Randall (surname)

Randall

Language(s)	English, Irish
Origin
Word/name	Germanic languages, Celtic languages: old Irish and English
Derivation	Randulf, Rannulf, Mac Raghnaill (Ireland)
Meaning	son of the shield-wolf, raven wolf
Region of origin	England, Ireland
Other names
Alternative spelling	McRandall, Randal, Randell

Randall is a surname of English and Irish origin. It is a cognate of the name Randolph meaning "shield-wolf", composed of rand "shield" plus úlfr "wolf". In Ireland, Randall may be an anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Raghnaill meaning "son of Raghnall".

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

Notable people

A

• Adam Randall, American football player
• Addison Randall, American film actor
• Adriana Randall, South African politician
• Alexander Randall, American (Wisconsin) politician
• Alexander Randall (Maryland politician), congressman, Attorney General of Maryland
• Alice Randall, African American author and songwriter
• Anne Randall, American model
• Archibald Randall, United States District Court judge
• Archibald N. Randall, American (Wisconsin) politician
• Arthur Randall, Scottish World War I flying ace

B

• Benjamin Randall (disambiguation), several people

• Benjamin Randall (1749–1808), founder of Freewill Baptist Connexion in the United States
• Benjamin Randall (Maine politician) (1789–1859), American congressman
• Benjamin Randall (Wisconsin politician) (1793–1863), American politician
• Benjamin H. Randall (1823–1913), American politician from the state of Minnesota

• Bob Randall (Aboriginal Australian elder) (1929–2015), Aboriginal Australian elder, singer and community leader
• Bob Randall (baseball) (born 1948), American Major League Baseball player, 1976–1980
• Bob Randall (politician), politician in South Australia
• Brett Randall, (1884–1963), Australian little theatre director

C

• Chad Randall, Australian Rugby League player and model
• Charles Hiram Randall, American (California) politician
• Charles S. Randall, former US representative from Massachusetts
• Clarence B. Randall, American lawyer and businessman
• Clifford E. Randall, American politician
• Connor Randall, English football player

D

• Darren Randall (born 1979), Australian Animation Director and Game developer
• Damarious Randall (born 1992), American football player
• Dana Randall, professor of theoretical computer science
• David Randall, English journalist, author, and comic
• Derek Randall, England cricketer
• Dick Randall, Australian public servant
• Don Randall (politician), Australian politician
• Dudley Randall, African-American poet and publisher

E, F

• Elizabeth Randall, American (New Jersey) politician
• Edwin M. Randall, Florida supreme court justice
• Elliott Randall, American guitarist
• Frankie Randall, boxer

G, H

• George Randall (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harry Randall (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herbert Randall, American photographer
• Holly Randall, American erotic photographer

J

• Jack Randall (disambiguation), several people
• James Randall (murderer), convicted rapist and murderer
• James Ryder Randall, American journalist and poet
• Jan Randall, Canadian composer and pianist
• Jeff Randall (journalist)
• John Randall (disambiguation), several people
• Josh Randall, American television actor
• Julia Randall, American poet

K, L

• Ken Randall (1888–1947), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kikkan Randall (born 1982), American cross-country skier
• Leslie Randall (1828–1922), English Anglican clergyman
• Leslie Randall (actor) (1924–2020), English actor
• Lisa Randall (born 1962), American particle physicist
• Lynne Randall (1949–2007), Australian pop singer, changed last name to Randell.

M

• Marcus Randall, American football player
• Mark Randall, several people
• Marta Randall, science fiction writer
• Mary Ellen Randall, American computer programmer and businesswoman
• Meg Randall, American film actress
• Merle Randall, American physical chemist
• Mike Randall (disambiguation), several people

N - R

• Paulette Randall, British theatre director
• Randall S. Randall, Australian businessman
• Robert Randall (disambiguation), several people

• Robert C. Randall (1948–2001), advocate of medical marijuana, founder of Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics
• Robert Richard Randall (1750–1801), founder of Sailors' Snug Harbor in Staten Island, New York
• Robert Randall (photographer) (1918–1984), American photographer
• Robert Randall, joint pseudonym of American novelists Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett

• Ron Randall, American comic book artist

S

• Samuel C. Randall, former mayor of Flint, Michigan
• Samuel J. Randall, US congressman from Pennsylvania and Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Semeka Randall, American basketball player
• Stuart Randall, American actor
• Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux
• Sue Randall, originally Marion Burnside Randall (1935–1984), American actress
• Suzanna Randall, German astrophysicist
• Suze Randall, American model, photographer, and pornographer originally from England

T - V

• Terry Randall, Australian rugby league footballer
• Thomas Randall, multiple people
• Tony Randall, American comic actor
• Vicky Randall, Professor of Political Science

W - Z

• Walter Randall, British television actor
• William Randall, several people

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