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Ron Baker (basketball)
Ron Baker (Ronald Delaine Baker, born 1993) is an American former NBA shooting guard from Kansas, a Wichita State walk-on turned 2013 Final Four starter who played 96 NBA games for the Knicks and Wizards.
Ron Bontemps
Ron Bontemps (Ronald Yngve Bontemps, 1926-2017), American basketball player, 1952 Olympic gold medalist and Peoria Caterpillars AAU star; drafted by Tri-Cities Blackhawks but never played pro, working 38 years at Caterpillar.
Ron Boschma
Ron Boschma is a Dutch geographer and professor of Regional Economics at Utrecht University, a founder of evolutionary economic geography and winner of the 2024 Vautrin Lud prize.
Ron Brown
Ron Brown (Ronald James Brown, born 1961, Los Angeles) is an American sprinter and NFL player: 1984 Olympic 4x100m relay gold in world record 37.83, fourth in the 100m, then Rams and Raiders kick returner.
Ron Canada
Ron Canada (Ronald Ellis Canada, born 1949, New York City) is an American character actor with 40-plus years in film, TV, and theater, formerly an Emmy-winning Washington, D.C. broadcast journalist, known for Lone Star, The Shield, and Network.
Ron Carey (actor)
Ron Carey (Ronald Joseph Cicenia, 1935-2007), American comic actor known as Officer Carl Levitt on ABC's Barney Miller (1976-1982) and as a Mel Brooks stock-company regular in Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and History of the World: Part I; distinct from other actors named Ron Carey.
Ron Carter
Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist and cellist, bassist of Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet (1963-1968) and Guinness-certified most recorded jazz bassist (2,221 recordings in 2015), an NEA Jazz Master and active bandleader.
Ron Cephas Jones
Ron Cephas Jones (1957-2023) was an American stage, film and television actor who played William Hill on This Is Us, winning two Emmys (2018, 2020) among four nominations, and earned a Tony nomination for Clyde's.
Ron Chernow
Ron Chernow is an American biographer and historian, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, known for critically honored works like Alexander Hamilton and The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Clark
Ron Clark (born 1953) is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Texas appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
Ron Clark (teacher)
Ron Clark, American educator from North Carolina, Disney Teacher of the Year, author of The Essential 55, and founder of Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy, a demonstration middle school whose House System and RCA Experience training reach hundreds of thousands of educators.
Ron Clarke
Ron Clarke (1937-2015), Australian distance runner, set 17 official world records from two miles to the one-hour run, first under 28:00 for 10,000m, won Tokyo 1964 bronze, later Gold Coast mayor.
Ron Clements
Ron Clements (born 1953, Sioux City, Iowa) is an American Disney animator, director, and screenwriter who, with John Musker, co-directed The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, and Moana.
Ron Conway (SV Angel)
Ronald Conway is an American angel investor and venture capitalist in San Francisco, founder and Managing Partner of SV Angel, known for early investments in Google, PayPal, Twitter, and Airbnb.
Ron Cook
Ron Cook (Ronald Graham Cook, born 1948) is an English character actor active since the 1970s in film, television, and theatre. Known for Hot Fuzz, Chocolat, Thunderbirds, Secrets & Lies, Donmar Shakespeare roles, and two Olivier Award nominations.
Ron Copeland
Ronald Wayne Copeland was an American hurdler who won the 1966 NCAA 120-yard high hurdles title for UCLA and later played briefly for the Chicago Bears.
Ron Cyrus
Ron Cyrus, born Ronald Ray Cyrus, was a Kentucky Democratic legislator for 20 years, an AFL-CIO official, and the father of Billy Ray Cyrus and grandfather of Miley Cyrus.
Ron Darling
Ron Darling (Ronald Maurice Darling, born 1960) is a former MLB right-handed pitcher, Yale star and 1986 World Series-winning Mets No. 2 starter, now an Emmy-winning Mets broadcaster.
Ron Dayne
Ron Dayne, born 1978, Wisconsin Badgers running back, 1999 Heisman winner and NCAA career rushing record holder (6,397/7,125 yards); drafted 11th overall by the Giants in 2000 and played seven NFL seasons.
Ron Dellums
Ron Dellums, California congressman (1971–1998) and Oakland mayor (2007–2011), antiwar activist, first African-American chair of House Armed Services, leader of anti-apartheid sanctions.
Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis is a British entrepreneur who took over McLaren in 1980, won 17 of its 20 titles, and sold his 25% stake in 2017 for £275m.
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis (born 1978) is the 46th governor of Florida since 2019, a former U.S. representative (2013–2018), Navy JAG veteran, and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, term-limited through January 2027.
Ron Do
Ron Do is a Canadian-trained computational geneticist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, known for the ISCAD coronary artery disease score and the MR-PRESSO method.
Ron Eglash
Ron Eglash is an American mathematician who founded ethnocomputing, wrote African Fractals (1999) on fractal geometry in African design, and created school software with NSF funding.
Ron Eldard
Ron Eldard (Ronald Jason Eldard), American actor born 1965 in New York, former Golden Gloves boxer; known for ER's Shep, Sleepers, Black Hawk Down, Super 8, and Broadway roles in On the Waterfront, Death of a Salesman, and Doubt.
Ron Eller
Ron Eller is an American politician and retired U.S. Army Captain who is the Republican nominee for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District in 2026, facing incumbent Bennie Thompson.
Ron Ely
Ron Ely (1938–2024), American actor, star of NBC's Tarzan (1966–68, 57 episodes) and Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); also hosted Miss America 1979–81 and wrote two Jake Sands mystery novels.
Ron Estes
Ron Estes (born 1956) is an American Republican politician who has represented Kansas's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2017, after serving as Kansas State Treasurer.
Ron Ferguson
Ron Ferguson is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 96th district, and is serving his third term.
Ron Filipkowski
Ron Filipkowski is an American attorney, former Marine, and former state and federal prosecutor who became a political commentator as editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch.com after leaving the Republican Party in 2020.