Rubin is both a surname and a given name. Rubins is a Latvian-language name.It derives from the biblical name

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 Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on th ...

as a Jewish name. The choice is also influenced by the word ''rubin'' meaning "ruby," in some languages."Rubin"
in ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', Oxford University Press Notable people with the name include:

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Rubin Carter Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was a Black American middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for Murder (United States law), murder, until released following a petition of Habeas corpus in the ...

, nicknamed "The Hurricane," was a boxer who was imprisoned and later absolved. * Rubin Goldmark * Rubin Kantorovich * Rubin Patiția

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* Alan Rubin, American musician * Albert Rubin (1887–1956), Jewish painter * Andrejs Rubins (born 1978), Latvian footballer. * Andy Rubin, senior vice president of Mobile at Google * Andrew Rubin, Daniel Breen’s father *

Arthur Rubin Arthur Leonard Rubin (born 1956) is an American mathematician and aerospace engineer. He was named a Putnam Fellow on four consecutive occasions from 1970 to 1973. Life and career Rubin's mother was Jean E. Rubin, a professor of mathematics a ...

(born 1956), American mathematician *

Avi Rubin Aviel David "Avi" Rubin (born November 8, 1967) is an expert in systems and networking security. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, Technical Director of the Information S ...

, expert on electronic voting security * Barbara Rubin (1945–1980), American filmmaker and performance artist * Barry Rubin (1950–2014), Israeli academic * Barry Rubin (American football) (born 1957), American football player and coach *

Benjamin Rubin Benjamin Rubin (September 27, 1917 in New York, New York – March 8, 2010) was an American microbiologist, known as the inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle, which played an important role in the eradication of smallpox Smallp ...

(1917–2010), American microbiologist * Bruce Joel Rubin (born 1943), Oscar-winning screenwriter * Carol Rubin (1945–2001), American film producer * Chanda Rubin (born 1976), American professional tennis player * Charles T. Rubin, political science professor * Danny Rubin, an American-Israeli basketball player * Daphne Rubin-Vega (born 1969), American dance music singer and actress *

Dave Rubin David Joshua Rubin (born June 26, 1976) is an American conservative political commentator. He is the creator and host of ''The Rubin Report'', a political talk show on YouTube and on the network BlazeTV. Launched in 2013, his show was origina ...

(born 1976), American comedian, talk show host and television personality *

Donald Rubin Donald Bruce Rubin (born December 22, 1943) is an Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, where he chaired the department of Statistics for 13 years. He also works at Tsinghua University in China and at Temple University in Philad ...

, Professor of Statistics * Donna Rubin (born 1959), American tennis player * Eduard Rubin, Swiss Army, inventor of the first jacketed rifle bullets (1882) and co-inventor of the Schmidt–Rubin rifle * Edgar John Rubin (1886–1951) * Ella Rubin (born 2001), American actress * Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877), Spanish writer and journalist * Eric J. Rubin, Irene Heinz Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health * Eric S. Rubin (born 1961), American diplomat and ambassador *

Erik Rubin The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Nor ...

(born 1971), Mexican singer and actor. * Gayle Rubin (born 1949), American cultural anthropologist * Gerald M. Rubin, American geneticist * Gretchen Rubin (born 1965), American author and attorney * Harold Rubin, South African and Israeli artist and jazz clarinetist * Harry Rubin (virologist) (1926–2020), American virologist and cancer researcher * Harry M. Rubin (born 1952), American business executive * Ian Rubin, Ukraine-born Australian rugby league footballer * Idan Rubin, Israeli football (soccer) player * Ira Rubin (''c.'' 1930–2013), American bridge player *

Irv Rubin Irving David Rubin (April 12, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was a Canadian-born American political and religious activist who served as chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) from 1985 to 2002. He committed suicide in jail when awaiting trial ...

(1946–2002), Canadian-born Kahanist *

Isaak Illich Rubin Isaak Illich Rubin (Russian language, Russian: Исаак Ильич Рубин; 12 June 1886 – 27 November 1937) was a Soviet Union, Soviet lawyer, Marxian economics , economist and scholar of Marx's work. His most important published work ...

(1886–1937), Soviet economist and Marxist theorist. *

James Rubin James Phillip Rubin (born March 28, 1960) is an American former diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Clinton Administration, Clinton ad ...

(born 1960), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, 1997–2000 * James H. Rubin, art historian, New York City * Jay Rubin * Jean E. Rubin (1926–2002), American mathematician * Jennifer Rubin (actress), American film and television actress. * Jennifer Rubin (journalist), blogger at The ''Washington Post'' * Jerry Rubin, American political activist * Karl Rubin, American mathematician * Kathleen Rubins (born 1978), American microbiologist and NASA astronaut. * Lillian B. Rubin (1924–2014), American sociologist and writer * Lisa Rubin (born 1977), Canadian theatre director. * Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (1923–2013), Southern literature scholar and publisher * Marcel Rubin (1905–1995), Austrian composer *

Meyer Rubin Meyer Rubin (February 17, 1924 – May 2, 2020) was an American geologist known for his radiocarbon dating work with the United States Geological Survey. Early career After graduating from Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Englewood High Schoo ...

(1924–2020), American geologist * Michael Rubin, American scholar and commentator on Middle Eastern history and politics * Miri Rubin, British medievalist * Noah Rubin (born 1996), American tennis player * Paul Rubin (1942–2024), American economist * Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983), born as Pauline Rubin, American painter, printmaker, poet, illustrator * Philip Rubin (born 1949), American cognitive scientist, technologist, and science administrator * Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Israeli painter * Richard Rubin (TV personality), American TV personality. *

Rick Rubin Frederick Jay Rubin (, ; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer. He is a co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip hop by produci ...

, American record producer and record label owner *

Robert Rubin Robert Edward Rubin (born August 29, 1938) is an American retired banking executive, lawyer, and former Federal government of the United States, government official. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. secretary o ...

(born 1938), U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1995–1999 * Ron Rubin (disambiguation) * Sabine Rubin (born 1960), a French politician * Samuel M. Rubin ("Sam the Popcorn Man", 1918–2004), an American entrepreneur credited with the mass introduction of popcorn machines to cinemas * Shelley Rubin, chairman and CEO of the Jewish Defense League *Sherry Rubin, born

Sherry Arnstein Sherry Phyllis Arnstein, (née Rubin) (11 January 1930 – 19 January 1997) was the author of the highly influential journal article "A Ladder of Citizen Participation". Working as a special assistant to the assistant secretary at the U.S. Depar ...

(1930–1997), was an American public servant, author of influential papers in participatory decision-making * Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923–2019), American psychiatrist and author * Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American *

Uri Rubin Uri Rubin (; 1944 – 26 October 2021) was an Israeli academic who was a professor in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Tel Aviv University. His areas of research were early Islam (with special emphasis on the ''Qur'an''), ''Qur'an ...

, professor of Arabic and Islamic literature at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a Public university, public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and ...

* Vera Rubin (1928–2016), American astronomer * Yoram Rubin, bodyguard of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin

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{{given name, type=both Surnames Surnames of Jewish origin

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