Ramón

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Ramón or Ramon may refer to:

[edit] People

• Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
• Ramon Dekker, Dutch muay thai fighter
• Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827-1898), Puerto Rican nationalist
• Ramón González (born 1966), Cuban javelin thrower
• Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888–1963), Spanish author and dramatist frequently abbreviated as Ramón
• Ramon Hernández (born 1972), Puerto Rican beach volleyball player
• Ramón Jiménez Gaona (born 1969), Paraguayan discus thrower
• Ramon Magsaysay (1907-1957), third president of the Third Philippine Republic
• Ramón Novarro (1899-1968), Mexican actor who achieved fame as a "Latin lover" in silent films
• Ramón Osni Moreira Lage (born 1988) Brazilian Footballer
• Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866-1936), Spanish dramatist and novelist
• Ramón Vinay (1911-1996), Chilean opera singer
• Gaston Ramon (1886 - 1963), French veterinarian and biologist
• Haim Ramon (born 1950), Israeli politician and former Minister of Justice
• Ilan Ramon (1954-2003), Israeli Air Force pilot and an astronaut, killed in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
• Steve Ramon (born 1979), Belgian motorcross racer

[edit] Localities

• Mitzpe Ramon, small township located on the edge of Ramon crater
• Ramon Crater, a large natural crater in the Israeli Negev desert
• Ramon, Isabela, municipality in the Philippines
• Ramon, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
• Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur, a municipality in the Philippines

[edit] Other

• Ramón tree, an alternative common name for the Breadnut tree (Brosimum alicastrum)
• Ramon (King of Fighters), a video game character in the King of Fighters series