Ramin or Rameen, transliterated from Rāmin (Persian: رامین), is a

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 ...

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Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic ...

origin. It is also an occasional surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Ramin Bahrani Ramin Bahrani ( fa, رامین بحرانی; born March 20, 1975) is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's ''Chop Shop'' (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the ...

, Iranian-American writer, director and filmmaker * Ramin Bayramov, Azerbaijani journalist *

Ramin Djawadi Ramin Djawadi (, fa, رامین جوادی; born 19 July 1974) is an Iranian and German score composer. He is known for his scores for the 2008 Marvel film ''Iron Man'' and the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', for which he was nominated for Gramm ...

, Iranian-German composer of orchestral music for film and television * Ramin Farahani (born 1969), Iranian-Dutch filmmaker *

Ramin Ganeshram Ramin Ganeshram (born June 21, 1968) is an American journalist, food writer, and novelist. She is known for her work in polycultural American history and historic foodways. Early life and education Ganeshram was born in New York City to a Trinid ...

, American journalist, chef and cookbook author *

Ramin Golestanian Ramin Golestanian ( fa, رامین گلستانیان) is a professor at the Department of Physics and thRudolf Peierls Centrefor Theoretical Physics at Oxford University. He is a fellow of St Cross College and is affiliated with thOxford Centre ...

, Iranian physicist * Ramin Guliyev, Azerbaijani footballer *

Ramin Ibrahimov Ramin Ibrahimov (born 2 July 1978) is a visually impaired Paralympic judoka of Azerbaijan. In 2011 he received the Tereggi Medal by the Azerbaijani President. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the Lon ...

(born 1978), visually impaired Paralympic judoka of Azerbaijan *

Ramin Jahanbegloo Ramin Jahanbegloo ( fa, رامین جهانبگلو, born 28 December 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian philosopher and academic based in Toronto, Canada. Biography Ramin Jahanbegloo was born in Tehran, Iran. He has a doctorate in philosophy from Sorb ...

, Iranian intellectual and academic *

Ramin Karimloo Ramin Karimloo ( fa, رامین کریملو; ; born September 19, 1978) is a Canadian actor, singer and composer recognized for his work in London's West End and Broadway theatre. He has played the leading male roles in both of the West End's ...

, Iranian-born Canadian musical theatre actor and singer *

Ramin Mehmanparast Ramin Mehmanparast ( fa, رامین مهمانپرست) is an Iranian diplomat, the former spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry and the former ambassador to Poland and Lithuania. He was the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the head of the ...

, the Ambassador of Iran to Kazakhstan *

Ramin Rahimi Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and songwriter. His music mostly focused on drums and Iranian Percussions Daf and Tombak. he is also one of the members of power metal act Angband. Biography Born 1969 in Tehran, Rahimi worked with Tehran Sympho ...

, Iranian percussionist *

Ramin Takloo-Bighash Ramin Takloo-Bighash (born 1974) is a mathematician who works in the field of automorphic forms and Diophantine geometry and is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mathematical career Takloo-Bighash graduated from the Sharif ...

(born 1974), Iranian mathematician *

Ramin Toloui Ramin Toloui is an American academic, civil servant, and financial advisor who serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs in the Biden Administration. Early life and education Toloui was born and raised in Iowa ...

, American policy maker and portfolio manager

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* Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, American journalist, investigative reporter, and author *

Ezechiele Ramin Ezechiele Ramin, MCCJ ( Padua, Italy, February 9, 1953 – Ji-Paraná, Rondônia, Brazil, July 24, 1985), familiarly known as "Lele" in Italy and "Ezequiel" in Brazil, was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist who was described as a martyr ...

(1953–1985), Italian missionary and artist *

Günther Ramin Günther Werner Hans Ramin (15 October 1898 – 27 February 1956) was an influential German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue in the first half of the 20th century. Ramin, the son of a pastor, was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. At the a ...

(1898–1956), German organist, conductor, composer and pedagogue *

Loga Ramin Torkian Loga Ramin Torkian ( fa, لوگا) رامین ترکیان))،(Born: September 23 ،1964) is a musician and the co-founder of the groups Axiom of Choice and Niyaz. Both groups incorporate Persian and Middle Eastern themes into their music. Tork ...

, Iranian musician *

Manuela Ramin-Osmundsen Manuela Myriam Henri Ramin-Osmundsen (born 15 July 1963 in Antony, France) is a French-Norwegian politician and former Minister of Children and Equality from the Labour Party. In 2008 she was the focus of a political scandal that ended with the ...

(born 1963), French-Norwegian politician *

Mohammad-Ali Ramin Mohammad-Ali Ramin (born 1954) is an Iranian politician, political analyst and writer who served as the Vice Minister of Culture and a presidential advisor under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He organised the International Conference to Review ...

(born 1954), Iranian politician and writer *

Obaidullah Rameen Obaidullah Ramin (born 27 September 1952, in Baghlan Province) is a politician in Afghanistan and was appointed the country's Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture ...

(born 1952), Afghani politician * Richard M. Ramin (1929–1995), American university administrator *

Ron Ramin Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...

(born 1953), American composer for TV and film * Sid Ramin (born 1919), American orchestrator, arranger, and composer

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