Reuven (name)

Reuven or Reuben is the eldest son of Jacob in the Bible. It is a Biblical masculine first name from the Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son", as well as a surname. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

 * Reuven Abergel (born 1943), Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist
 * Reuven Agami (born 1965), Dutch cancer researcher
 * Reuven Amitai (born 1955), Israeli-American historian, writer and Hebrew University of Jerusalem dean
 * Reuven Arazi (1907–1983), Israeli politician
 * Reuven Atar (born 1969), Israeli football manager and former player
 * Reuven Avi-Yonah, tax attorney, academic and author
 * Reuven Azar (born 1967), Israeli ambassador
 * Reuven Barkat (1906–1972), Israeli politician born Reuven Borstein
 * Reuven Bar-On (born 1944), Israeli psychologist
 * Reuven Brenner (born 1947), Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian economics professor
 * Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist
 * Reuven Carlyle (born 1965), American politician and businessman
 * Reuven Dafni (1913–2005), British Second World War officer, member of the Haganah and Israeli diplomat
 * Reuven Elbaz (born 1944), Sephardi Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva
 * Reuven Feldman (1899–1990), Israeli politician
 * Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014), Romanian-born Israeli psychologist
 * Reuven Frank (1920–2006), American journalist and broadcast news executive, twice president of NBC News
 * Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), American boxer and referee
 * Reuven Hammer (1933–2019), American-Israeli Conservative rabbi, scholar of Jewish liturgy, author and lecturer
 * Reuven Katz (1880–1963), rabbi and rosh yeshiva
 * Reuven Niemeijer (born 1995), Dutch footballer
 * Reuven Oved (born 1983), Israeli former footballer
 * Reuven Ramaty (1937—2001), Hungarian astrophysicist
 * Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), Israeli politician, lawyer and former president of Israel
 * Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania
 * Reuven Rubinstein (1938–2012), Israeli mathematician
 * Reuven Shari (1903–1989), Russian-born Israeli politician
 * Reuven Shefer (1925–2011), Israeli stage and film actor
 * Reuven Shiloah (1909–1959), first director of the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency
 * Reuven Snir (born 1953), Israeli professor at the University of Haifa
 * Reuven Tal (1932–1967), Israeli footballer
 * Reuven Tsur (1932–2021), professor emeritus of Hebrew literature and literary theory at Tel Aviv University
 * Roby Young (born 1942), Israeli former footballer
 * Reuven Yudalevich (1862–1933), a funder and founder of the city of Rishon Le Zion, Israel

Surname

 * Hen Reuven (born 1992), Israeli footballer
 * Lior Reuven (born 1980), Israeli former footballer