Reuben

Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.

Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Armenian; and Rupen/Roupen in Western Armenian.

The form Ruben can also be a form of the name Robin, itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert, in several Celtic languages. It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí, the Irish form of Roderick).

Mononym

• Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035–1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty
• Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165–1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170
• Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (1145–1187), the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1175 to 1187
• Ruben (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter Ruben Markussen (born 1995)
• Ruben (film editor), Indian film editor Livingston Antony Ruben (born 1986)

Given name

Reuben

• Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian football player
• Reuben Bennett (1913–1989), Scottish football player and coach
• Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), American merchant and politician from New York
• Reuben Fine (1914–1993), American chess player and psychologist
• Reuben Foster (born 1994), American football player
• Reuben Garrick (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
• Rube Goldberg (Reuben) (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices
• Reuben Hazell (born 1979), English football player
• Reuben James (c. 1776 – 1838), US Navy boatswain's mate
• Reuben Mattus (1912–1994), Polish businessman
• Reuben Mednikoff (1906–1972), British surrealist artist
• Reuben Noble-Lazarus (born 1993), English football player
• Reuben Oppenheimer (1897–1982), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
• Reuben Partridge (1823–1900), American pioneer bridge builder
• Reuben Reid (born 1988), English football player
• Reuben Snake (1937–1993), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) activist, educator, spiritual leader, and tribal leader
• Reuben Sturman (1924–1997), American pornographer and businessman from Ohio
• Reuben Thorne (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player
• Reuben Wu (born 1975), English photographer, director, music producer, member of the band Ladytron

Ruben

• Ruben Oskar Auervaara (1906–1964), Finnish thief and fraudster
• Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), American professional wrestler
• Ruben Darbinyan (1883–1968), Armenian politician and activist and government minister during the First Republic of Armenia
• Ruben Douglas (born 1979), Panamanian basketball player
• Ruben Enaje, Filipino carpenter and sign painter, known for being voluntarily crucified annually on Good Friday
• Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), American film director and producer
• Ruben Gabrielsen (born 1992), Norwegian football player
• Ruben Gallego (born 1979), American politician
• Ruben Houkes (born 1979), Dutch judoka
• Ruben Bemelmans (born 1988), Belgian tennis player
• Ruben Kihuen (born 1980), American politician
• Ruben Kun (1942–2014), President of Nauru (1996–1997)
• Ruben Lagus (1896–1959), Finnish general, one of the principal commanders of Lapland War
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek (born 1996), English football player
• Ruben Markussen (born 1995), aka Ruben (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Ruben Nirvi (1905–1986), Finnish linguist and professor
• Ruben Östlund (born 1974), Swedish film director, producer and screenplay writer
• Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of the food packaging company Tetra Pak
• Ruben Sevak, or Rupen Sevag, real name Ruben Çilingiryan (1886–1915), Ottoman Armenian poet, prose-writer, and doctor, killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide
• Ruben Studdard (born 1978), American singer, winner of American Idol season 2
• Ruben Trumpelmann (born 1998), South African-born Namibian cricketer
• Ruben Vargas (born 1998), Swiss football player
• Ruben Wiki (born 1973), New Zealand rugby player

Rubén/Rúben

• Rubén Ochandiano (born 1980), Spanish actor and director
• Rubén Aguiar (born 1956), Argentine long-distance runner
• Rubén Albarrán (born 1967), Mexican singer-songwriter, member of Café Tacuba
• Rubén Alonso Rosales (1925–2000), Salvadorian politician
• Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), American baseball player, manager, and coach
• Rubén Baraja (born 1975), Spanish football manager
• Rubén Bareiro Saguier (1930–2014), Paraguayan poet and writer
• Rubén Blades (born 1948), Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician and activist
• Rubén Blanco (born 1995), Spanish professional footballer
• Rubén Castro (born 1981), Spanish football player
• Rubén Callisaya (born 1961), Bolivian politician
• Rubén Daray (born 1950), Argentine racing driver
• Rubén de la Red (born 1985), Spanish football manager
• Rubén Duarte (born 1995), Spanish football player
• Rubén Espinoza (born 1961), Chilean football player
• Rubén Limardo (born 1985), Venezuelan fencer
• Rubén Iván Martínez (born 1984), Spanish football player
• Rubén Maza (born 1967), Venezuelan long-distance runner
• Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
• Rubén Sobrino (born 1992), Spanish football player
• Rubén Sosa (born 1966), Uruguayan football player
• Rubén Yáñez (born 1993), Spanish football player
• Ruben de Almeida Barbeiro (born 1987), real name of Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer KURA
• Rúben Amorim (born 1985), Portuguese football manager
• Rúben Dias (born 1997), Portuguese football player
• Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese football player
• Rúben Semedo (born 1994), Portuguese football player
• Rúben Vinagre (born 1999), Portuguese football player

Rueben

• Rueben Mayes (born 1963), Canadian former American football player

Surname

Reuben

• David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
• David Reuben (author) (born 1933), American author and psychiatrist
• Gloria Reuben (born 1964), Canadian-American actress
• John Reuben (born John Reuben Zappin in 1979), American Christian hip-hop artist
• Julie Reuben (born 1960), historian interested in the role of education in American society and culture
• Scott Reuben (born 1958), disgraced American anesthesiologist and professor
• Stewart Reuben (born 1939), British chess player, chess arbiter, and poker author
• William A. Reuben (1915 or 1916 – 2004), American journalist noted for his work on the cases of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and of Alger Hiss

Ruben

• Alessandro Ruben (born 1960), Italian politician
• Karl Ruben, Danish chess master
• Livingston Antony Ruben, aka Ruben (film editor), Indian film editor
• Marco Ruben, Argentine football player
• Sam Ruben (1913–1943), American biochemist, born Charles Rubenstein
• Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), American inventor and founder of Duracell

Rueben

• Hannah Rueben (born 1994), Nigerian wrestler

Fictional characters

• Reuben (Lilo & Stitch), also known as Experiment 625, a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise
• Reuben (Final Fantasy), a character from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• Reuben, a Minecraft pig from Minecraft: Story Mode
• Reuben Kincaid, the Partridge Family's manager
• Ruben Lozano, a crime lord antagonist in Red vs. Blue Season 14
• Ruben "Ruvik" Victoriano, main antagonist (The Evil Within)

See also

• Rube
• Reubens (disambiguation)
• Reuven (name)
• Rubens (disambiguation)
• Rubin (disambiguation)
• Rupen (disambiguation)
• Roupen, a list of people with the given name
• All pages with titles beginning with Reuben
• All pages with titles containing Reuben
• All pages with titles beginning with Ruben
• All pages with titles containing Ruben

References