Ruslan (given name)

Ruslan (Russian: Руслан), or Rouslan, is a Russian male given name used mainly in the Russian Federation. The name Eruslan is another variant of the form Ruslan. It Is a Russian variation of Turkic or Persian name Arslan/Aslan, what is translated as lion.

Occasionally, it has also been used in neighboring countries, namely Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.

List of people with the given name Ruslan

• Ruslan Abdulgani (1914-2005), Indonesian diplomat and Foreign Minister (1956-1957)
• Ruslan Aushev (born 1954), Soviet General and former President of Ingushetia
• Ruslan Chagaev, Uzbekistan-born Tatar boxer
• Ruslan Fedotenko (born 1979), Ukrainian professional hockey player
• Ruslan Goncharov, Ukrainian figure skater
• Ruslan Karaev (born 1983), a Russian kickboxer and martial artist
• Ruslan Khasbulatov (born 1942), a Russian economist and politician
• Ruslan Kogan (b. 1982), founder and director of Kogan Technologies
• Ruslan Mashchenko (born 1971), a Russian hurdler
• Ruslan Medzhitov, Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University
• Ruslan Nurudinov (born 1991), an Uzbekistani weightlifter
• Ruslan Odnoralov, Russian-American musician: lead guitarist and keyboardist of the Christian rock band Everfound
• Ruslan Ponomariov (born 1983), a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion
• Ruslan Provodnikov (born 1984), a Russian boxer
• Ruslan Rotan (born 1981), a Ukrainian football player
• Ruslan Salei (1974 – 2011), a Belarusian professional hockey defenceman
• Ruslan Sirota (born 1980), a jazz, fusion and funk/R&B pianist and keyboardist
• Rouslan Bond (born 1995), a Russian Hacktivist and Computer Scientist

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