Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
Ron or RON may also refer to:
Arts and media
edit- Big Ron (EastEnders), a TV character
- Ron (King of Fighters), a video game character
- Ron Douglas, the protagonist in Lucky Stiff played by Joe Alasky
- Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective, a manga series
- Ron Weasley, a character in Harry Potter.
Language
edit- Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria
- Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron)
People
editMononym
edit- Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer
Given name
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edit- Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor
- Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist
- Emri Ron (1936–2013), Israeli politician
- Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player
- Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician
- José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor
- Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor
- Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician
- Mercedes Ron (born 1993), Argentine writer
- Michael Ron (born 1932), Israeli fencer
- Michael Røn (born 1984), Danish-born Norwegian footballer
- Moshe Ron (1925-2001), Israeli materials scientist
- Pan Ron, Cambodian singer and songwriter
- Ron Ron or Ronald White, American rapper and director
- Yuval Ron, Israeli musician
Places
edit- Ron, Karnataka, a city in India
- Røn, a village in Vestre Slidre, Norway
- Ron (river, Vietnam)
Science and technology
edit- Gyrodyne RON Rotorcycle, mid-1950s US helicopter
- Remote online notarization, electronic notarization online
- Research Octane Number, a standard measure of the performance of a fuel
- Resilient Overlay Network, an Internet application architecture
Other uses
edit- Cyclone Ron, a 1998 cyclone in the South Pacific
- Rhongomiant, or Ron, King Arthur's lance
- Romanian leu (ISO 4217 code: RON), the currency of Romania
- "Ron's Piece", a track from the 1986 Jean-Michel Jarre album Rendez-Vous
- Rum, ron in Spanish
- Re-open Nominations, a "none of the above" ballot option
- Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya (рота особого назначения), a 1940s unit of Russian commando frogmen