Randall is a surname of

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

and

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

origin. It is a cognate of the name ''Randolph'' meaning "shield-wolf", composed of ''rand'' "shield" plus ''úlfr'' "

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form of the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

''Mac Raghnaill'' meaning "son of

raghnall ''Ragnall'', ''Raghnall'', ''Raonall'', and ''Raonull'' are masculine personal names or given names in several Gaelic languages. ''Ragnall'' occurs in Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic. It is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse '' Røgnv ...

". Randall is also used as a masculine given name, derived from the surname.

Notable people

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Addison Randall Addison Byron Owen Randall (May 12, 1906 – July 16, 1945) was an American film actor, chiefly in Westerns. He often used a pseudonym for his film work, chiefly Jack Randall, though he played roles as Allen Byron and Byron Vance too. Earl ...

, American film actor * Adriana Randall, South African politician * Alexander Randall, American (Wisconsin) politician * Alexander Randall (Maryland politician), congressman, Attorney General of Maryland *

Alice Randall Alice Randall (born May 4, 1959) is an American author and songwriter. She is perhaps best known for her novel ''The Wind Done Gone'', a reinterpretation and parody of the popular 1936 novel ''Gone with the Wind (novel), Gone with the Wind''. E ...

, African American author and songwriter * Anne Randall, American model *

Archibald Randall Archibald Randall (May 24, 1797 – June 8, 1846) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Randall read law to ent ...

, United States District Court judge *

Archibald N. Randall Archibald N. Randall (August 22, 1830 – July 16, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Sardinia, New York, Sardinia, Erie County, New York, Erie County, New York (state), New York, Randall attended Brockport Collegiate Institu ...

, American (Wisconsin) politician

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Benjamin Randall Benjamin Randall (February 7, 1749 – October 22, 1808) was an American Baptist minister the main organizer of the Freewill Baptists (Randall Line) in the northeastern United States. Biography Early years Benjamin Randall III was born Februa ...

, several people * Bob Randall, several people * Blake Randall, Millionaire, philanthropist

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Chad Randall Chad Randall (born 30 December 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL and the London Broncos in the Super League. Randall's usual position was . Background Randall was ...

, Australian Rugby League player and model *

Charles Hiram Randall Charles Hiram Randall (July 23, 1865 – February 18, 1951), known as Charles Randall, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council. He was the first council member to face a ...

, American (California) politician * Charles S. Randall, former US representative from Massachusetts *

Clarence B. Randall Clarence Belden Randall (March 5, 1891 – August 4, 1967) was an American lawyer and businessman. During the steel disputes of 1952, he served as a spokesman for the steel industry. He served as Chairman of the Board of Inland Steel Company and a ...

, American lawyer and businessman * Clifford E. Randall, American politician *

Connor Randall Connor Steven Randall (born 21 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County. Club career Early career Randall was born and raised in Melling, Merseyside. He attended ...

, English football player

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Damarious Randall Damarious Wayne Randall (born August 29, 1992) is an American football cornerback who is a free agent. He played college football at Arizona State and was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Early years Ran ...

(born 1992), American football player *

Dana Randall Dana Randall is an American computer scientist. She works as the ADVANCE Professor of Computing, and adjunct professor of mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is also an External Professor of the Santa Fe Institute. Previousl ...

, professor of theoretical computer science *

David Randall David Randall (April 1951 – 17 July 2021) was a British journalist and author of ''The Universal Journalist'', a textbook on journalism. He was assistant editor of ''The Observer'' until 1998, when he joined ''The Independent on Sunday'' and ...

, English journalist, author, and comic *

Derek Randall Derek William Randall (born 24 February 1951) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, and Tests and ODIs for England in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Known to cricketing colleagues and fans as "A ...

, England cricketer *

Dick Randall Sir Richard John Randall (13 October 1906 – 15 November 1982) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of the Treasury between October 1966 and October 1971. Life and career Dick Randall was born ...

