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Ron MacLean
Ron MacLean (born 1960), Canadian sportscaster; host of Hockey Night in Canada 1986-2014 and since 2016, Coach's Corner foil to Don Cherry, ten Gemini Awards, Hometown Hockey host.
Ron Mael
Ron Mael, born 1948, is the keyboardist, songwriter, and visual face of art-pop duo Sparks, formed with brother Russell; wrote This Town Ain't Big Enough and Annette.
Ron Mariano
Ron Mariano is an American Democratic politician who represents Quincy and serves as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, one of the state's most powerful offices.
Ron Masak
Ron Masak (1936–2022), American character actor, played Sheriff Mort Metzger in 41 episodes of Murder, She Wrote from 1988, and was nicknamed the King of Commercials for his advertising work, including 15 years as the Vlasic Pickle stork voice.
Ron McCallum
Ron McCallum AO, born 1948, is an Australian labor law academic at the University of Sydney and the first totally blind full professor in Australia or New Zealand.
Ron McGovney
Ron McGovney (Ronald J. McGovney, born 1962) is an American musician, original bassist of Metallica in 1982, bassist on the No Life 'til Leather demo, later of Phantasm, replaced by Cliff Burton.
Ron McKay
Ron McKay, also known as Ronald D. G. McKay, is a stem cell neurobiologist who was Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at NINDS from 1993.
Ron Mercer
Ron Mercer (Ronald Eugene Mercer), Nashville-born NBA shooting guard/small forward, 1997 draft 6th pick by Boston. Kentucky 1996 NCAA champion, All-American, 8-season NBA career, 13.6 ppg.
Ron Milo
Ron Milo is an Israeli systems biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science known for the BioNumbers database, the global biomass census, and CO₂-growing E. coli.
Ron Mittler
Ron Mittler, a distinguished plant biologist and professor at the University of Missouri, is recognized for his work on abiotic stress combination and reactive oxygen species signaling.
Ron Moody
Ron Moody (Ronald Moodnick, 1924–2015), British actor who originated Fagin in the 1960 West End Oliver! and its 1968 film, earning an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe; also The Twelve Chairs and Broadway revivals.
Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck (born 1958, Melbourne) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor based in London, known for Dead Dad in Sensation 1997, the monumental Boy at the 2001 Venice Biennale, and lifelike human figures in distorted scales made of silicone, resin, and acrylic.
Ron Muzzall
Ron Muzzall is an American Republican politician serving in the Washington State Senate from the 10th district, which includes Whidbey Island, where he is a fourth-generation farmer.
Ron Naaman
Ron Naaman is an Israeli physical chemist and professor emeritus at the Weizmann Institute of Science, known for discovering the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect in chiral molecules.
Ron Nirenberg
Ron Nirenberg served as mayor of San Antonio, Texas, June 21, 2017 to June 18, 2025, four terms, longest-serving since Cisneros; former District 8 councilman, housing and climate initiatives, later running for Bexar County judge.
Ron O. Dror
Ron O. Dror is a computational biologist and computer scientist, the Cheriton Family Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University since 2014, known for molecular dynamics simulations of G protein-coupled receptors.
Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal (1937-2004), American stage-trained actor, director, and screenwriter, best known as Youngblood Priest in Super Fly (1972); the hit typecast him, and later work included Super Fly T.N.T., Red Dawn, and Original Gangstas.
Ron Palillo
Ron Palillo (Ronald Gabriel Paolillo, 1949–2012), American actor best known as Arnold Horshack on ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79); later stage actor, playwright of The Lost Boy, voice actor, and G-Star School acting teacher.
Ron Paul
Ron Paul (born 1935) is a retired Texas physician and Republican congressman (1976–77, 1979–85, 1997–2013), 1988 Libertarian presidential nominee, and 2008/2012 GOP presidential candidate known for opposing the Federal Reserve.
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman (born 1950) is an American actor known for Vincent in Beauty and the Beast, Hellboy in Guillermo del Toro's films, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, and narrating the Fallout games.
Ron Popeil
Ron Popeil (Ronald M. Popeil) was an American inventor and salesman who founded Ronco in 1964 and sold gadgets like the Veg-O-Matic and Showtime Rotisserie on TV for 50 years.
Ron R. Kopito
Ron R. Kopito is an American cell biologist and Stanford professor known for work on protein quality control and for introducing the concept of the aggresome.
Ron Rawson
Ron Rawson (Ronald Rawson, 1892-1952), British amateur heavyweight boxer, 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold medalist, ABA champion 1920 and 1921, career record 28-0 with 27 knockouts, Royal Engineers captain with Military Cross and two bars.
Ron Reagan
Ron Reagan (Ronald Prescott Reagan, born 1958) is an American journalist and host, son of President Ronald Reagan; former Joffrey dancer, 1991 syndicated TV talk show host, Air America radio host 2008-2010, outspoken atheist.
Ron Reynolds (Texas politician)
Ron Reynolds is an American Democratic politician and attorney who has represented District 27 in the Texas House of Representatives since 2011, previously serving as an associate municipal judge in Houston.
Ron Rifkin
Ron Rifkin (Saul M. Rifkin, born October 31, 1938 or 1939, New York) is an American character actor, Tony winner for Cabaret (1998), known as Arvin Sloane on Alias and Saul Holden on Brothers & Sisters.
Ron Rivera
Ron Rivera, NFL linebacker (1985 Bears) and head coach of the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders (2011-2023), 102-103-2, two-time Coach of the Year, 'Riverboat Ron', now Cal football general manager.
Ron Rivest
Ron Rivest, born 1947 in Schenectady, New York, is an American computer scientist at MIT who co-invented the RSA cryptosystem, winning the 2002 Turing Award.
Ron Rohrer
Ron Rohrer, also known as Ronald A. Rohrer, is an American electrical engineer who pioneered circuit simulation and electronic design automation, creating the CANCER program that led to SPICE.
Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, born 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, with 17 albums since 1995, three Juno Awards, and admirers including Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello.