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Ranken

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Ranken is a name of Scottish and Irish origin. The name is cognate with the surname Rankin which is derived from the medieval personal name Rankin, a diminutive of Ronald or Rand, combined with the diminutive suffix kin.[1][2] It may refer to:

  • Andrew Ranken (born 1953), English drummer, percussionist for the English-Irish band The Pogues
  • Charles Ranken (1828–1905), Church of England clergyman, minor British chess master
  • Harry Sherwood Ranken VC (1883–1914), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Mary Cohan Ranken or Mary Cohan (1909–1983), Broadway composer and lyricist, daughter of George M. Cohan
  • Mary Ranken Jordan (1869–1962), prominent American philanthropist, advocate of many charitable organizations
  • Ted Ranken (1875–1950), British sport shooter, competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
  • Thomas Ranken Lyle FRS (1860–1944), Irish-born and educated mathematical physicist and educator
  • William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881–1941), English painter

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Rankin Name Meaning and History Retrieved on 2008-02-22. (The website cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.)
  2. ^ Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, A. D. Mills and Adrian Room (2002) The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 515