, Australian public servant *

Don Randall (politician) Donald James Randall (2 May 1953 – 21 July 2015) was an Australian politician of the Liberal Party. He represented the Division of Swan, Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998, as well as the Division o ...

, Australian politician *

Dudley Randall Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. He founded a pioneering publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African-America ...

, African-American poet and publisher

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* Elizabeth Randall, American (New Jersey) politician *

Edwin M. Randall Edwin M. Randall (April 5, 1822 – July 12, 1895) was a Florida lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court from January 1869 to January 7, 1885. Randall was born ...

, Florida supreme court justice *

Elliott Randall Elliott Randall (born June 15, 1947) is an American guitarist best known for being a session musician with popular artists. Randall played the well-known guitar solos from Steely Dan's song "Reelin' in the Years" and Irene Cara's song " Fame". The ...

, American guitarist *

Frankie Randall Frankie Billy Randall (September 25, 1961 – December 23, 2020) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1983 to 2005. He was a three-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA and WBC titles between 1994 and 19 ...

, boxer

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* George Morton Randall, American general * Harry Randall (disambiguation), several people *

Herbert Randall Herbert Eugene Randall, Jr. (born December 16, 1936 in the Bronx) is an American photographer who had documented the effects of the Civil Rights Movement. Randall is of Shinnecock, African-American and West Indian ancestry. Education Randall s ...

, American photographer *

Holly Randall Holly Randall Knipe (born September 5, 1978) is an English-South African American erotic photographer, director, producer, and a podcast host. In 2013, she was named one of the most influential women in the adult industry by AVN magazine. Biog ...

, American erotic photographer

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* Jack Randall (disambiguation), several people *

James Randall (murderer) James Michael Randall (born August 28, 1954) is an American criminal whose convictions include multiple rapes, a kidnapping, and the murder of two women in the Tampa Bay Area in Florida in the 1990s. Randall is currently an inmate in the Charlot ...

, convicted rapist and murderer *

James Ryder Randall James Ryder Randall (January 1, 1839 – January 15, 1908) was an American journalist and poet. He is best remembered as the author of "Maryland, My Maryland". Biography Randall was born on January 1, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was named ...

, American journalist and poet *

Jan Randall Jan Randall is a Canadian composer, singer songwriter and professional musician. He has had an extensive career composing sound tracks, performing original songs, and improvising music for comedy theatre. He currently plays regularly with his ba ...

, Canadian composer and pianist *

Jeff Randall (journalist) Jeff William Randall (born 3 October 1954) is an English former business journalist and presenter, who presented ''Jeff Randall Live'', a business and politics show on Sky News, until stepping down from his role in March 2014. He was a columnist ...

John Randall (disambiguation) John Randall may refer to: *John Randall (Annapolis mayor) (1750–1826), mayor of Annapolis, Maryland and colonel in the American Revolution *Sir John Randall (physicist) (1905–1984), British physicist, developer of the cavity magnetron *John Ra ...

, several people *

Josh Randall Joshua Reeve Randall (born January 27, 1972) is an American television actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Mike Burton in the 2000–2004 NBC sitcom '' Ed'' and the recurring, later main role of Fire Captain Sean Beckett from 2021-2 ...

, American television actor *

Julia Randall Julia Randall (June 15, 1923–May 22, 2005) was an American poet, professor, and environmental activist; recipient of many honors for her poetry, she published seven books of poetry culminating in ''The Path to Fairview: New and Selected Poems'' ...

, American poet

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Ken Randall Kenneth Fenwick Randall (December 14, 1887 – June 14, 1947) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for 20 seasons, including ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1917 to 1927 for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Patri ...

(1888–1947), Canadian ice hockey player *

Kikkan Randall Kikkan Randall (born December 31, 1982) is an American, Olympic champion cross-country skier. She has won 17 U.S. National titles, made 29 podiums on the World Cup, made five trips to the Winter Olympic Games and had the highest finish by an indi ...

