Reuben

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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).[citation needed]

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  • 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

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Rueben[edit]

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

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Reuben[edit]

  • 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

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