Rubin

Rubin is both a surname and a given name. Rubins is a Latvian-language name.It derives from the biblical name Reuben as a Jewish name. The choice is also influenced by the word rubin meaning "ruby," in some languages.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

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

Surname

 * 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 (born 1956), American mathematician
 * Avi Rubin, expert on electronic voting security
 * Barbara Rubin (1945–1980), American filmmaker and performance artist
 * Benjamin Rubin (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 (born 1976), American comedian, talk show host and television personality
 * Donald Rubin, 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)
 * 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 (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 (1946–2002), Canadian-born Kahanist
 * Isaak Illich Rubin (1886–1937), Soviet economist and Marxist theorist.
 * James Rubin (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 (1924–2020), American geologist
 * Michael Rubin, American scholar and commentator on Middle Eastern history and politics
 * Miri Rubin, British medievalist
 * Mohammadmahdi Rubin (writer) (born 1979), Iranian Russian language translator, Russian language teacher, Author of Russian language teaching books
 * Noah Rubin (born 1996), American tennis player
 * 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, American record producer and record label owner,
 * Ron Rubin (disambiguation)
 * Robert Rubin (born 1938), U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1995–1999
 * 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 (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, professor of Arabic and Islamic literature at Tel Aviv University
 * Vera Rubin (1928–2016), American astronomer
 * Yoram Rubin, bodyguard of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin