Runciman can refer to:

People

Alexander Runciman Alexander Runciman (15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785) was a Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter. Life He was born in Edinburgh, and studied at the Foulis Acade ...

, Scottish painter *

Bob Runciman Robert William "Bob" Runciman (born August 10, 1942) is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat cont ...

, Canadian politician *

David Runciman David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (born 1 March 1967) is an English academic who teaches politics and history at Cambridge University, where he is Professor of Politics. From October 2014 to October 2018 he was also Head ...

, British political scientist *

Ewart Runciman Ewart Henry Runciman (15 July 1907 – 14 December 1981) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1962 to 1974, representing the seat of Murray. Runciman was ...

, Australian politician *

Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford (28 September 1869 – 28 October 1956) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Family and education A daughter of James Cochran Stevenson, a Liberal Member of Parliament for S ...

, British Liberal Party politician * James Runciman, English teacher, author and journalist *

John Runciman John Runciman (1744 – 1768 or 1769) was a Scottish painter known for Biblical and literary scenes. His works include ''Flight into Egypt'' and ''King Lear in the Storm'', both in the National Gallery of Scotland. Life Born in Edinburgh, Runc ...

, Scottish painter *

Richard Runciman Terry Sir Richard Runciman Terry (3 January 1864 – 18 April 1938) was an English organist, choir director and musicologist. He is noted for his pioneering revival of Tudor liturgical music. Early years Richard Terry was born in 1864 in Ellington, ...

, English organist, choir director and musicologist *

Ruth Runciman Dame Ruth Runciman DBE (née Hellman; 9 January 1936) is a former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission. She attended the Rodean School, Johannesburg and graduated from Witwatersrand University, also in Johannesburg, earning her baccalaure ...

, former Chair of the UK Mental Health Act Commission *

Ryan Runciman Ryan Runciman (born 22 November 1982) is a New Zealand voice and television actor. Although best known for his role in the long-running teen drama science fiction series '' The Tribe'', he has appeared on other children's television series incl ...

, New Zealand actor *

Steven Runciman Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman ( – ), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume ''A History of the Crusades'' (1951–54). He was a strong admirer of the Byzantine Empire. His history's negative ...

, British medieval historian *

Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman (6 July 1847 – 13 August 1937) was an English and Scottish shipping magnate. He was born in the Scottish town of Dunbar. He was the fourth son of Walter Runciman, master of a schooner and later a member o ...

, shipping magnate, Liberal MP, and peer *

Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (19 November 1870 – 14 November 1949) was a prominent Liberal and later National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. His 1938 diplomatic mission to Czechoslovakia was key to the e ...

, Liberal and later National Liberal MP and government minister * Walter Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford *(Walter)

Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, (10 November 193410 December 2020), usually known informally as Garry Runciman, was a British historical sociologist. A senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge Runciman ...

, British historical sociologist

Other

Runciman Award The Runciman Award is an annual literary award offered by the Anglo-Hellenic League for a work published in English dealing wholly or in part with Greece or Hellenism. The award is named in honour of the late Sir Steven Runciman and is currentl ...

, annual literary award for works dealing with Greece or Hellenism * Runciman railway station, situated on the North Island Main Trunk line in New Zealand, used 1874–1918 *

Runciman Report The Runciman Report
was published by in 2000 by the UK policing think tank the

Runciman Mission The Runciman Mission to Czechoslovakia was a British Government initiative aimed at resolving an international crisis threatening to lead to war in Europe in the summer of 1938. The Mission, headed by a former British cabinet minister Lord Runcima ...

, the diplomatic mission preceding the report *

Runciman Report The Runciman Report
was published by in 2000 by the UK policing think tank the

Runciman Rock, a rock part of the Argentine Islands * Runciman's Disease, a fictional viral disease in the novel '' The War in 2020'' by Ralph Peters {{disambiguation, surname