Baran is a given name (pronounced bu-run). It’s commonly used as a feminine name in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. Baran means rain. Since rain is uncommon in Iran, it is a symbol of god’s mercy and happiness for Iranians, the name Baran has special and romantic connotations.

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Arkadiusz Baran Arkadiusz Baran (born November 9, 1979) is a Polish football player who currently plays for Stal Rzeszów. Career Before coming to Kraków, he had also played for such teams as Jaroslaw JKS, Polonia Przemyśl Polonia Przemyśl is a Polish s ...

(born 1979), Polish footballer *

Bernard Baran Bernard F. Baran Jr. (May 25, 1965 – September 1, 2014) was an American day care employee wrongfully convicted in the day care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s and 1990s that was spawned by the McMartin preschool trial. Unlike other day care cases ...

(1965–2014), American child care worker convicted and later exonerated of sex abuse * Hanna Arsenych-Baran (1970–2021), Ukrainian prose writer, novelist and poet *

İlhan Baran İlhan Baran (1934, Artvin – 27 November 2016) was a Turkish composer. Baran studied double bass and was a composition student of Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Ankara State Conservatory, graduating in 1960. He continued his studies in France at École ...

(born 1934), Turkish composer * Martin Baran (born 1988), Slovak football player * Paul Baran (1926–2011), American inventor of packet switching *

Paul A. Baran Paul Alexander Baran (; 25 August 1909 – 26 March 1964) was an American Marxist economist. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured Marxian economist in the United States until his d ...

(1909–1964), American economist *

Phil S. Baran Phil S. Baran (born August 10, 1977) is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute and Member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology.

(born 1977), American chemist * Radosław Baran (born 1989), Polish wrestler *

Robert Baran Robert Baran (born 3 July 1992, in Jarocin) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Tervel Dlagnev. In 2020, Baran won the s ...

(born 1992), Polish wrestler *

Stanisław Baran Stanisław Franciszek Baran (26 April 1920 – 12 May 1993) was an interwar Polish football player, who started his career in Resovia Rzeszów, then, sometime in 1938 (at the age of around 18) moved to Warszawianka Warszawa. Regarded as one of ...

(1920–1993), Polish football player * Witold Baran (1939–2020), Polish middle-distance runner * Zeyno Baran (born 1972), Turkish-born American scholar and journalist

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* Baran (born 1988), Iranian singer *

Baran Kosari Baran Kosari ( fa, باران کوثری; ; born 16 September 1985) is an Iranian actress. Biography She graduated from ''Soureh academy''. ''The Best Papa of the World'' (1991) is her first acting experience. She had appearances in some of her ...

(born 1985), Iranian actress * Baran Mogultay (born 2004), German football player *

Baran bo Odar Baran bo Odar (born 18 April 1978) is a German film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for co-creating the Netflix series ''Dark'' (2017–2020) and '' 1899'' (2022) with his creative and romantic partner, Jantje Friese. His ...

(born 1978), German film and TV director and screenwriter * Baran Süzer, Turkish businessman

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Sezgin Baran Korkmaz Sezgin Baran Korkmaz (1977 Digor, Kars) is a Turkish businessman and chairman of the SBK holding. In June 2021, he was arrested in Austria on request of a court in the United States. Biography According to his own account he was a shoe shiner ...

(born 1977), Turkish businessman

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