Beran (surname) explained

Beran (feminine Beranová) is a Czech surname meaning "ram/wether" (male sheep). The Polish and Slovak variant of this surname is Baran. Notable people with this surname include:

• Ben Beran, American basketball player
• Bruce Beran, American coast guard
• Christa Beran, Austrian rescuer of Holocaust victims
• Dave Beran, American chef
• Emerik Beran, Slovenian composer
• Jiří Beran, Czech fencer
• Josef Beran, Czech cardinal
• Ladislav Beran, Czech actor
• Lajos Berán, Hungarian sculptor
• Matěj Beran, Czech ice hockey player
• Michal Beran (ice hockey), Slovak ice hockey player
• Rudolf Beran, Czech politician