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country bumpkin Yokel is one of several derogatory terms referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. The term is of uncertain etymology and is only attributed from the early 19th century. Yokels are depicted as straightforward, simple, naï ...

or an inexperienced, unsophisticated person. Rube is also sometimes used as a

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

, for

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 Portugue ...

, Ruben or Rubin.

Arts and entertainment

Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he wo ...

(1902-1976), Jewish American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, vocalist and writer *

Rube Goldberg Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadge ...

(1883-1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor *

Rubin Lacey Rubin "Rube" Lacy (or Lacey) (January 2, 1901 – November 14, 1969) was an American country blues musician, who played guitar and was a singer and songwriter. Lacy was born in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the gu ...

(1902-1969), American country blues musician, singer and songwriter

Sports

Baseball

Rube Benton John Cleave "Rube" Benton (June 27, 1890 – December 12, 1937) was a pitcher for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (1910–15, 1923–25) and New York Giants (1915–21). He pitched in the minor leagues for the Minneapolis Millers of the Am ...

(1890-1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Bressler Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler (October 23, 1894 – November 7, 1966) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an ...

(1894-1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Currie George Reuben "Rube" Curry (October 10, 1898 – June 11, 1966) was an American pitcher and manager in Negro league baseball. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Curry made his debut for the Chicago Union Giants in 1919 before coming back to his hometo ...

(1898-1966), American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues *

Rube DeGroff Arthur Sleight "Rube" DeGroff (September 2, 1879 – December 17, 1955) was a professional baseball outfielder from 1903 to 1916. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. DeGroff was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and w ...

(1879-1955), American Major League Baseball player *

George "Rube" Deneau George Deneau (died January 10, 1926) was a Canadian minor league baseball player, manager, and promoter who played on a number of Ontario and Michigan teams between 1898 and 1915. Known best by his nickname "Rube," he was born in Amherstburg, Onta ...

(c. 1879-1926), Canadian minor league baseball player, manager and promoter *

Rube Dessau Frank Rolland Dessau (March 29, 1883 – May 6, 1952) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in two games for the 1907 Boston Doves and in nineteen games for the 1910 Brooklyn Superbas. He was also a manager in minor league baseball ...

(1883-1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Ehrhardt Welton Claude Ehrhardt (November 20, 1894 – April 27, 1980) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1924 to 1929 with the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds. A right-hander, Ehrhardt's career was delayed while he served in the ...

(1894-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Ellis George William "Rube" Ellis (November 17, 1885 – March 13, 1938), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. Ellis played for the St. Louis Cardinals. In both 1909 and 1910, Ellis led all National Leagu ...

(1885-1938), American Major League Baseball player *

Rube Fischer Reuben Walter Fischer (September 19, 1916 – July 16, 1997) was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher who appeared in 108 games in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants (1941; 1943–1946). Born in Carlock, ...

(1916-1997), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Foster Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Foster, considered by historians to have been per ...

(1879–1930), American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame *

Rube Foster (AL pitcher) George "Rube" Foster (January 5, 1888 – March 1, 1976) was a Major League Baseball player. Foster was a right-handed pitcher with the Boston Red Sox from to and won two World Series championships with the team in and again in . Foster was p ...

(1888-1976), American Major League Baseball player *

Rube Geyer Jacob Bowman "Rube" Geyer (March 26, 1884 – October 12, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals co ...

(1884-1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Kisinger Charles Samuel "Rube" Kisinger (December 13, 1876 – July 17, 1941), sometimes spelled "Kissinger", was an American right-handed baseball pitcher. Kissinger played professional baseball from 1901 to 1916, including two years in Major League Base ...

(1876-1941), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Rube Kroh (1886-1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Rube Lutzke (1897-1938), American Major League Baseball player *

Rube Manning Walter S. "Rube" Manning (April 29, 1883 – April 23, 1930), was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1907 to 1910. Manning started his professional baseball career in 1906. He pitched for the Williamsport Millionaires of the Tri-State League ...

(1883-1930), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Marquard Richard William "Rube" Marquard (October 9, 1886 – June 1, 1980) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1910s and early 1920s. He achieved his greatest success with the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Ba ...

(1886-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame *

Rube Marshall Roy De Verne "Rube" Marshall (July 19, 1890 – June 11, 1980) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until , for the Philadelphia Phillies and Buffalo Blues The Buffalo Blues were a ...

(1890-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Melton Reuben Franklin Melton (February 27, 1917 – September 11, 1971) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, from 1941 to 1947. Melton experienced ...

(1917-1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Novotney Ralph Joseph "Rube" Novotney (August 5, 1924 – July 16, 1987) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 22 Major League games for the Chicago Cubs.

