Ryan may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Ryan (given name) Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. Traditionally a male name, it has been used increasingly by both males and females since the 1970s. It comes from the Irish surname Ryan, which in turn comes from the Old Irish name Rían o ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name) *

Ryan (surname) Ryan (Irish: ''Ó Riain'') is a common surname of Irish origin, as well as being a common given name in the English-speaking world. Origins and meaning There are several different origins for the surname. In some cases it may be a shortened fo ...

, a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Australia

* Division of Ryan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland *

Ryan, New South Wales Ryan is a village community in the central south part of the Riverina The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of fl ...

Ryan, Queensland Ryan is a suburb in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia ...

, a suburb of the City of Mount Isa

United States

* Ryan, California *Ryan, former name of

Lila C, California Lila C (also known as Ryan or Old Ryan) is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located southwest of Death Valley Junction, at an elevation of 2562 feet (781 m). Borax Company The settlement was connected by rail to the Lila C ...

Ryan, Iowa Ryan is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 350 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Ryan is located at (42.350648, -91.482986). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , ...

Ryan, Minnesota Ryan is an unincorporated community in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The center of Ryan is generally considered near the intersection of 362nd Street and 165th Avenue. County 7 Boulevard and Wheat Trail are ...

* Ryan, Illinois * Ryan, Oklahoma * Ryan, Washington *

Ryan, West Virginia Ryan is a populated place in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. The community was named after Thomas P. Ryan, an early settler and local minister. References Geography of Roane County, West Virginia {{RoaneCountyWV-geo-stu ...

Ryan Park, Wyoming Ryan Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States, that is located within the Medicine Bow–Routt National Forest. "Ryan Park" is designated as an acceptable place name by the United States Postal Service ...

Ryan Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Ryan Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,526 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 18.1 square miles (47.0&nbs ...

Film, radio, television and web

* ''Ryan'' (film), an animated documentary * ''Ryan'' (TV series), 1970s Australian TV series *'' Von Ryan's Express'', a 1965 World War II adventure film

Other uses

Ryan M-1 The Ryan M-1 was a mail plane produced in the United States in the 1920s, the first original design built by Ryan.Taylor 1989, p. 774. It was a conventional gear parasol-wing monoplane with two open cockpits in tandem and fixed, tailskid undercar ...

, an airplane *

Ryan Aeronautical The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934. It became part of Teledyne in 1969, and of Northrop Grumman when the latter company purchased Ryan in 1999. Ryan built several historically and tec ...

Company (Claude Ryan) *

Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings famil ...

(Tony Ryan) *

Ryan Field (disambiguation) Ryan Field may refer to: * Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, also known as Ryan Field, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States * Ryan Field (airport), also known as Ryan Airfield, in Tucson, Arizona, United States * Ryan Field (sportscaster) R ...

Ryan International Airlines Ryan International Airlines, Inc. was an American FAR 121 airline with domestic, flag, and supplemental authority. Synopsis and history Based at Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Illinois, the US Postal Service was once th ...

(Ron Ryan) *

Ryan International School Ryan International Schools'' are a group of private educational institutions in India and other countries. It was founded in 1976 by Dr. Augustine Francis Pinto. The Ryan Group started its first school in Mumbai in 1976 and currently has more ...

Ryan LLC Ryan LLC, based in Dallas, Texas, is a tax services and software provider. Ryan LLC has more than 18,000 clients in over 60 countries. The company has over 113 locations around the globe, including locations in Canada, the Netherlands, the United ...

, a Dallas-based tax services and consulting firm *Ryan-Pitman Theory (

Black Sea deluge theory The Black Sea deluge is the best known of three hypothetical flood scenarios proposed for the Late Quaternary history of the Black Sea. It is one of the two of these flood scenarios which propose a rapid, even catastrophic, rise in sea level of th ...

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Ryansdóttir Ryansdóttir is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''daughter of Ryan''. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic (see Icelandic names). Since Ryan is a rare name in Iceland, the number of girls with the last ...

, Icelandic patronymic for ''daughter of Ryan'' *

Operation RYAN Operation RYAN (or RYaN, and sometimes written as VRYAN, rus, РЯН, p=rʲæn) was a Cold War military intelligence program run by the Soviet Union during the early 1980s when they believed the United States was planning for an imminent first ...

, a Soviet military intelligence operation which acronym stands for Raketno-YAdernoe Napadenie ("Nuclear Missile Attack") *