Ran is a given name and nickname which may refer to:

Given name

* Ran Abukarat (רן אבוקרט‎, born 1988), Israeli retired footballer *

Ran Blake Ran Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an innovative and dark jazz sound. His career spans over 40 rec ...

(born 1935), American pianist, composer and educator *

Ran Cohen Ran Cohen ( he, רן כהן, born 20 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for Meretz. Background Born Said Cohen in Baghdad, Iraq, Cohen was 13 years old when he immigrated to Israel through Iran. He hebraized his first ...

(רן כהן‎, born 1937), Israeli politician *

Ran Dank Ran Dank (born April 3, 1982) is an Israeli classical pianist, who currently lives in New York, NY, USA. Early life Dank started playing the piano at the age of seven with Yaakov Krantz. He went on to work with Liora Peleg at the Givaataim Co ...

(born 1982), Israeli classical pianist *

Ran Hirschl Ran Hirschl (רן הירשל; born 1963) is a political scientist and comparative legal scholar. He is the David R. Cameron Distinguished Professor of Law and Politics at the University of Toronto. Previously, he held the Canada Research Chair in ...

(רן הירשל, born 1963), Canadian political scientist and professor *

Ran Hwang Ran Hwang is a sculptural artist primarily known for her mixed-media work with buttons, beads, pins, and thread. Born in Pusan, South Korea, in 1960 Hwang works and resides in New York and Seoul. She has exhibited internationally in Switzerland, Fr ...

(born 1960), South Korean artist * , Japanese actress and member of the 1970s idol group Candies *

Ran Kadoch Ran Kadoch (or Ran Kadosh, he, רן קדוש; born 4 October 1985) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hapoel Haifa. Career Kadoch has played for clubs in all top three leagues (Ligat Haal, Liga Leumit, Liga A ...

(רן קדוש, born 1985), Israeli football goalkeeper *

Ran Raz Ran Raz ( he, רָן רָז) is a computer scientist who works in the area of computational complexity theory. He was a professor in the faculty of mathematics and computer science at the Weizmann Institute. He is now a professor of computer scie ...

(רָן רָז), Israeli computer scientist * Ran Rol, Israeli footballer * Ran Ronen-Pekker (1936–2016), Israeli Air Force brigadier general and fighter ace *

Sui Ran Sui Ran (), born June 25, 1992) is a Chinese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association. He represents China's national basketball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...

(睢冉, born 1992), Chinese basketball player * , Japanese volleyball player *

Ran Torten Ran Jacob Torten (also "Ram" and "Ron," and "Tortan"; ; December 14, 1966) is an Israeli former Olympic competitive sailor. He was born in Israel, and is Jewish. Sailing career In 1986, Torten and his brother Dan Torten came in sixth in the 470 ...

(רן טורטן, born 1966), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor * Ran Vijay Singh (1932–1971), Indian Navy rear admiral

Nickname

* Ran Carthon (born 1981), American National Football League player *

Ran Danker Ran Danker ( he, רן דנקר; born Khalil Yosef Danker on January 7, 1984) is an Israeli–American actor, singer and model. He starred in hit Israeli series such as '' HaShir Shelanu'' (2004–2007), '' The Gordin Cell'' (2012–2015), ...

(born 1984) Israeli actor, singer and model *

Ran Laurie William George Ranald Mundell Laurie (4 May 1915 – 19 September 1998) was an English physician, Olympic rowing champion and gold medallist. He was the father of actor Hugh Laurie. Early life, education and rowing career Laurie was born in ...

(1915–1998), English physician and Olympic rowing champion, father of actor Hugh Laurie

Fictional characters

Ran Mouri The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shin ...

, a character in the manga and anime series ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its c ...

'' * Ran Ayukawa, a character in the tokusatsu series ''

B-Fighter Kabuto is a Japanese television series in the Metal Hero Series franchise. It is the sequel to ''Juukou B-Fighter'', taking place five years after the preceding B-Fighter series. Kabuto aired from 1996 to 1997. The action footage and props were used fo ...

'' * Ran Uzaki, a character in the tokusatsu series ''

Juken Sentai Gekiranger is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007 on TV Asahi's 2007 ''Super Hero Time'' prog ...

'' * Ran Hanamichi, a character in the anime series ''

Delicious Party Pretty Cure } is a 2022 Japanese magical girl anime television series produced by Toei Animation, billed as the nineteenth installment in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise. It is directed by Toshinori Fukazawa and written by Sawako Hirabayashi, and premiered ...

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