Reuben

For other uses, see Reuben (disambiguation).

Look up Ruben, Ruben, or Rubén in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Reuben is a Biblical male first name. See Reuben (Bible). The Portuguese version takes the form Rúben, in Spanish Rubén, in Catalan Rubèn and in Dutch and Armenian Ruben.

It may also be a surname.

As a given name

People

Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian former professional footballer
Rubén Aguiar (born 1956), Argentine long-distance runner
Rubén Alonso Rosales Salvadorian politician
Rubén Amaro, Jr. (born 1965), American Major League Baseball baseball player and general manager
Rubén Blades (born 1948), Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician and activist
Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), professional wrestler
Rubén Castro (born 1981), Spanish professional footballer
Rubén Espinoza (born 1961), Chilean former professional footballer
(Reuben) Rube Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices
Reuben Fine (1919–1993), American chess player, psychologist, university professor, and author
Ruben Houkes (born 1979), Dutch judoka
Reuben James (c. 1776–1838), a United States Navy boatswain's mate
Ruben Lagus (1896–1959), Finnish general
Rubén Limardo (born 1985), Venezuelan fencer
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (born 1996), English footballer
Rubén Iván Martínez (born 1984), Spanish professional footballer also known simply as Rubén
Rueben Mayes, Canadian former American football player
Rubén Maza (born 1967), Venezuelan long-distance runner
Reuben Noble-Lazarus (born 1993), English professional footballer
Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of the food packaging company Tetra Pak
Reuben Reid (born 1988), English professional footballer
Ruben Studdard (born 1978), American singer, winner of American Idol season 2
Reuben Sturman (1924–1997), American pornographer and businessman from Ohio
Reuben David Thorne (born January 2, 1975), New Zealand rugby union player, and former captain of the Ruben national teammates, the All Blacks.
Ruben Wiki (born 1973), New Zealand rugby league footballer

Fictional characters

Reuben (Lilo & Stitch), a character in Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Reuben, a character from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Reuben, the pig, (Minecraft Story Mode)
Ruben, a 1938 Philippine Prewar Movie

People with the family name

David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
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
Karl Ruben, Danish chess master
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
Scott Reuben (born 1958), disgraced American anesthesiologist and professor
Stewart Reuben (born 1939), British chess player, chess arbiter, and poker author

Food

Reuben sandwich, a hot sandwich made with corned beef