Ruthven

Ruthven may refer to:

Places

In Scotland:

• Ruthven, Aberdeenshire
• Ruthven, Angus
• Ruthven Castle, Angus
• Ruthven, Badenoch
• Ruthven Barracks, Highland
• Ruthven Castle, also known as Huntingtower Castle, north of Perth
• Loch Ruthven, nature reserve to the south west of Inverness
• Aberuthven, a village in Perth and Kinross

In Australia:

• Ruthven railway station, Melbourne, Victoria
• Ruthven, New South Wales

In North America:

• Ruthven, part of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada
• Ruthven, California, USA
• Ruthven, Iowa, USA

In Antarctica:

• Ruthven Bluff

People

groups

• Clan Ruthven, Scottish clan
• John Ruthven (disambiguation), multiple people
• Patrick Ruthven (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Ruthven (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lord Ruthven of Freeland, title in the peerage of Scotland
• Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Lord Ruthven, title in use until 1581, see Earl of Gowrie#Lords Ruthven (1488)

individuals

• Alexander Ruthven (1580-1600), Scottish nobleman
• Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie 1872–1955), British soldier and Governor-General of Australia
• Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971), American herpetologist and President of the University of Michigan
• Allan Ruthven (1922-2003), Australian rules footballer
• Archibald St Clair Ruthven (1842-1925), Scottish engineer
• David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1701), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
• Dick Ruthven (born 1951), American baseball player
• Edward Southwell Ruthven (c. 1772–1836), Irish Repealer politician and British MP
• Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (born 1939), known as Grey Gowrie, British politician
• Lady Jane Ruthven, Swedish lady in waiting of Scottish descent to queen Christina of Sweden.
• Malise Ruthven (born 1942), Scottish writer and historian
• Michelle Ruthven (born 1967), Canadian alpine skier
• Morris West Ruthven (born 1812), Scottish engineer
• Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1671), Scottish nobleman
• Tyler Ruthven (born 1988), American soccer player
• Walter Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland (1870–1956), British Major-General
• Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), wife of the 1st Earl of Gowrie, Governor of South Australia
• Ruthven Todd (1914–1978), Scottish poet, artist and novelist
• Ruthven Wade (1920–2001), Royal Air Force officer, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff

Incidents

• Raid of Ruthven, 1582

Fiction

• Lord Ruthven (vampire), vampire
• The Ruthven Inheritance, British audio-drama
• Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the male lead in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Ruddigore