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 Alasky * Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.''

Language

Ron language Ron (Run; also known as Challa, Chala) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Re ...

, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria *

Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spellings: Rumanian or Roumanian; autonym: ''limba română'' , or ''românește'', ) is the official and main language of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. As a minority language it is spoken by stable communities in ...

(ISO 639-3 code ron)

People

Mononym

* Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer

Given name

* Ron (given name)

Surname

* Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor * Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist * Emri Ron (born 1936), Israeli politician * Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player *

Jason De Ron Jason De Ron (born 1973) is a musician from Melbourne, Australia, most notable for being the former guitarist for the death/doom band Paramaecium and co founder and guitarist of the avant-garde metal, avant garde/progressive metal band Altera En ...

(born 1973), Australian musician * José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor *

Liat Ron Liat Ron ( he, ליאת רון) is an actress,
dancer and dance instructor born to an

, actress, dancer and dance instructor * * Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician *

Michael Ron Michael Ron ( he, מיכאל רון; born 15 August 1932) is a retired Israeli fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as ...

(born 1932), Israeli fencer *

Michael Røn Michael Alexander Juhl Røn (born 25 July 1984 in Århus) is a Danish-born Norwegian footballer who play for Kråkerøy. He joined Sparta in 2008, having previously played for Fredrikstad FK in the Norwegian Premier League. Before joining Fredri ...

(born 1984), Danish-born Norwegian footballer *

Moshe Ron Moshe Ron (1925 in Warsaw, Poland – 2001 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli materials scientist, specializing in metal hydrides. Biography Moshe Ron (Zilberman) was born in Poland. His family escaped to USSR before World War II. He started his a ...

(1925-2001), Israeli materials scientist * Pan Ron, Cambodian singer and songwriter * Ron Ron or Ronald White, American rapper and director * Yuval Ron, Israeli musician

Places

* Ron, Karnataka, a city in India * Røn, a village in Vestre Slidre, Norway * Ron (river, Vietnam)

Science and technology

* Gyrodyne RON Rotorcycle, mid-1950s US helicopter * Remote online notarization, electronic notarization online * Research Octane Number, a standard measure of the performance of a fuel * Resilient Overlay Network, an Internet application architecture

Other uses

Cyclone Ron Severe Tropical Cyclone Ron was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to impact Tonga. The system was first noted as a tropical depression, to the northeast of Samoa on January 1, 1998. Over the next day the system gradually developed further ...

, a 1998 cyclone in the South Pacific * Rhongomiant, or Ron, King Arthur's lance * Romanian leu (ISO 4217 code: RON), the currency of Romania *" Ron's Piece", a track from the 1986 Jean-Michel Jarre album ''Rendez-Vous'' * Rum, ''ron'' in Spanish * Re-open Nominations, a "none of the above" ballot option * Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya (), a 1940s unit of Russian commando frogmen