(1924-1987), American Major League Baseball player in 1949 *

Rube Oldring Reuben Henry "Rube" Oldring (May 30, 1884 – September 9, 1961) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the major leagues from 1905 to 1918. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees. Early life Oldring was ...

(1884-1961), American Major League Baseball player *

Rube Parnham James Arthur "Rube" Parnham (February 1, 1894 – November 25, 1963) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1916 and 1917 Philadelphia Athletics. Parnham started only five games for the Athletics, completing two of them. His career record ...

(1894-1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Peters Otto Casper "Rube" Peters (March 15, 1885 – February 7, 1965) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Tip-Tops The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were a team in the short-lived Federal League of professiona ...

(1885-1965), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Schauer Rube Schauer (born Alexander John Schauer) (March 19, 1891 – April 15, 1957), was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward ...

(1891-1957), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Sellers Oliver "Rube" Sellers (March 7, 1881 – January 14, 1952) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Doves The Atlanta Braves, a current Major League Baseball franchise, originated in Boston, Massachusetts. This ar ...

(1881-1952), American Major League Baseball player in 1910 *

Rube Vickers Harry Porter "Rube" Vickers (May 17, 1879–December 9, 1958) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Superbas, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Athletics during the early 20th century. H ...

(1878-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Rube Vinson (1879-1951), American Major League Baseball player *

Rube Waddell George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-hander, he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans in the National Le ...

(1876-1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Walberg George Elvin Walberg (July 27, 1896 – October 27, 1978) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from through , most notably as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics dynasty that ...

(1896-1978), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Rube Walker Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker (May 16, 1926 – December 12, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach. Career A native of Lenoir, North Carolina, Walker batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was li ...

(1926-1992), American Major League Baseball catcher and pitching coach *

Rube Ward John Andrew Ward (February 6, 1879 in New Lexington, Ohio – January 17, 1945 in Akron, Ohio), was a former professional baseball player who played 13 games in the outfield for the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas. External links

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(1879-1945), American Major League Baseball player in 1902 *

Rube Yarrison Byron Wardsworth Yarrison (March 9, 1896 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania – April 22, 1977 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania) was a professional baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Philadelphia Athletics i ...

(1896-1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Other

Rube Barker Reuben Allen Barker (July 23, 1889 – August 6, 1958) was an American football player and track athlete for the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. He was then a practicing ph ...

(1889-1958), American college football player and track athlete in the 1910s *

Rube Bjorkman Reuben Eugene Bjorkman (born February 27, 1929) is a former head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey men's team. A graduate of Roseau, Minnesota High School, where he led his team to a state championship in 1946, Bjork ...

(born 1929), former collegiate ice hockey head coach *

Rube Brandow Willis Reuben Brandow (October 16, 1898 – November 20, 1932) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Calgary Tigers, Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League. He also played with th ...

(1898–1932), Canadian professional ice hockey player and college coach *

Rube Ferns Rube Ferns (born James Ferns; October 30, 1873 – June 11, 1952) was an American boxer of the early 20th century. Nicknamed "The Kansas Rube", he held the World Welterweight Championship in 1900 and 1901. He was formidable and scrappy with a goo ...

(1873-1952), American boxer, world welterweight champion in 1900 and 1901 *

Rube Lautenschlager Reuben Lautenschlager (September 7, 1915 – January 5, 1992) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Sheboygan Red Skins The Sheboygan Red Skins (or Redskins) was a professional basketball team based in Sheboygan, W ...

(1915–1992), American college and professional basketball player *

Rube Ludwig Rubin Ludwig (c. 1920 – July 5, 1991) was a Canadian professional football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba ...

(c. 1920-1991), Canadian football player *

Rube McCray Ruben North McCray (June 13, 1904 – November 20, 1972) was the head football, men's basketball, and baseball coach at the College of William & Mary. He also served as their athletic director. Later in life he became a community leader in Lake Wac ...

(1904-1972), head football, men's basketball, and baseball coach and athletic director at the College of William & Mary *

Rube Ursella Reuben J. Ursella (January 11, 1890 – February 1980) was a professional football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League. During his NFL career Rube played for the Minneapolis Marines, Akron Indians, ...

(1890-1980), American football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League *

Reuben Charles Warnes Reuben Charles Warnes (12 October 1875 - 16 January 1961) was a boxing middleweight champion who participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He lost the Olympic bout to Johnny Douglas. He was a member of the Gainsford Amateur Boxing Club. Biograp ...

(1875-1961), British boxer

Outlaws

Rube Burrow Reuben Houston Burrow (December 11, 1855 – October 9, 1890), better known as Rube Burrow, was an infamous train-robber and outlaw in the Southern and Southwestern United States. During the final years of the American frontier, he became one of t ...

(1854-1890), American Old West train robber and outlaw

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Outlaws

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