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Ryan Villopoto
Ryan Villopoto (RV2), American motocross and supercross racer from Washington State; four straight AMA 450SX titles 2011-2014 with Kawasaki, 41 450SX wins, three 250MX titles; retired 2015 after MXGP crash in Trentino, Italy.
Ryan W. Ferguson
Ryan W. Ferguson, Missouri man wrongfully convicted in 2005 of the 2001 murder of Columbia Daily Tribune editor Kent Heitholt; exonerated November 2013 after witness recantations, later won $11 million federal judgment and $44 million insurance award.
Ryan Waldschmidt
Ryan Waldschmidt (born 2002, Sarasota, FL) is an Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder, the 31st overall 2024 PPI draft pick from Kentucky, D-backs 2025 Minor League Player of the Year, MLB debut May 8, 2026.
Ryan Ward (baseball)
Ryan Joseph Ward (born 1998) is an American left fielder, 2019 Dodgers 8th-round pick from Bryant, 2025 PCL MVP who led the minors with 36 home runs, debuted for Los Angeles April 19, 2026, and was released that September.
Ryan Warsofsky
Ryan Warsofsky (born 1987), American ice hockey coach; head coach of the NHL's San Jose Sharks since June 13, 2024, youngest active NHL head coach; two-time Calder Cup winner (Chicago Wolves 2022, Charlotte Checkers 2019 as assistant) and 2025 IIHF gold medalist with Team USA.
Ryan Watts (biotechnology executive)
Ryan J. Watts is a biotechnology executive and former Genentech neuroscience director who co-founded Denali Therapeutics in 2015 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
Ryan White
Ryan White (1971–1990) was an Indiana teenager with hemophilia who contracted AIDS from contaminated Factor VIII treatment, was barred from school in Kokomo, and became the namesake of the Ryan White CARE Act, the largest federal HIV care program.
Ryan Wingo
Ryan Wingo, Texas Longhorns wide receiver, five-star 2024 recruit from St. Louis University HS; led Texas with 54 catches for 834 yards in 2025; 2027 NFL Draft prospect.
Ryan Wollaeger
Ryan Wollaeger is a computational astrophysicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who models kilonovae, the radioactively powered light of neutron star mergers, and received the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award.
Ryan X-13 Vertijet
The Ryan X-13 Vertijet, also known simply as the Vertijet, was an experimental tail-sitting VTOL jet built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown by the US Air Force from 1955 to 1957.
Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn (born 1998, Topeka, Kansas) is an American MLB relief pitcher, a 2019 third-round Red Sox draft pick from Kansas who debuted with the Angels in 2024 and was traded to the Chicago Cubs on August 3, 2026.
Ryan Zimmerman
Ryan Zimmerman, "Mr. National," first draft pick in Washington Nationals history (2005, 4th overall), 16-season third/first baseman, franchise leader in HR (284), hits (1,846), RBI (1,061), 2019 World Series champion, retired 2022.
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke, born 1961, is an American politician and former Navy SEAL representing Montana in the U.S. House and serving as Interior Secretary from 2017 to 2018.
Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter is David Lean's 1970 MGM romantic drama, scripted by Robert Bolt and loosely based on Madame Bovary, about an Irishwoman's affair with a British officer in 1916; filmed in Kerry, it was panned, won two Oscars, and drove Lean into a 14-year hiatus.
Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope, ABC daytime soap opera (July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989) created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, about the Irish-American Ryan family and their Manhattan bar; 17 Daytime Emmys, starring Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow.
Ryan's World
Ryan's World (formerly Ryan ToysReview) is Ryan Kaji's children's YouTube channel and media brand, launched in 2015, spanning toys, TV, games, and a film, with over 36 million subscribers and major advertising and kidfluencer controversies.
Ryan's World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure
Ryan's World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure (2024) is a live-action/animated family film directed by Albie Hecht, in which Ryan Kaji becomes Red Titan to rescue his twin sisters from a comic book; it grossed $624,393 worldwide.
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, founded in 1984, that pioneered low-cost flying in Europe and has been Europe's largest passenger airline since 2008.
Ryanair Flight 4978
Ryanair Flight 4978 was a scheduled Athens to Vilnius flight diverted to Minsk by Belarusian authorities under a false bomb threat on 23 May 2021, detaining journalist Roman Protasevich.
Ryanggang
Ryanggang Province (량강도, also romanized Yanggang) is a province in far northern North Korea on the border with China, created in 1954 from South Hamgyong Province, with its capital at Hyesan.
Ryann Yap
Ryann Yap is Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of GSR Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing across the US, China, and East Asia.
Ryanodine
Ryanodine is a poisonous alkaloid from the South American plant Ryania speciosa that binds the ryanodine receptor and is a standard laboratory tool for studying calcium release.
Ryanodine receptor
Ryanodine receptors (RyR1, RyR2, RyR3) are the largest known ion channels, over 2 MDa homotetramers on the endo/sarcoplasmic reticulum that release Ca2+ for muscle contraction; named for the Ryania speciosa alkaloid ryanodine.
Ryanverse
Ryanverse: Tom Clancy's shared fictional universe of Jack Ryan techno-thriller novels, twelve written by Clancy himself, continued after his 2013 death by authorized authors, plus six films and the Prime Video series; distinct from Craig Robertson's sci-fi Ryanverse.
Ryazan
Ryazan (Рязань), city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia, on the Trubezh near the Oka, about 196 km southeast of Moscow; about 519,315 residents (2026), formerly Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky, renamed 1778.
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast (Рязанская область), a federal subject of Russia in the Central Federal District, formed 26 September 1937; capital Ryazan, area 39.6 thousand km², population about 1.07 million, GRP 816.7 billion rubles in 2024.
Ryazan Principality
The Ryazan Principality (Рязанское княжество) was a Rurikid princely state on the middle Oka River, reaching its greatest power under Oleg Ivanovich and annexed by Muscovy in 1521.
Ryazanskaya GRES power station
Ryazanskaya GRES (Рязанская ГРЭС) is a large coal- and gas-fired thermal power station at Novomichurinsk in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, owned by the generating company OGK-2.
RYB color model
The RYB color model is a subtractive color model for mixing painting pigments, built on red, yellow, and blue and taught traditionally in art education.
Ryback
Ryback (Ryback Allen Reeves, born Ryan Allen Reeves, 1981, Las Vegas) is an American wrestler, formerly Skip Sheffield of the Nexus, whose 2012 WWE main-event push failed, who won the 2015 Intercontinental Championship, and who left WWE in 2016 for podcasting and Feed Me More Nutrition.