-Australian Doctor of Philosophy * Ronald Zilberberg (born 1996), Israeli Olympic figure skater * Ronald Zoodsma (born 1966), Dutch volleyball player

Fictional people with the name

* Ronald Miller, a character in the American teen romantic comedy 1987 film ''Can't Buy Me Love (film)#Cast, Can't Buy Me Love'' * Ronald McDonald, mascot of McDonald's * Ronald the Cat, Nature Cat's next-door neighbor and arch-enemy * 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 Weasley, a main character in ''Harry Potter'', best friend of the Harry Potter (character), title character * Ronald "Ronnie" Raymond, half of the DC Comics superhero Firestorm (comics), Firestorm. * Ronald "Red" Daniels, main protagonist of ''Call of Duty: WWII''. * List of Black Butler characters#Ronald Knox, Ronald Knox, a reaper in the manga'' Black Butler'' by Yana Toboso

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