(born 1982), American cross-country skier * Leslie Randall (1828–1922), English Anglican clergyman *

Leslie Randall (actor) Leslie Randall (19 October 1924 – 2 August 2020) was an English film and television actor, from South Shields, County Durham, who worked in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Randall had a lengthy career, but possibly his m ...

(1924–2020), English actor *

Lisa Randall Lisa Randall (born June 18, 1962) is an American theoretical physicist working in particle physics and cosmology. She is the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science on the physics faculty of Harvard University. Her research includes the funda ...

(born 1962), American particle physicist * Lynne Randall (1949–2007), Australian pop singer, changed last name to Randell.

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Marcus Randall Marcus Keith Randall (born March 14, 1982) is a former American football player. Randall played quarterback for LSU, Tennessee Titans and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). College career Randall came to LSU from nearby Gle ...

, American football player * Mark Randall, several people *

Marta Randall Marta Randall (born 1948 in Mexico City) is an American science fiction writer. In addition to writing numerous science fiction novels and short fiction, Marta Randall has edited the ''New Dimensions'' science fiction anthology series, and '' The ...

, science fiction writer *

Meg Randall Meg Randall (born Genevieve Roberts;''The Milwaukee Journal'', September 18, 1949, Jesse Daniels, Hollywood, "It Paid Her to Do Nothing", Milwaukee, WI, p. 5. August 1, 1926 – July 20, 2018) was an American film actress. She was active in moti ...

, American film actress *

Merle Randall Merle Randall (January 29, 1888 – March 17, 1950) was an American physical chemist famous for his work with Gilbert N. Lewis, over a period of 25 years, in measuring reaction heat of chemical compounds and determining their corresponding free ...

, American physical chemist * Mike Randall (disambiguation), several people

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Paulette Randall Paulette Randall, MBE (born 1961) is a British theatre director of Jamaican descent.

, British theatre director * Randall S. Randall, Australian businessman * Robert Randall, several people *

Ron Randall Ron Randall (born November 22, 1956) is an Americans, American comic book creator, comic book artist best known as the creator of the character Trekker (comics), Trekker. Career A graduate of The Kubert School, Ron Randall's first published com ...

, American comic book artist

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* Samuel C. Randall, former mayor of Flint, Michigan * Samuel J. Randall, US congressman from Pennsylvania and

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives The speaker of the United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U. ...

from 1876 to 1881 *

Semeka Randall Semeka Chantay Randall-Lay (born February 7, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio) is the current head coach for the Winthrop Eagles women's basketball team. She is also a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was hired as recruiting coor ...

, American basketball player * Stuart Randall, American actor *

Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux Stuart Jeffrey Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux (22 June 1938 – 11 August 2012) was a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull West from 1983 until he stood down in 1997. Born in Plymouth, Randa ...

Sue Randall Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits island ...

, originally Marion Burnside Randall (1935–1984), American actress * Suzanna Randall, German astrophysicist *

Suze Randall Suze Randall (born 18 May 1946) is an English model, photographer, and pornographer. Randall was the first female staff photographer for both ''Playboy'' and ''Hustler''. She is one of the early female porn film directors; she made ''Kiss and ...

, American model, photographer, and pornographer originally from England

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Terry Randall Terry William "Igor" Randall (born 5 February 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Manly-Warringah club in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. He is regularly n ...

, Australian rugby league footballer * Thomas Randall, multiple people *

Tony Randall Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play ''The Odd Couple'' by Neil Sim ...

, American comic actor *

Vicky Randall Vicky Randall (born Mary Victoria Madge; 1945 – 2019) was a professor of political science and feminist scholar. Early life and education Randall was born in Birmingham on 3 April 1945, to the novelist Inez Pearn (who published under her pen ...

, Professor of Political Science

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Walter Randall Walter Randall (26 June 1929 – 5 May 2006) was a British dancer turned actor with numerous roles in British television, including parts in ''The Saint'', '' Out of This World'', ''Yes Minister'', '' The Professionals'' and ''Dixon of Dock Gree ...

, British television actor * William Randall, several people

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