Namesakes
Ronald Reagan
(m) 1911-2004 
American Presidents 1981-1989
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
J. R. R. Tolkien
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1892-1973
Notable Writers
Ronald Ross
(m) 1857-1932
Nobel Prize Winners 1902 (medicine)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ron Paul
(m) 1935-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ron Weasley
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fictional Characters from Movies 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter Characters
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
(m) 1897-1978
Nobel Prize Winners 1967 (chemistry)
Ronald Golias
(m) 1929-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronald Coase
(m) 1910-2013
Nobel Prize Winners 1991 (economics)
Ron Howard
(m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2002 A Beautiful Mind (director)
Ronald Colman
(m) 1891-1958
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1948 A Double Life (actor)
R. Lee Ermey
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1944-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronald Koeman
(m) 1963-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ronnie O'Sullivan
(m) 1975-
Notable Athletes (billiards)
L. Ron Hubbard
(m) 1911-1986
Notable Writers
Other Religious Leaders 1953-1986 Church of Scientology
Ron Perlman
(m) 1950-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ken Berry
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1933-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronald Venetiaan
(m) 1936-
Other Leaders 1991-1996; 2000-2010 Suriname (president)
Ron DeSantis
(m) 1978-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ronnie Wood
(m) 1947-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1989; 2012 The Rolling Stones; Small Faces/Faces
Ronald de Boer
(m) 1970-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ronald McDonald
(m)
Other Fictional Characters 1963 corporate mascot
Jonathan Walters
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
James Cosmo
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ron Livingston
(m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronnie Van Zant
(m) 1948-1977
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ron Clarke
(m) 1937-2015
Olympic Medalists 1964 10000 m (bronze)
Ronny Cox
(m) 1938-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronald Pickup
(m) 1940-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronnie Barker
(m) 1929-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Ron Silver
(m) 1946-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Atticus Shaffer
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1998-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ron Asheton
(m) 1948-2009
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2010 The Stooges
Ronald Mulder
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2014 speed skating (bronze)
Ron Delany
(m) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1956 1500 m (gold)
Ronnie Corbett
(m) 1930-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Jim Ryun
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1968 1500 m (silver)
Ron Eldard
(m) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Herm Frazier
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1954-
Olympic Medalists 1976 400 m; 4x400 m relay (bronze/gold)
Marlon Devonish
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1976-
Olympic Medalists 2004 4x100 m relay (gold)
Ronnie Lane
(m) 1946-1997
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2012 Small Faces/Faces
Ron Freeman
(m) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1968 400 m; 4x400 m relay (bronze/gold)
Ronald Weigel
(m) 1959-
Olympic Medalists 1988; 1992 20 km walk; 50 km walk (silver/bronze)
Ronnie Ray Smith
(m) 1949-2013
Olympic Medalists 1968 4x100 m relay (gold)
Ron Bontemps
(m) 1926-2017
Olympic Medalists 1952 basketball (gold)
Ron Saunders
(m) 1932-2019
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ronald Lopatni
(m) 1944-2022
Olympic Medalists 1968 water polo (gold)
Rexy Mainaky
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1996 badminton doubles (gold)
Ron Brown
(m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x100 m relay (gold)
Ronald Pognon
(m) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2012 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Gino van Kessel
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1993-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ron Canada
(m) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ronald Levy
(m) 1992-
Olympic Medalists 2020 110 m hurdles (bronze)
Gary Honey
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1959-
Olympic Medalists 1984 long jump (silver)
Ron Francis
(m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2007 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Ron Welty
(m) 1971-
Notable Musicians
Ronald Plasterk
(m) 1957-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Larry Costello
(a.k.a. Ronald) (f) 1931-2001
Hall-of-Famers 2022 (basketball)
Ron Morris
(m) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1960 pole vault (silver)
Ron Tomsic
(m) 1933-
Olympic Medalists 1956 basketball (gold)
Ronn Moss
(m) 1952-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ron Santo
(m) 1940-2010
Hall-of-Famers 2012 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
(m) 1945-1973
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1994 The Grateful Dead
Ronald Isley
(m) 1941-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Isley Brothers
Bill Forrester
(a.k.a. Ronald) (m) 1957-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 200 m butterfly (bronze)
Ronnie Lott
(m) 1959-
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (football)
Ronnie Mills
(m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke (bronze)
Ron Blair
(m) 1948-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2002 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Ron Carroll
(m) 1968-
Notable Musicians
Ronald Merriott
(m) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1984 diving - springboard (bronze)
Ron Wolf
(m) 1938-
Hall-of-Famers 2015 (football)
Ron Yary
(m) 1946-
Hall-of-Famers 2001 (football)
Ronald Giphart
(m) 1965-
Notable Writers
Ron Mix
(m) 1938-
Hall-of-Famers 1979 (football)
Ron Swanson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2009 Parks and Recreation
Ronald "Mac" McDonald
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Ron Carver
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ronald
(m) 1100-1158
Saints