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Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef (born 1991) is an Egyptian-American comedian, actor, writer, and director, creator and star of Hulu's Ramy, 2020 Golden Globe winner, co-creator of Mo, and actor in Poor Things and Mountainhead.

Ramya (actress)

Ramya, born Divya Spandana (1982), Kannada film actress, producer, and former Congress MP from Mandya; debut Abhi (2003), last film Nagarahavu (2016), now runs AppleBox Studios.

Ramya Krishnan (ரம்யா கிருஷ்ணன்)

Ramya Krishnan (ரம்யா கிருஷ்ணன்), born 1970 in Chennai, is an Indian actress with over 260 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi, known for Neelambari in Padayappa and Sivagami in Baahubali.

Ramya NSK

Ramya NSK (ரம்யா), born 1987, is an Indian playback singer in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films, granddaughter of comedian N. S. Krishnan. Known for "Sattru Munbu" from Neethaane En Ponvasantham, a 2013 Vijay Award, and Bigg Boss Tamil season 2.

Ramya Pandian (ரம்யா பாண்டியன்)

Ramya Pandian (ரம்யா பாண்டியன்), born 1990 in Tirunelveli, is a Tamil film actress known for Joker (2016), Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, Cooku with Comali, and Bigg Boss Tamil 4.

Ramyaa

Ramyaa (राम्या) is a 2026 Hindi crime drama directed by Santosh Parab, starring Janmmejaya, Sayaji Shinde, and Ashok Samarth; released 13 March 2026, CBFC UA 16+, 110 minutes, a vigilante revenge story.

Ramzan Kadyrov (Рамзан Ахматович Кадыров)

Ramzan Kadyrov (Рамзан Ахматович Кадыров), born 1976, heads the Chechen Republic since 2007 under a personal loyalty pact with Putin, ruling with unmatched autonomy, federal subsidies, and family-centered rule.

Ramzi bin al-Shibh

Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni-born Hamburg cell member and key coordinator of the 9/11 plot, failed to get a U.S. visa, was captured in Karachi, and was ruled unfit for trial at Guantanamo in 2023 after CIA-custody abuse left him psychotic.

Ramzi S. Cotran

Ramzi S. Cotran (1932–2000) was an American pathologist at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital who coined "endothelial activation" and led Robbins' pathology textbook.

Ramzi Yousef

Ramzi Yousef, also known as Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, is a convicted terrorist who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, killing six, and is serving life plus 240 years.

Rán

Rán (Old Norse Rán), Norse sea jötunn, wife of Ægir, catches drowned sailors in her net; mother of nine wave-daughters; her name means robbery or plunder.

Ran (乱) (film)

Ran (乱, 'chaos') is Akira Kurosawa's 1985 France–Japan epic transposing King Lear to Sengoku Japan, starring Tatsuya Nakadai; his most expensive Japanese film, with Takemitsu's score, painted storyboards, and a 2015 4K restoration.

Ran Bahadur

Ran Bahadur, also known as Rana Bahadur Shah, was king of Nepal from 1777 until he abdicated in 1799 in favor of his infant son, and was assassinated in 1806.

Ran Colles

Ran Colles is a 400-km-wide field of small hills (colles) on Venus at 1.0°N, 163.0°E in the Rusalka Planitia quadrangle, named in 2003 for the Scandinavian sea goddess Rán and mapped as a shield field.

Ran D. Balicer

Ran D. Balicer, also known as Ran Balicer, is an Israeli physician and epidemiologist, Chief Innovation Officer of Clalit Health Services, known for 2021 nationwide COVID-19 vaccine studies.

Ran Geng

Ran Geng (冉耕), courtesy name Boniu, was a disciple of Confucius, counted among the ten wise disciples and remembered for Confucius mourning his fatal illness through his window.

Ran GTPase

Ran GTPase (Ras-related nuclear protein, TC4), a ~24 kDa Ras-superfamily small GTPase, drives directional nucleocytoplasmic transport via a nuclear RanGTP gradient made by RCC1 and RanGAP, and coordinates mitotic spindle and nuclear envelope assembly.

Ran Gvili

Ran (Rani) Gvili (רן גואילי), an Israel Police Yasam special patrol officer from Meitar, was killed defending Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, 2023, and his body, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza, was recovered on January 26, 2026, after 843 days and identified through forensic dentistry in Operation Brave Heart.

Ran Halutz

Ran Halutz is an Israeli semiconductor executive who co-founded Habana Labs in 2016, serving as VP of research and development until Intel bought the AI chipmaker in 2019.

Ran Ito

Ran Ito (伊藤蘭), born 1955 in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer and actress who debuted in 1973 with the idol trio Candies and returned to solo singing in 2019.

Ran Laurie

Ran Laurie (William George Ranald Mundell Laurie, 1915-1998): British oarsman and physician, stroke of three winning Cambridge Boat Races, and 1948 Olympic coxless pair gold medallist with Jack Wilson (not Beresford); father of Hugh Laurie.

Ran Min

Ran Min (冉闵) was a Later Zhao general who killed the ruler Shi Jian and founded the short-lived state of Wei, ruling from 350 to 352.

Ran Poliakine

Ran Poliakine (רן פוליאקין) was an Israeli serial entrepreneur who founded Powermat Technologies and Nano-X Imaging, which he took public in 2020; he died in 2024 at 56.

Ran Qiu

Ran Qiu (冉求), also known as Ran You, was a disciple of Confucius who served as steward to the Ji clan in the state of Lu.

Ran Takahashi (高橋藍)

Ran Takahashi (髙橋藍), born 2001, Japanese volleyball outside hitter, 188 cm, for Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and Japan's national team; 7th at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, ex-Padova and Monza in Italy.

Ran to Atlanta

"Ran to Atlanta" is a 2026 hip-hop song by Drake featuring Future and Molly Santana, released May 15, 2026 as the fifth track on Iceman (OVO/Republic). The Drake-Future reunion answers Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Atlanta diss; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on US Apple Music.

Ran Zuyong

Ran Zuyong (冉祖雍) was a Tang dynasty official and informant for Wu Sansi, one of the "five dogs," who lodged false treason charges against the Prince of Xiang.

Rana Abdel Latif (رنا عبد اللطيف)

Rana Abdel Latif (رنا عبد اللطيف) is a venture capital investor and partner at Speedinvest, where she leads fintech investments in emerging markets and co-leads its Middle East and Africa fund.

Rana Ayyub

Rana Ayyub is an Indian investigative journalist and Washington Post global opinions writer, author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover-Up, known for undercover reporting on the 2002 Gujarat riots and for facing harassment, legal cases, and UN interventions.

Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati (Ramanaidu Daggubati, born 1984), Telugu actor-producer of the Daggubati film family; played Bhallaladeva in Baahubali, debuted with Leader (2010), runs Spirit Media and Suresh Productions ventures.