Josh Ranek
 Josh Ranek (born May 11 1978 in Tyndall South Dakota) is a former Canadian football league player. Ranek was a running back in the Canadian Football League for the Ottawa Renegades (2002–2005) the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2006) the Edmonton Eskimos (preseason 2007) and the Saskatchewan Roughriders (November 2007). In 2002 he attended the training camp of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Ranek played college football at South Dakota State University.