Runciman can refer to:

People

Alexander Runciman Alexander Runciman (15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785) was a Scottish people, Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter. Life He was born in Edinburgh, and studied at ...

, Scottish painter *

Bob Runciman Robert William "Bob" Runciman (born August 10, 1942) is a Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuousl ...

, Canadian politician *

David Runciman David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford (born 1 March 1967), is an English academic and podcaster who until 2024 taught politics and history at the University of Cambridge, where he was Professor of Politics. From October 2014 t ...

, British political scientist * Ewart Runciman, Australian politician * Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, British Liberal Party politician * James Runciman, English teacher, author and journalist *

John Runciman John Runciman (1744 – 1768 or 1769) was a Scottish painter known for Biblical and literary scenes. His works include ''Flight into Egypt'' and ''King Lear in the Storm'', both in the National Gallery of Scotland. Life Born in Edinburgh, Runci ...

, Scottish painter *

Richard Runciman Terry Sir Richard Runciman Terry (3 January 1864 – 18 April 1938) was an English organist, choir director, composer and musicologist. He is noted for his pioneering revival of Tudor liturgical music. Early years Richard Terry was born in 1864 in ...

, English organist, choir director and musicologist *

Ruth Runciman Ruth Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (née Hellman; born 9 January 1936), known as Dame Ruth Runciman, is a former Chair of the British Mental Health Act Commission. Early life Hellman was educated at Roedean School, Johannesburg, and ...

, former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission *

Ryan Runciman Ryan Runciman (born 22 November 1982) is a New Zealand voice and television actor. Although best known for his role in the long-running teen drama science fiction series '' The Tribe'', he has appeared on other children's television series incl ...

, New Zealand actor *

Steven Runciman Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume '' A History of the Crusades'' (1951–54). His works had a profound impact on the popula ...

, British medieval historian *

Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (6 July 1847 – 13 August 1937), was an English and Scottish shipping magnate. He was born in the Scottish town of Dunbar. Runciman was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a m ...

, shipping magnate, Liberal MP, and peer *

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949), was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was key to th ...

, Liberal and later National Liberal MP and government minister * Walter Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford *(Walter)

Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (10 November 1934 – 10 December 2020), usually known informally as Garry Runciman, was a British historical sociologist and hereditary peer. A senior research fellow at Trinity Coll ...

, British historical sociologist

Other

Runciman Award The Runciman Award is an annual literary award offered by the Anglo-Hellenic League for a work published in English dealing wholly or in part with Greece or Hellenism. On some years the prize has been awarded jointly and shared between two or mo ...

, annual literary award for works dealing with Greece or Hellenism *

Runciman, New Zealand Drury is a rural town near Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Located 36 kilometres to the south of Auckland CBD, under authority of the Auckland Council. Drury lies at the southern border of the Auckland metropolitan area, 12 kilometres to th ...

is a rural area in Auckland Region, New Zealand **

Runciman railway station Runciman railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand, serving an area which had been sold by James Runciman in 1864, with plots near the proposed railway gaining higher prices. The Auckland and Drury Railway ...

, situated on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand, used 1874–1918 *

Runciman Report The Runciman Report
was published by in 2000 by the UK policing think tank the

, a series of letters concerning the Munich Agreement of 1938 **

Runciman Mission The Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia was an initiative of the British government that was aimed at resolving an international crisis threatening to lead to war in Europe in the summer of 1938. The Mission, headed by a former British cabinet mini ...

, the diplomatic mission preceding the report *

Runciman Report The Runciman Report
was published by in 2000 by the UK policing think tank the

, British 2000 police inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 *

Runciman Rock Skua Island () is a roughly triangular island long, lying between Black Island to the southwest and Winter Island and Galindez Island to the north and northeast, in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Location The Argentine Islands ...

, a rock part of the Argentine Islands * Runciman's Disease, a fictional viral disease in the novel '' The War in 2020'' by Ralph Peters {{disambiguation, surname