Baran (باران, pronounced /bɒːɾɒːn/) is a feminine given name, meaning "rain" in all

Iranian languages The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau. The Iranian langu ...

.https://iranicaonline.org/articles/baran-rain It is also a surname used in

Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

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* Arkadiusz Baran (born 1979), Polish footballer * Bernard Baran (1965–2014), American child care worker convicted and later exonerated of sex abuse * Hanna Arsenych-Baran (1970–2021), Ukrainian prose writer, novelist and poet *

İbrahim Halil Baran İbrahim Halil Baran (Kurmanji: Îbrahîm Xelîl Baran; born 1981) is a Kurdish poet, politician, writer and designer. He is founder and first party chairman for Partiya Kurdistani (PAKURD). Baran studied at Dicle University before receiving a ...

(born 1981), Kurdish poet, politician, writer, and designer *

İlhan Baran İlhan Baran (1934, Artvin – 27 November 2016) was a Turkish composer. Baran studied double bass and was a Musical composition, composition student of Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara State Conservato ...

(1934-2016), Turkish composer *

Martin Baran Martin Baran (born 3 January 1988) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. M ...

(born 1988), Slovak football player *

Paul Baran Paul Baran (born Pesach Baran ; April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the do ...

(1926–2011), American inventor of packet switching *

Paul A. Baran Paul Alexander Baran (; 25 August 1909 – 26 March 1964) was an American Marxist economist. In 1951, Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University. He was the only tenured Marxian economist in the United States until his death i ...

(1909–1964), American economist *

Phil S. Baran Phil S. Baran (born August 10, 1977) is a synthetic organic chemist and Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute. The region is bounded in the west by the J ..., and BASF Corporation. In 2014, Baran began a pa ...

(born 1977), American chemist *

Radosław Baran Radosław Baran (born 5 November 1989 in Krotoszyn, Poland) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the repechage by Reza Yazdani. In March 2021, h ...

(born 1989), Polish wrestler *

Robert Baran Robert Baran (born 3 July 1992, in Jarocin) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He reached the quarter-finals in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg, men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finish ...

(born 1992), Polish wrestler * Serhat Baran (born 1974), Kurdish ethno-rock musician *

Stanisław Baran Stanisław Franciszek Baran (26 April 1920 – 12 May 1993) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. He started his career in Resovia Rzeszów, then, sometime in 1938 (at the age of around 18) moved to KS Warszawianka. Regarded as one o ...

(1920–1993), Polish football player *

Witold Baran Witold Stanisław Baran (29 July 1939 – 22 June 2020) was a middle distance runner from Poland. He was born in Chmielów. Set a European mile record of 3 minutes 56.04 sec finishing first at the White City, London on 3 August 1964. H ...

(1939–2020), Polish middle-distance runner *

Zeyno Baran Zeyno Baran (born January 31, 1972) is a Turkish American scholar on issues ranging from US-Turkey relations to Islamist ideology to energy security in Europe and Asia. She was the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior Fellow at ...

(born 1972), Turkish-born American scholar and journalist

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Baran Kosari Baran Kosari (; ; born September 16, 1985) is an Iranian actress. Born to filmmakers Jahangir Kosari and Rakhshan Banietemad, she began her career with acting in the films of her mother. Kosari has received various accolades, including two Cry ...

(born 1985), Iranian actress * Baran Mogultay (born 2004), German football player *

Baran bo Odar Baran bo Odar (born 18 April 1978) is a German film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for co-creating the Netflix series ''Dark'' (2017–2020) and ''1899'' (2022) with his creative and romantic partner, Jantje Friese. His f ...

(born 1978), German film and TV director and screenwriter * Baran Süzer, Turkish businessman * Baran bölükbaşı, Turkish Actor

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Sezgin Baran Korkmaz Sezgin Baran Korkmaz (1977 Digor, Kars) is a Kurdish businessman and chairman of the SBK holding. In June 2021, he was arrested in Austria on request of a court in the United States. Biography According to his own account he was a shoe shiner ...

(born 1977), Turkish businessman

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