Ruan may refer to:

Buildings

Ruan Center The Ruan Center is a high-rise office building located at 666 Grand Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, which was built by Ruan Transportation. The building was completed in 1975 and stands at a height of 459.68 ft (140m), and was the tallest buildi ...

, office building in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

John Ruan House The John Ruan House is a historic mansion in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1796 as the home of Dr. John Ruan (June 9, 1771, St. Croix, West Indies – July 2, 1845, Bristol, Pennsylvania), a physician ...

, historic mansion in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Places

Ruan, County Clare Ruan () is a village in County Clare in Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of Dysart and Ruan. Location Ruan is near the Burren and between Corofin, Crusheen and Ennis. The name "Ruan" (''An Ruadhán'') is an old Irish term for the al ...

, Ireland *

Ruan, Loiret Ruan () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following i ...

, France *

Mont Ruan Mont Ruan (or ''Grand Mont Ruan'') is a mountain in the Chablais Alps, overlooking the lake of Emosson in the Swiss canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; ...

, Switzerland *Ruan Major and Ruan Minor, two settlements in Cornwall, UK, forming part of the civil parish of

Grade–Ruan Grade–Ruan is a civil parish on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Falmouth. It is a rural parish bounded to the east by St Keverne parish and by the sea; to the west by ...

Ruan Lanihorne Ruan Lanihorne is a civil parish and village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately four miles (6.5 km) east-southeast of Truro between the River Fal and its tributary the Ruan River.Ordnance S ...

, a civil parish and village in south Cornwall

People

Ruan (Also known as Ruannfps, born in 2008) Ruan may refer to: Buildings * Ruan Center, office building in Des Moines, Iowa * John Ruan House, historic mansion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Places * Ruan, County Clare, Ireland * Ruan, Loiret, France * Mont Ruan, Switzerland *Ruan Major a ...

, Fortnite professional player, full name ''Ruan Pablo'' *

Ruan (footballer, born 1991) Ruan Teixeira Silva (born January 7, 1991) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Ruan started his senior career playing for Campeonato Paulista Série A3 side Cotia before playing in Greece for Alimos. In 2016, he feature ...

, Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Teixeira Silva'' *

Ruan Renato Ruan Renato Bonifácio Augusto, known as Ruan Renato (born 14 January 1994) is a Brazilian football player who plays as a defender for Gabala. Club career Renato made his Campeonato Gaúcho debut for Juventude on 3 February 2016 in a game a ...

(born 1994), Brazilian football player *

Ruan (footballer, born 1995) Ruan Gregório Teixeira (born 29 May 1995), known simply as Ruan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right back for MLS club D.C. United. Career On 16 January 2019, Ruan joined Major League Soccer club Orlando City on a o ...

, Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Gregório Teixeira'' * Ruan (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Vinicius Silva de Jesus'' *

Ruan (footballer, born 2005) Ruan Pereira Duarte (born 3 May 2005), simply known as Ruan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Juventude. Club career Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a s ...

, Brazilian football player, full name ''Ruan Pereira Duarte'' *

Ruan (surname) Ruan (, ) is a Chinese surname. The Taiwanese Hokkien version or is transcribed Oán and Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese version is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Yale system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter ...

Other uses

Ruan (instrument) The ''ruan'' () is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its four strings were formerly made of silk but since the 20th century they have been made of steel (flatwo ...

, a family of Chinese stringed instruments {{disambig