Ranulf Compton (September 16, 1878, Poe, Indiana – January 26, 1974) was a United States representative from Connecticut.

(He went overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces on December 12, 1917 and was decorated with the Purple Heart and the French Legion of Honor.)

When Patton was wounded the first day of the Meuse–Argonne offensive in late September 1918, Brett assumed command of Patton's brigade and Compton assumed command of "all the tanks at the front," and with some of the toughest fighting of the tank brigade still ahead.

[3] Compton retired from the United States Army on August 8, 1919, with rank of Major and then served as the military secretary to Governor Nathan L. Miller of New York in 1920.

He was the executive secretary and treasurer of the Hudson River Regulating District, Albany, New York 1923-1929 and served as aide-de-camp to Gov.