Ruan may refer to:

Buildings

Ruan Center The Ruan Center is a high-rise office building located at 666 Grand Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, which was built by Ruan Transportation. The building was completed in 1975 and stands at a height of , and was the tallest building in Iowa until the ...

, office building in Des Moines, Iowa *

John Ruan House The John Ruan House is a historical mansion located in Frankford, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1796 for John Ruan, a Pennsylvanian physician and community leader. History In 1794, Dr. John Ruan ...

, historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Places

Ruan, County Clare Ruan () is a village and civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of Dysart and Ruan. Location Ruan is near the Burren and between Corofin, County Clare, Corofin, Crusheen and Ennis. Ennis is the nearest major town ...

, Ireland, a village and civil parish *

Ruan, Loiret Ruan () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following ...

, France, a small commune *

Mont Ruan Mont Ruan (or ''Grand Mont Ruan'') is a mountain in the Chablais Alps, overlooking the lake of Emosson in the Swiss canton of Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ca ...

, Switzerland, a mountain *Ruan Major and Ruan Minor, two settlements in Cornwall, UK, forming part of the civil parish of

Grade–Ruan Grade–Ruan is a civil parish on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately south of Falmouth. It is a rural parish bounded to the east by St Keverne parish and by the sea; to the west by Mullion and Cury pari ...

Ruan Lanihorne Ruan Lanihorne is a civil parish and village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately four miles (6.5 km) east-southeast of Truro between the River Fal and its tributary the Ruan River.Ordnance Surv ...

, a civil parish and village in south Cornwall, England *

St Ruan St Ruan is a hamlet in the civil parish of Grade-Ruan, west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Hamlets in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ...

, a hamlet in Cornwall, England

People

Ruan Botha Ruan Botha (born 10 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player. He plays as a lock for Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League. He made his provincial debut on 31 March 2012 as the Golden Lions thrashed the Griffons 71–25 in Johan ...

(born 1992), a South African rugby union player *

Ruan Renato Ruan Renato Bonifácio Augusto (born 14 January 1994), known as Ruan Renato, is a Brazilian football player who plays as a defender for Zira. Club career Renato made his Campeonato Gaúcho debut for Juventude on 3 February 2016 in a game ag ...

(born 1994), Brazilian football player *

Ruan (footballer, born 1995) Ruan Gregório Teixeira (born 29 May 1995), known simply as Ruan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Atlético Goianiense. Career On 16 January 2019, Ruan joined Major League Soccer club Orlando City on a one- ...

, Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Gregório Teixeira'' *

Ruan (footballer, born 1998) Ruan Vinicius Silva de Jesus (born 21 October 1998), commonly known as Ruan, is a Brazilian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associ ...

, Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Vinicius Silva de Jesus'' * Ruan (footballer, born 2005), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Pereira Duarte'' *

Ruan Pienaar Ruan Pienaar (born 10 March 1984) is a retired South African professional rugby union player who played either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half for the in the Currie Cup. Pienaar is the son of former Springbok fullback Gysie Pienaar. Ru ...

(born 1984), a South African professional rugby union player *

Ruan (surname) Ruan ( zh, c=阮, p=Ruǎn, w=''Juan'', ) is a Chinese surname. The Taiwanese Hokkien version or is transcribed Oán and Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese language, Cantonese version is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Y ...

Other uses

Ruan (instrument) The ''ruan'' () is a Traditional Chinese musical instruments, traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its four strings were formerly made of silk but since the 20th cen ...

, a family of Chinese stringed instruments {{disambig