ramis

Ramis is primarily known as a surname and can also appear as a given name in some contexts. The most prominent bearer of the surname is Harold Ramis (1944–2014), an American actor, comedian, director, and writer. Ramis played a central role in American comedy from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He co-wrote the screenplay for Animal House (1978) and Ghostbusters (1984), and directed Caddyshack (1980) and Groundhog Day (1993). He also acted on screen, notably portraying Dr. Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and its sequel.

Beyond Harold Ramis, the surname is borne by other individuals in various professions, though none has achieved the same level of mainstream recognition. Etymological details are not consistently documented in standard reference works, and the distribution of the surname appears in multiple countries.

There is no widely recognized geographic location or major organization simply named Ramis in standard encyclopedic references, suggesting that if such uses exist they are obscure or require qualifiers to distinguish them from the surname.