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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, Canadian politician *

David Runciman David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (born 1 March 1967) is an English academic who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University, where he is Professor of Politics. From October 2014 to October 2018 he was also Head ...

, British political scientist *

Ewart Runciman Ewart Henry Runciman (15 July 1907 – 14 December 1981) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1962 to 1974, representing the seat of Murray. Runciman was ...

, Australian politician * Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, British Liberal Party politician * James Runciman, English teacher, author and journalist * John Runciman, Scottish painter *

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

, English organist, choir director and musicologist * Ruth Runciman, former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission * Ryan Runciman, New Zealand actor *

Steven Runciman Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman ( – ), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume '' A History of the Crusades'' (1951–54). He was a strong admirer of the Byzantine Empire. His history's negativ ...

, 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. He was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a member o ...

, 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 Party (UK), Liberal and later National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 193 ...

, 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 193410 December 2020), usually known informally as Garry Runciman, was a British historical sociologist. A senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge Runcima ...

, 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. The award is named in honour of the late Sir Steven Runciman and is currently ...

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

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

Runciman Mission The Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia was a British Government initiative 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 minister Lord Runciman ...

, the diplomatic mission preceding the report * Runciman Report, British 2000 police inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 * Runciman Rock, a rock part of the Argentine Islands * Runciman's Disease, a fictional viral disease in the novel ''

The War in 2020 ''The War in 2020'' is a 1991 war-adventure novel written by Ralph Peters. Taking place in a future dystopia, the novel's plot is spread over 15 years and mostly features the United States' efforts to defend the Soviet Union against an allian ...

'' by Ralph Peters {{disambiguation, surname