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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, 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).

Mononym

* Ruben I, Prince of Armenia (1025/1035 – 1095), the first lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1080/1081/1082 to 1095, founder of Rubenid dynasty
* Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (c. 1165 – 1170), the seventh lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1169 to 1170
* Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (1145–1187), the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia or "Lord of the Mountains" from 1175 to 1187
* Ruben (singer) (born 1995), full name Ruben Markussen, Norwegian singer-songwriter known by the mononym Ruben

Given name

Reuben

* Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian football player
* Reuben Bennett (1913–1989), Scottish football player and coach
* Reuben Mattus (born 1912), Polish businessman
* Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), American merchant and politician from New York
* Reuben Fine (1914–1993), American chess player and psychologist
* Reuben Foster (born 1994), American football player
* Reuben Hazell (born 1979), English football player
* Reuben James (c. 1776 – 1838), US Navy boatswain's mate
* Reuben Mednikoff (1906–1972), British surrealist artist
* Reuben Noble-Lazarus (born 1993), English football player
* Reuben Partridge (born 1823), American pioneer bridge builder
* Reuben Reid (born 1988), English football player
* Reuben Snake (1937–1993), Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) activist, educator, spiritual leader, and tribal leader
* Reuben Sturman (1924–1997), American pornographer and businessman from Ohio
* Reuben Thorne (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player
* Reuben Wu (born 1975), English photographer, director, music producer, member of the band Ladytron
* Reuben Gray (born 2000), English singer and songwriter

Reuven

* Reuven Atar (born 1969), Israeli football player
* Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014), Israeli psychologist
* Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), Israeli president
* Reuven Snir (born 1953), Israeli professor at the University of Haifa

Ruben

* Ruben Auervaara (1906–1964), Finnish thief and fraudster
* Ruben de Almeida Barbeiro (born 1987), real name of Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer KURA
* Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), wrestler
* Ruben Östlund (born 1974), Swedish film director, producer and screenplay writer
* Ruben Darbinyan (1883–1968), Armenian politician and activist and government minister during the First Republic of Armenia
* Ruben Enaje, Filipino carpenter and sign painter, known for being voluntarily crucified annually on Good Friday
* Ruben Gabrielsen (born 1992), Norwegian football player
* Ruben Kihuen (born 1980), American politician
* Ruben Trumpelmann (born 1998), South African born Namibian cricketer
* Ruben Gallego (born 1979), American politician
* Ruben Houkes (born 1979), Dutch judoka
* 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 Nirvi (1905–1986), Finnish linguist and professor
* 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 Wiki (born 1973), New Zealand rugby player
* Ruben (film editor) (born 1986), Indian film editor
* Ruben Vargas (born 1998), Swiss football player
* Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), American film director and producer

Rubén

* Rubén Aguiar (born 1956), Argentine long-distance runner
* Rubén Albarrán (born 1967), Mexican singer-songwriter, member of Café Tacuba
* Rubén Alonso Rosales (1925–2000), Salvadorian politician
* Rubén Amaro Jr. (born 1965), American baseball player, manager, and coach
* Rubén Baraja (born 1975), Spanish football manager
* Rubén Sobrino (born 1992), Spanish football player
* Rubén Bareiro Saguier (1930–2014), Paraguayan poet and writer
* Rubén Blades (born 1948), Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician and activist
* Rubén Castro (born 1981), Spanish football player
* Rúben Dias (born 1997), Portuguese football player
* Rubén Espinoza (born 1961), Chilean football player
* Rubén Limardo (born 1985), Venezuelan fencer
* Rubén Iván Martínez (born 1984), Spanish football player
* Rubén Maza (born 1967), Venezuelan long-distance runner
* Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese football player
* Rubén Duarte (born 1995), Spanish football player
* Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
* Rubén de la Red (born 1985), Spanish football manager
* Rubén Yáñez (born 1993), Spanish football player
* Rúben Amorim (born 1985), Portuguese football manager
* Rúben Semedo (born 1994), Portuguese football player
* Rúben Vinagre (born 1999), Portuguese football player

Rueben

* Rueben Mayes, Canadian former American football player

Rube

* Rube Goldberg (Reuben) (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices

Rupen

* Rupen of Montfort (died 1313), Cypriot nobleman
* Rupen Zartarian (1874–1915), Ottoman Armenian writer, educator, and political activist, killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide

Roupen

*Roupen Altiparmakian, Armenian violin and oud player

Surname

Reuben

* David Reuben (author), David Reuben (born 1933), American author and psychiatrist
* David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
* 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

Ruben

* Alessandro Ruben (born 1960), Italian politician
* Karl Ruben, Danish chess master
* Sam Ruben (1913–1943), American biochemist known for his work on carbon fixation in photosynthesis and discovery of carbon-14, born Charles Rubenstein
* Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), American inventor and founder of Duracell
* Ruben (film editor), Livingston Antony Ruben, Indian film editor who works in the Tamil film industry

Rueben

* Hannah Rueben (born 1994), Nigerian wrestler

Fictional characters

* Reuben (Lilo & Stitch), Reuben (''Lilo & Stitch''), also known as Experiment 625, a character in the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise
* Reuben (Final Fantasy), Reuben (''Final Fantasy''), a character from ''Final Fantasy Mystic Quest''
* Reuben, a ''Minecraft'' pig from ''Minecraft: Story Mode''
* Reuben Kincaid, the Partridge Family's manager
* Ruben Lozano, a crime lord antagonist in Red vs. Blue (season 14), ''Red vs. Blue'' Season 14
* Ruben "Ruvik" Victoriano, main antagonist (''The Evil Within'')

Food

* Reuben sandwich, a hot sandwich made with corned beef

Places

* Rupen River, a river in Gujarat in western India
* Rupen River (Gir), a river in Gujarat in western India
* Reubens, Idaho a city in Lewis County, Idaho, United States

See also

* Rube
* Reubens (disambiguation)
* Rubens (disambiguation)
* Rubin (disambiguation)
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References

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English masculine given names
Hebrew masculine given names