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.

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) (born 1995), full name Ruben Markussen, Norwegian singer-songwriter known by the mononym Ruben

Given name

Reuben

Reuven

Ruben

  • Ruben Auervaara (1906–1964), Finnish thief and fraudster
  • Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), 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 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
  • Ruben (film editor) (born 1986), Indian film editor

Rubén/Rúben

Rueben

Rube

  • Rube Goldberg (Reuben) (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices

Rupen

  • Rupen of Montfort (died 1313), Cypriot nobleman
  • Rupen Zartarian (1874–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer, educator, and political activist, killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide

Roupen

Surname

Reuben

  • David Reuben (born 1933), American author and psychiatrist
  • David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
  • 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, Indian film editor who works in the Tamil film industry
  • Marco Ruben, Argentine football player
  • Sam Ruben (1913–1943), American biochemist known for his work on carbon fixation in photosynthesis and discovery of carbon-14, born Charles Rubenstein
  • Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), American inventor and founder of Duracell

Rueben

Fictional characters

Food

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