The family traced its origins from Taranto, Italy.^{[citation needed]}

• Nićifor Ranjina (fl. 1319), built the Minčeta Tower in 1319, originally as a strong four-sided fort.
• Nikša Ranjina (1494–1582), writer most famous as the compiler of Ranjina's Miscellany
• Dinko Ranjina (1536–1607), poet

• Croatian nobility

• Francis W. Carter (1972). Dubrovnik (Ragusa): a classic city-state. Seminar Press. ISBN 978-0-12-812950-0.
• Bariša Krekić (1 January 1997). Dubrovnik. Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86078-631-3.