Ruskin

Ruskin may refer to:

Surname
Surname Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina. The name occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries.
 * Edward Ruskin, fictional character of the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm
 * Effie Ruskin, Scottish artists' model, wife of John Ruskin
 * Harry Ruskin, American screenwriter
 * Ira Ruskin, American politician
 * John Ruskin (1819–1900), English author, poet and artist.
 * Joseph Ruskin, American character actor
 * Morris Ruskin, American independent film producer and CEO
 * Scott Ruskin (baseball), American baseball player
 * Scott Ruskin (cricketer), English cricketer
 * Sheila Ruskin, English actress
 * Susan Ruskin, American film producer
 * Val Rapava-Ruskin, English rugby union player

Places

 * Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada
 * Ruskin, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
 * In the United States:
 * Ruskin, Florida
 * Ruskin, Georgia
 * Ruskin, Minnesota
 * Ruskin, Nebraska
 * Ruskin Colony, a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies)
 * Ruskin Drive, a road in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Institutions

 * Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England
 * "The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
 * Ruskin College, Oxford, an adult education college named after John Ruskin
 * Ruskin Colleges, a group of U.S. colleges named after John Ruskin
 * Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield
 * Ruskin Museum, in Coniston, Cumbria
 * Ruskin Pottery, an English pottery studio in operation between 1898 and 1935
 * Ruskin Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh and a National Historic Place
 * Ruskin High School (disambiguation)
 * Ruskin Library; Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Forename

 * Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent
 * Ruskin Spear, a British painter

Other

 * Ruskin Dam, in British Columbia, Canada
 * Ruskin's Ride, a bridleway in Oxford, England
 * A type of fried potato skin snack that's a clipped version of "russet skin", and may or may not be made from russet potato skins.