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 histo ...

, 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 is an unincorporated community and locality in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located at . The village is east of Lafayette on the Bayou Teche Bayou Teche (Louisiana French: ''Bayou Têche'') is a U.S. Geolog ...

Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky Ruth is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdicti ...

* Ruth, Michigan *

Ruth, Mississippi Ruth is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to ...

* 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, Washington *

Ruth, West Virginia Ruth is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Ruth is located along U.S. Route 119 and West Virginia Route 214 West Virginia Route 214 is a north–south state highway located in the western portion o ...

In space

Ruth (lunar crater) Krieger is a lunar impact crater on the eastern part of the Oceanus Procellarum. It is located to the north-northwest of the flooded crater Prinz, and north-northeast of the prominent ray crater Aristarchus. To the northwest lies the small Wo ...

, crater on the Moon * Ruth (Venusian crater), crater on Venus *

798 Ruth 798 Ruth is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by the German astronomer Max Wolf on 21 November 1914. It may have been named after the biblical character Ruth. This main belt asteroid has an orbital period of and is orbiting at a ...

, 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) Ruth ( he, רות ''rut'', ) is a common female given name, noted from Ruth (biblical figure), Ruth, the eponymous heroine of the Book of Ruth, eighth book of the Old Testament. History of usage Not evidently in regular usage among the ancient Heb ...

contains list of namesakes including fictional * Princess Ruth or Keʻelikōlani, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess

Surname

A. S. Ruth Alfred S. Ruth (December 18, 1865 – June 30, 1915) was an American politician in the state of Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym ...

, 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 Concordia University ( French: ''Univ ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Vi ...

(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, Kenneth ...

'' (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) Ruth is a four-piece Christian indie band from Battle Ground, Washington. Ruth's debut album, '' Secondhand Dreaming'', was released June 26, 2007. History Formation Dustin Ruth moved to Los Angeles to find band members to join him in forming ...

, American band out of Vancouver, Washington *

Ruth Ruth Ruth Ruth is a pop punk band formed in New York City in 1993, with the original lineup consisting of Chris Kennedy on bass/lead vocals and songwriter, Mike Lustig on guitar, and drummer Dave Snyder. Band history and the American Recordings er ...

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

Television

*'' Ruthie on the Telephone'', 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 Christian canons it is treated as one of th ...

, 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, 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 The uranium hydride bomb was a variant design of the atomic bomb first suggested by Robert Oppenheimer in 1939 and advocated and tested by Edward Teller. It used deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, as a neutron moderator in a uranium-deuterium ce ...