Rand may refer to a number of places, people, organizations, and acronyms:
Places
- The Witwatersrand, ridge that runs through Gauteng, South Africa, which includes the East Rand and West Rand rivers
- Rand, New South Wales, small town in Australia
- Rand, Lincolnshire, small village in Lincolnshire, England
- Rand, California, community in Kern County, California
- Rand, Colorado, small unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado
- The "Rand Mining District", area in Kern County, California
- Randsburg, California
People
- Ayn Rand, American writer and philosopher
- Austin L. Rand, Canadian zoologist
- Ivan Rand, Supreme Court of Canada justice who introduced the "Rand formula"
- James Rand, Jr., American industrialist and president of the Remington Rand company
- Mary Rand, British athlete and Olympic champion
- Paul Rand, American graphic designer
- Rand Miller, co-creater of the computer game Myst
- Rand Paul, American political activist
- Rose Rand, Logician and philosopher, member of the Vienna Circle
- Sally Rand, American actress and dancer
- Shuli Rand and Michal Batsheva Rand, husband and wife, Israeli actors
- William H. Rand, founder of the Rand McNally company
Fictional characters
- Rand al'Thor, the main character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series
- Rand (Robotech), a character from the fictional Third Robotech War
- Atton Rand, a character from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
- Janice Rand, a character in the Star Trek universe
- Iron Fist (comics) (Daniel Rand), a Marvel Comics character
- Ben Rand, a character from Being There (1979) performed by Melvyn Douglas [1]
Companies and organizations
- The RAND Corporation, an American think tank
- The Ayn Rand Institute, an American think tank
- Remington Rand, an American computer firm and general manufacturer
- Sperry Rand, an American equipment and electronics company
- Ingersoll-Rand, a diversified American industrial firm
- Rand McNally, an American map publisher and printer
- Rand Worldwide, an engineering and professional services firm
Abbreviation or acronym
Other uses
See also
- Krugerrand, a South African gold coin
- Randlord, a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase
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