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 Portuguese; Rubén in Spanish; Rubèn in Catalan; Ruben in Dutch, German, French, Italian, Indonesian, Polish, 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), Norwegian singer-songwriter Ruben Markussen (born 1995)
 * Ruben (film editor), Indian film editor Livingston Antony Ruben (born 1986)

Reuben

 * Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian football player
 * Reuben Bennett (1913–1989), Scottish football player and coach
 * 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 Garrick (born 1997), Australian rugby league player
 * Rube Goldberg (Reuben) (1883–1970), American cartoonist and creator of Rube Goldberg devices
 * Reuben Hazell (born 1979), English football player
 * Reuben James (c. 1776 – 1838), US Navy boatswain's mate
 * Reuben Mattus (1912–1994), Polish businessman
 * Reuben Mednikoff (1906–1972), British surrealist artist
 * Reuben Noble-Lazarus (born 1993), English football player
 * Reuben Oppenheimer (1897–1982), justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals
 * Reuben Partridge (1823–1900), 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

Ruben

 * Ruben Oskar Auervaara (1906–1964), Finnish thief and fraudster
 * Ruben Cain, birth name of Robert Gibson (wrestler) (born 1958), American professional wrestler
 * Ruben Darbinyan (1883–1968), Armenian politician and activist and government minister during the First Republic of Armenia
 * Ruben Douglas (born 1979), Panamanian basketball player
 * Ruben Enaje, Filipino carpenter and sign painter, known for being voluntarily crucified annually on Good Friday
 * Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), American film director and producer
 * Ruben Gabrielsen (born 1992), Norwegian football player
 * Ruben Gallego (born 1979), American politician
 * Ruben Houkes (born 1979), Dutch judoka
 * Ruben Bemelmans (born 1988), Belgian tennis player
 * Ruben Kihuen (born 1980), American politician
 * 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 Markussen (born 1995), aka Ruben (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter
 * Ruben Nirvi (1905–1986), Finnish linguist and professor
 * Ruben Östlund (born 1974), Swedish film director, producer and screenplay writer
 * 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 Trumpelmann (born 1998), South African-born Namibian cricketer
 * Ruben Vargas (born 1998), Swiss football player
 * Ruben Wiki (born 1973), New Zealand rugby player

Rubén/Rúben

 * Rubén Ochandiano (born 1980), Spanish actor and director
 * 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 Bareiro Saguier (1930–2014), Paraguayan poet and writer
 * Rubén Blades (born 1948), Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, actor, Latin jazz musician and activist
 * Rubén Blanco (born 1995), Spanish professional footballer
 * Rubén Castro (born 1981), Spanish football player
 * Rubén Callisaya (born 1961), Bolivian politician
 * Rubén Daray (born 1950), Argentine racing driver
 * Rubén de la Red (born 1985), Spanish football manager
 * Rubén Duarte (born 1995), Spanish 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
 * Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
 * Rubén Sobrino (born 1992), Spanish football player
 * Rubén Sosa (born 1966), Uruguayan football player
 * Rubén Yáñez (born 1993), Spanish football player
 * Ruben de Almeida Barbeiro (born 1987), real name of Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer KURA
 * Rúben Amorim (born 1985), Portuguese football manager
 * Rúben Dias (born 1997), Portuguese football player
 * Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese football player
 * Rúben Semedo (born 1994), Portuguese football player
 * Rúben Vinagre (born 1999), Portuguese football player

Rueben

 * Rueben Mayes (born 1963), Canadian former American football player

Reuben

 * David and Simon Reuben, billionaire entrepreneurs in the UK
 * David Reuben (author) (born 1933), American author and psychiatrist
 * 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
 * Livingston Antony Ruben, aka Ruben (film editor), Indian film editor
 * Marco Ruben, Argentine football player
 * Sam Ruben (1913–1943), American biochemist, born Charles Rubenstein
 * Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), American inventor and founder of Duracell

Rueben

 * Hannah Rueben (born 1994), Nigerian wrestler

Fictional characters

 * Reuben (Lilo & Stitch), also known as Experiment 625, a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise
 * 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
 * Ruben "Ruvik" Victoriano, main antagonist (The Evil Within)
 * Reuben Price, "Captain Price", a bounty hunter antagonist in Just Roll With It