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Ramkhamhaeng

Ramkhamhaeng (พ่อขุนรามคำแหง) was the third king of the Sukhothai dynasty in what is now Thailand, remembered as the first Thai king called "the Great" and credited with the Thai alphabet.

Ramkhamhaeng Inscription

The Ramkhamhaeng Inscription, formally Sukhothai Inscription No. 1, is a four-sided stone stele from Sukhothai, Thailand, traditionally dated to 1292 and considered the earliest example of Thai script.

Ramki

Ramki (ராம்கி), stage name of Ramakrishnan (born 1962, Sattur, Tamil Nadu), Indian actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema; debuted in Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (1987), lead in Senthoora Poove, Maruthu Pandi, Athma; married Nirosha; distinct from filmmaker Ram.

Ramki Gaddipati

Ramki Gaddipati is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded the banking-software company Zeta with Bhavin Turakhia in 2015 and serves as its global chief technology officer.

Ramkinkar Baij

Ramkinkar Baij (রামকিঙ্কর বেইজ; 1906–1980) was an Indian sculptor and painter at Santiniketan, regarded as the father of modern Indian sculpture, known for cement works like Santhal Family and Mill Call.

Ramkumar Ganesan (ராம்குமார் கணேசன்)

Ramkumar Ganesan (ராம்குமார் கணேசன்), eldest son of Tamil star Sivaji Ganesan and brother of Prabhu, is a Tamil film producer and actor who heads Sivaji Productions, producing Chandramukhi (2005) and Asal (2010), and acting in I, LKG, and other films.

Ramleh (band)

Ramleh is a British experimental band formed by Gary Mundy in Croydon, London, in 1982, moving from power electronics into psychedelic noise rock while remaining active in both forms.

Ramlila

Ramlila, literally "Rama's play," is a traditional performance of the Ramayana staged across northern India each autumn during Dussehra, most often over ten to twelve days.

Rammed aggregate pier

A rammed aggregate pier is a ground improvement column of compacted crushed aggregate, developed in the United States in 1984 to reinforce weak foundation soils.

Rammed earth

Rammed earth, also known as pisé or pisé de terre, is a building technique in which damp soil is compacted in layers to form load-bearing walls.

Rammersweier

Rammersweier, a wine-growing district of Offenburg, Germany, incorporated 1971, first recorded 1242 as Romeswilre; site of a small Flavian Roman fort and 11.5 x 4.3 m fort bath on the Kinzigtal road, discovered 1993.

Rammstein

Rammstein is a German industrial metal band that formed in Berlin in 1994. The group is known for its Neue Deutsche Härte style and over 20 million records sold worldwide.

Rammstein discography

Rammstein discography: eight studio albums (Herzeleid 1995 to Zeit 2022) by the German Neue Deutsche Härte band, plus live albums, compilations, the XXXIII singles box, and Live in Mexico City (2026).

Ramnagar, Alampur Kot Mound

Ramnagar, Alampur Kot Mound: an ASI-protected Ancient Site (N-UP-A95) at Alampur Kot village, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, forming the northern part of ancient Ahichhatra's walled city near Ramnagar, Aonla.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Sarwan, born 1980, is a Guyanese former cricketer who batted for the West Indies from 2000 to 2013, playing 87 Tests.

Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards

The Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards are national journalism awards for India, created by The Indian Express Group during founder Ramnath Goenka's centenary celebrations.

Ramnik J. Xavier

Ramnik J. Xavier is a gastroenterologist and molecular biologist at the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School who studies the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease.

Ramoji Film City

Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, Telangana: the world's largest film studio complex per Guinness World Records (674 ha/1,666 acres), opened 1996 by Ramoji Rao; 47-50+ sound stages, 300+ sets, about 1.5 million annual visitors.

Ramoji Group

The Ramoji Group is a Hyderabad-headquartered Indian conglomerate founded by Cherukuri Ramoji Rao in 1962, whose businesses include the Eenadu newspaper, the ETV network, and Ramoji Film City.

Ramoji Rao (చేరుకూరి రామోజీ రావు)

Cherukuri Ramoji Rao (చేరుకూరి రామోజీ రావు), 1936–2024, Indian media baron; founder of Eenadu, ETV Network, Margadarsi Chit Fund, Usha Kiran Movies, and Ramoji Film City, the Guinness-recognized world's largest film studio complex; Padma Vibhushan 2016.

Ramón Areces

Ramón Areces (1904–1989) was a Spanish businessman who founded the department store group El Corte Inglés in Madrid in 1940 and led it as president until his death.

Ramón Arellano Félix

Ramón Eduardo Arellano Félix (1964–2002), Mexican trafficker, enforcer of the Arellano-Félix Organization (Tijuana Cartel); FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive #451 in 1997; killed in a February 2002 Mazatlán shootout, identity confirmed by DNA testing.

Ramón Barros Luco

Ramón Barros Luco was a Chilean lawyer and Liberal politician who served as President of Chile from 1910 to 1915 after nearly fifty years in public life.

Ramón Bataller

Ramón Bataller is a Spanish hepatologist known for work on liver fibrosis and alcohol-associated liver disease, leading the Steatohepatitis and liver transplantation group at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Ramón Cáceres

Ramón Cáceres, known as Mon Cáceres, was a Dominican lawyer and politician who served as president of the Dominican Republic from 1905 until his assassination in 1911.

Ramon Cardenas

Ramon Cardenas, nicknamed "Dinamita", is an American professional boxer from San Antonio, Texas, who competes at super bantamweight and knocked Naoya Inoue down in their 2025 title fight.

Ramón Castilla

Ramón Castilla was a Peruvian military commander and politician who served as President of Peru from 1845 to 1851 and from 1855 to 1862, using guano revenue to build the republic.

Ramon Dekkers

Ramon Dekkers, "The Diamond" (1969-2013), Dutch Muay Thai and kickboxing champion from Breda; eight-time world champion, first foreign Thai Boxer of the Year, famous for the Coban rivalry and Dutch low-kick style.

Ramón del Valle-Inclán

Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and dramatist of the Generation of '98, best known for creating the esperpento, a grotesque mode of deforming reality.

Ramon Dino

Ramon Dino, professionally known as Ramon Rocha Queiroz, is a Brazilian bodybuilder who is the first man from Brazil to win the Mr. Olympia title.