Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:

Places

France

Château de Ruthie The Château de Ruthie is a castle in the ''commune'' of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of France. Construction took place at various times in the 11th, 15th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was listed as a ''monument histor ...

, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France

Switzerland

* Ruth, a hamlet in

Cologny Cologny () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Cologny is first mentioned in 1208 as ''Colognier''. The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a Neolithic lake side village which was discovered near the village ...

United States

* Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Arkansas * Ruth, California * Ruth, Louisiana *

Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky Ruth is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper Sou ...

* Ruth, Michigan * Ruth, Mississippi * Ruth, Nevada *

Ruth, North Carolina Ruth is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 440 at the 2010 census. Geography Ruth is located at 35°22'60" North, 81°56'36" West (35.383224, -81.943365). The town is concentrated around the intersecti ...

Ruth, Virginia Ruth is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison. History Madison County ...

Ruth, Washington Ruth, also known as Ruth Station, is a place located in Lewis County, Washington. The area is located on Washington State Route 6 between the towns of Adna and Ceres, near the confluence of the Chehalis River and the South Fork Chehalis Rive ...

* Ruth, West Virginia

In space

* Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon *

Ruth (Venusian crater) Ruth is an impact crater on Venus. The crater, based on data provided by the ''Magellan'' spacecraft, has an estimated diameter of and an elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, ...

, crater on Venus * 798 Ruth, asteroid

People

Ruth (biblical figure) Ruth (; ) is the person after whom the Book of Ruth is named. She was a Moabite woman who married an Israelite. After the death of all the male members of her family (her husband, her father-in-law, and her brother-in-law), she stays with her mot ...

* Ruth (given name) contains list of namesakes including fictional * Princess Ruth or

Keʻelikōlani Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, or sometimes written as Luka Ke‘elikōlani, also known as Ruth Ke‘elikōlani Keanolani Kanāhoahoa or Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Ke‘elikōlani (June 17, 1826 – May 24, 1883), was a formal member of the House of Kameha ...

, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess

Surname

* A. S. Ruth, American politician *

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

(1895–1948), American baseball player *

Connie Ruth Connie Ruth (born 1944) was an American politician. Ruth was born in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, was raised on a farm, and went to Canby High School. She graduated from Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her bachelo ...

, American politician * Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician *

Elizabeth Ruth Elizabeth Ruth (born 1968) is a Canadian novelist. Early life and education Elizabeth Ruth was born in Windsor, Ontario, was raised by a single, unmarried mother, and moved frequently while growing up, including living in Detroit, Michigan, in C ...

, Canadian novelist *

Kristin Ruth Kristin H. Ruth is a former state district court judge in North Carolina, who served District 10 (Wake County). Ruth was the senior partner in her law firm for seven years before being elected to the bench in 1998. She was re-elected to four-year t ...

, American judge *

Nancy Ruth Nancy Ruth Rowell Jackman (born January 6, 1942) is a Canadian heiress, activist, philanthropist and former Canadian Senator. She was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. While initially appointed as a Progressive Cons ...

, Canadian politician *

Hampton Del Ruth Hampton Del Ruth (September 7, 1879 – May 15, 1958) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer. Among other work, he wrote the intertitles for the final American studio-made silent film '' Legong: Dance of the Virg ...

(1879-1958), American film actor and producer *

Roy Del Ruth Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893, Delaware – April 27, 1961) was an American filmmaker. Early career Beginning his Hollywood career as a writer for Mack Sennett in 1915, Del Ruth later directed his first short film ''Hungry Lions'' (1919) ...

(1893−1961), American film director *

Thomas Del Ruth Thomas Del Ruth (born May 1, 1942) is a retired American cinematographer. Biography Del Ruth was born in 1942 in Beverly Hills, California, as the son of film director Roy Del Ruth, and actress Winnie Lightner. He was educated at Van Nuys ...

(born 1942), American cinematographer

Code name

* Ruth, code name of

Pridi Banomyong Pridi Banomyong ( th, ปรีดี พนมยงค์, , ; 11 May 1900 – 2 May 1983), also known by his noble title Luang Praditmanutham ( th, หลวงประดิษฐ์มนูธรรม) was a Thai politician and professo ...

, former Prime Minister and leader of the Thai underground against the Japanese occupation during World War II

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''

Citizen Ruth ''Citizen Ruth'' is a 1996 American satirical black comedy film directed by Alexander Payne, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kenne ...

'' (1996), a movie about abortion in the United States

Literature

* ''Ruth'' (novel), an 1853 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell * ''The Book of Ruth'' (novel), a 1988 novel by Jane Hamilton

Music

* Ruth (band), American band out of Vancouver, Washington * Ruth Ruth, American pop punk band * ''Ruth'' (album), by American indie folk group Nana Grizol (2010)

Television

*''

Ruthie on the Telephone ''Ruthie on the Telephone'' is an American Comedy television, comedy television series that was broadcast on the CBS Television network at 7:55pm ET from August 7 to November 5, 1949. The show was written by Goodman Ace and sponsored by Phillip M ...

'', a series aired on the CBS Television network during 1949 * "Ruthie" (''BoJack Horseman'')

Bible

Book of Ruth The Book of Ruth ( he, מגילת רות, ''Megilath Ruth'', "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is included in the third division, or the Writings (Ketuvim), of the Hebrew Bible. In most Old Testament, Christian canons it is treated ...

, a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Brands and enterprises

* Baby Ruth, candy bar * Ruth–Aaron pair, two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each integer are equal * Ruth's Chris Steak House, an American restaurant chain

Other uses

Typhoon Ruth The name Ruth has been used for 16 tropical cyclones worldwide, 15 in the Western Pacific Ocean and 1 in the Australian region tropical cyclone, Australian region of the South Pacific Ocean. The name has also been used for 1 European windstorm. In ...

, name of several tropical cyclones worldwide * Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-5 Ruth, a Lithuanian light aircraft design * Ruth, one of the unsuccessful tests of the Uranium hydride bomb