Rand (surname)

Rand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Archie Rand (born 1949), American painter and muralist
• Austin L. Rand (1905–1982), Canadian zoologist
• Ayn Rand (1905–1982), Russian-American philosopher and author
• Benjamin H. Rand (1827–1883), American physician
• Dave Rand (born 1973), Welsh cyclist
• Dick Rand (1936–1996), American baseball player
• Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905–1955), American business executive
• Frank C. Rand (1876–1949), American businessman and philanthropist
• Gloria Rand, Canadian actor
• Isaac Rand (1674–1743), English botanist and apothecary
• Ivan Rand (1884–1969), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Jack Rand (1902–1970), English football player
• James Rand, Jr. (1886–1968), American industrialist
• Joanne Rand (1969/70–2017), English acid attack victim
• John G. Rand (1801–1873), American inventor of paint tube
• John L. Rand (1861–1942), American politician and jurist
• Johnathan Rand (born 1964; Christopher Wright), American children's writer
• Keith Rand (1956–2013), English sculptor
• Kristjan Rand (born 1987), Estonian ice dancer
• Leander Rand (1827–1900), Canadian politician
• Mary Rand (born 1940), British track-and-field athlete
• Nelson Rand, Canadian journalist
• Paul Rand (1914–1996), American graphic designer
• Philinda Rand (1876–1972), American English-language teacher in the Philippines
• Reili Rand (born 1991), Estonian politician
• Ripley Rand (born 1967), American jurist
• Rose Rand (1903–1980), Austrian-American logician and philosopher
• Sally Rand (1904–1979), American burlesque dancer and film actress
• Scott Rand (darts player) (born 1975), British darts player
• Shuli Rand (born 1962), Israeli film actor
• Sidney Rand (ambassador) (1916–2003), American diplomat
• Sidney Rand (rower) (1934–2008), English rower
• Silas Tertius Rand (1810–1889), Canadian clergyman, ethnologist, linguist and translator
• Taavi Rand (born 1992), Estonian ice dancer
• Ted Rand (1916–2005), American book illustrator
• Theodore Harding Rand (1835–1900), Canadian educator and poet
• Tom Rand (costume designer), British costume designer
• Tony Rand (1939–2020), American lawyer and politician
• Tuuli Rand (born 1990), Estonian singer
• Tyler Rand (born 1991), American arts executive
• Walter Rand (1919–1995), American politician
• William Rand (athlete) (1886–1981), American hurdler
• William Rand (physician) (fl. 1650–1660), English physician
• William Rand (printer) (1828–1915), American publisher and businessman
• Yvonne Rand (1935–2020), American Zen Buddhist priest

Fictional characters

• Atton Rand, from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
• Janice Rand, in the Star Trek universe
• Iron Fist (character) (Daniel Rand), a Marvel Comics character
• Ben Rand, from Being There (1979) performed by Melvyn Douglas

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Rand.
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