Ron (given name)

Ron (Hebrew: רוֹן) is a given name for boys. It is mostly used as a shortening of the name Ronald and Cameron, but is also Hebrew for "joy".

Notable people with this name include:

Ron Atias (born 1995), Israeli taekwondo athlete
Ron Atkinson (born 1939), Football player and manager
Ron Baker (born 1993), American basketball player
Ron Bass (wrestler) (1948–2017), American professional wrestler
Ron Balicki (born 1963), American actor and stuntman
Ron Blomberg (born 1948), American major league baseball player
Ron Bochar, American film sound engineer
Ron Brooks (born 1988), American football player
Ron Bolton (American football) (born 1950), American footballer
Ron Bolton (politician) (fl. 2022), American politician
Ron Browz (born 1982), American record producer and rapper
Ron Bushy (1941–2021), American drummer known for Iron Butterfly
Ron Butlin (born 1949), Scottish poet and novelist
Ron Butlin (ice hockey) (1925–2014), Canadian ice hockey executive
Ron Cannan (born 1961), Canadian politician
Ron Chernow (born 1949), American writer
Ron Clinkscale (1933–2024), American football player
Ron Darmon (born 1992), Israeli Olympic triathlete
Ron Dennis (born 1947), British businessman and motorsport executive
Ron DeSantis (born 1978), governor of Florida
Ron Dundas (1935–1986), Canadian football player
Ron Eldard (active 1989–2018) (born 1965), American actor
Ron Fernandes (1951–2023), American football player
Ron Francis (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
Ron Gardenhire (born 1957), American baseball player and manager
Ron Gillham, American politician
Ron Greenwood (1921–2006), English footballer and manager
Ron Guidry (born 1950), American baseball player and coach
Ron Hackenberger (born 1935 or 1936), American businessman
Ron Hopkins (born 1960), American football player
Ron Horsley (born 1977), American writer and artist
Ron Howard (born 1954), American actor and director
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), American writer and Scientology founder
Ron Jeremy (born 1953), American pornographic actor
Ron Johnson (born 1955), American politician
Ron Jones (sprinter) (1934–2021), British sprinter
Ron Kaplan (born 1970), Israeli Olympic gymnast
Ron Karabatsos (1933–2012), American actor and police detective
Ron Keel (born 1961), American heavy metal singer
Ron Keselowski (born 1946), American NASCAR Cup Series driver
Ron Killings (born 1972), American professional wrestler known under the ring name R-Truth
Ron Kind (born 1963), American politician and lawyer
Ron McClure (born 1941), American jazz bassist
Ron LeFlore (born 1948), American baseball player
Ron Mael (born 1945), American musician and co-founder of the band Sparks
Ron McNair (1950–1986), American astronaut who died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Ron Merk, American independent filmmaker
Ron Mix (born 1938), American All-Pro Hall of Fame football player
Ron Ng (born 1979), Hong Kong actor
Ron Pardo (born 1967), Canadian actor and comedian
Ron Ormond (1910–1981), American filmmaker and showman
Ron Paul (born 1935), American politician
Ron Perlman (born 1950), American actor
Ron Petersen (born 1934), American mycologist
Ron Reeves (born 1938), Australian rules footballer
Ron Reeves (gridiron football) (born 1960), American football player
Ron Reagan (born 1958), American former radio host, political analyst, and son of Ronald Reagan
Ron Rivera (born 1962), American football player and coach
Ron Rivest (born 1947), American cryptographer
Ron Robin (born 1951), Israeli historian and President of the University of Haifa
Ron Rubin (voice actor) (born 1959), Canadian voice actor
Ron Rubin (bridge player) (born 1948), American bridge player
Ron Santo (1940–2010), American baseball player
Ron Sao, Australian politician
Ron Saunders (1932–2019), English footballer and manager
Ron Saunders (politician) (born 1954), American politician
Ron Shumon (born 1955), American football player
Ron Stern (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Ron Torten (born 1966), Israeli Olympic competitive sailor
Ron Underwood (born 1953), American film and television director
Ron Vaudry, Canadian comedian
Ron Vlaar (born 1985), Dutch football (soccer) player
Ron Wagner (born 1961), American comics artist
Ron Waksman, American cardiologist
Ron Walden (1907–1985), Australian rugby union player
Ron Waldron (born 1933), Wales international rugby union player
Ron Walker (businessman) (1939–2018), Australian businessman
Ron Walker (English footballer) (1932–2017), English footballer
Ron Walker (Australian footballer) (1927–2005), Australian rules footballer
Ron Wallace (singer), American singer-songwriter
Ron Waller (1933–2018), American football player and coach
Ron Wallwork (born 1941), British athlete
Ron Walotsky (1943–2002), American artist
Ron Walsh (born 1932), Australian rules footballer
Ron Walters (1938–2010), Author and scholar
Ron Walters (ice hockey) (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
Ron Walters (politician) (born 1950), American politician
Ron Walters (luger) (born 1943), American luger
Ron Walters (make-up artist) (1938–1994), American make-up artist
Ron Waples (born 1944), Canadian harness racer
Ron Ward (ice hockey) (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player
Ron Ward (cricketer) (1905–2000), Australian cricketer
Ron Ward (footballer) (1932–2010), English footballer
Ron Ward (rugby union) (1915–2000), New Zealand rugby union player
Ron Warhurst (born 1942), American sports coach and Purple Heart recipient
Ron Warner (gridiron football) (born 1975), American football player
Ron Warner (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball coach
Ron Warren (1928–2024), Australian rules footballer
Ron Warzeka (1935–2017), American football player
Ron Washington (born 1952), American baseball player, coach, and manager
Ron Wasserman (born 1961), American singer-songwriter
