Rand (given name) explained

Rand is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Rand Araskog (1931–2021), American businessman
• Rand Beers (born 1942), American politician
• Rand Brooks (1918–2003), American film actor
• Rand Chappell, American basketball coach
• Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian political scientist
• Rand Holmes (1942–2002), Canadian artist
• Rand Hummel (born 1956), American preacher and author
• Rand Miller (born 1959), American video game designer
• Rand Paul (born 1963), American politician and ophthalmologist
• Rand Ravich, American screenwriter and producer
• Rand Schrader (1945–1993), American activist and judge
• Rand Steiger (born 1957), American composer, conductor, and pedagogue

Fictional characters:

• Rand al'Thor, the main character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series