List of Famous people named Ruan

Ruan Chengfa is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the deputy Communist Party Secretary and Governor of Yunnan. Previously, he served as the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, the mayor of Huangshi, the head of the General Office of the Hubei provincial government, the vice governor of Hubei, and party chief of Xiangfan.

Ruan Lingyu, also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.

Ruan Pienaar is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays either as a scrum-half or as a fly-half for the Cheetahs in Pro14 rugby and the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup.

Ruan Yuan was a Chinese scholar official of the Qing Dynasty who was the most prominent Chinese scholar during the first half of the 19th century. He won the jinshi degree in the imperial examinations in 1789 and was subsequently appointed to the Hanlin Academy. He was known for his work Biographies of Astronomers and Mathematicians and for his editing the Shisan Jing Zhushu for the Qing emperor.

Ruan Dacheng was a Chinese dramatist, poet and official during the Ming dynasty. His daughter, Ruan Lizhen, was also a dramatist.

Ruan Chongwu is a politician of the People's Republic of China.