Ron Waterman (born 1965), American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
Ron Watkins (born 1987), American conspiracy theorist and imageboard administrator
Ron Watson (sailor) (born 1937), New Zealand sailor
Ron Watson (rugby league) (1929–2004), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Ron Watson (politician) (born 1966), American politician
Ron Watt (born 1963), Australian rules footballer
Ron Watton (born c. 1932), Canadian football player
Ron Watts (1943–2022), NBA basketball player
Ron Weaver (TV producer) (1937–2013)
Ron Weaver (American football), American fraudster and football player
Ron Weaver (mayor), American attorney and politician
Ron Weber (born 1933), Sports radio announcer
Ron Webster (born 1943), English footballer
Ron Weidberg (born 1953), Israeli composer
Ron Weighell (1950–2020), British short-story writer
Ron Weinberg, American politician
Ron Weiner, American television writer
Ron Weissenhofer (born 1964), American football player
Ron Welch (born 1960), United States Army general
Ron Wells (politician) (1935–2024), Australian politician
Ron Wells (American football) (born 1961), American football player
Ron Welty (born 1971), American drummer
Ron Westerby (1920–1997), New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Ron Weston (born 1948), American politician
Ron Westray (born 1970), American jazz trombonist, composer, and educator
Ron Westrum (born 1945), American sociologist
Ron Wetzel (Australian footballer) (born 1947), Australian rules footballer
Ron Wetzel (American football) (born 1960), American football player
Ron Weyman (1915–2007), British-Canadian film and television director
Ron Wheatley (1924–2003), English footballer
Ron Wheeler (born 1958), American football player
Ron White (born 1956), American comedian
Ron White (actor) (1953–2018), Canadian actor
Ron White (footballer) (1920–1992), Australian rules footballer
Ron Whitehead, American poet
Ron Whitney (born 1942), American hurdler and sprinter
Ron Whittaker (born 1971), American golfer
Ron Whyte (1941–1989), American dramatist
Ron Wicks (1939–2016), Canadian ice hockey official
Ron Widby (1945–2020), American football and basketball player
Ron Wiebe, Canadian politician from Alberta
Ron Wieck (born 1944), American politician
Ron Wigg (1949–1997), English footballer
Ron Wigginton (born 1944), American artist and landscape architect
Ron Wileman (1954–2009), English rugby league player
Ron Wilke (1927–2015), South African sprinter
Ron Willems (born 1966), Dutch footballer
Ron Willett (born 1944), English rugby league footballer
Ron Willey (1929–2004), Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Ron Williams (born 1949), American businessperson
Ron Williams (basketball) (1944–2004), American basketball player
Ron Williams (rugby union) (born 1963), New Zealand rugby union player
Ron Williams (footballer) (1917–1987), Australian rules footballer
Ron Williamson (1953–2004), American baseball player wrongly convicted of murder
Ron Willis (1943–1977), American baseball player
Ron Willis (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
Ron Wilson (ice hockey, born 1955), Canadian-American ice hockey coach
Ron Wilson (ice hockey, born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ron Wilson (newsreader) (born 1952), Australian television/radio presenter
Ron Wilson (artist), American comics artist
Ron Wilson (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2001), Scottish footballer
Ron Wilson (magician) (1926–2010), Scottish-born magician
Ron Wilson (Clear Channel radio host), American talk radio host
Ron Wilson (American politician) (born 1943), American politician, convicted of fraud
Ron Wilson (drummer) (1944–1989), American musician
Ron Wilson (Australian politician) (born 1958), Australian politician
Ron Wilson (Australian footballer) (1915–1984), Australian rules footballer
Ron Wilson (rugby union) (born 1954), Scottish rugby union player
Ron Wilson (CBC radio host) (born 1958), Canadian television journalist
Ron Wilson (footballer, born 1924) (1924–2007), English footballer
Ron Winter (born 1946), American football official
Ron Wise, Australian businessman and entrepreneur
Ron Withell (1916–1998), New Zealand amateur boxer
Ron Withem (1946–2020), American politician
Ron Withnall (1914–1990), Australian politician and lawyer
Ron Witmeyer (born 1967), American baseball player
Ron Wojciak (1943–1966), American baseball player
Ron Wolf (born 1938), American football general manager
Ron Wolfley (born 1962), American football player
Ron Wood (Australian footballer) (1923–1978), Australian rules footballer
Ron Wood (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2012), English footballer
Ron Woodley (1925–2017), Archdeacon of Cleveland
Ron Woodroof (1950–1992), American entrepreneur
Ron Woods (born 1943), American baseball player
Ron Wooten (born 1959), American football player
Ron Workman (born 1939), Australian rugby league footballer
Ron Worley, American politician
Ron Wotus (born 1961), American baseball player and coach
Ron Wright (wrestler) (1938–2015), American professional wrestler
Ron Wright (politician) (1953–2021), American politician
Ron Wright (umpire) (1913–1968), Australian cricket umpire
Ron Wright (baseball) (born 1976), American baseball player
Ron Wright (footballer) (1929–2001), Australian rules footballer
Ron Wyatt (1933–1999), American creationist
Ron Wyden (born 1949), American politician
Ron Wylie (1933–2020), Scottish footballer
Ron Wynn, American music critic
Ron Wynn (footballer) (1923–1983), Welsh footballer

Fictional characters

Ron (King of Fighters), in the video game
Big Ron (EastEnders), in the TV soap opera
Ron Burgundy, in films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective, a manga series
Ron Stoppable, in animated series Kim Possible
Ron Swanson, in the sitcom Parks and Recreation
Ron Troupe, in comic books by DC Comics
Ron Weasley, in Harry Potter

Fictional characters

See also