# Rube

A rube is a country bumpkin or an inexperienced, unsophisticated person.
Rube is also sometimes used as a nickname, for Reuben, Ruben or Rubin.

## Arts and entertainment

* Rube Bloom (1902–1976), Jewish American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, vocalist and writer
* Rube Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor
* Rubin Lacey (1902–1969), American country blues musician, singer and songwriter

## Sports
### Baseball

* Rube Benton (1890–1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Bressler (1894–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Currie (1898–1966), American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues
* Rube DeGroff (1879–1955), American Major League Baseball player
* George "Rube" Deneau (c. 1879–1926), Canadian minor league baseball player, manager and promoter
* Rube Dessau (1883–1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Ehrhardt (1894–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Ellis (1885–1938), American Major League Baseball player
* Rube Fischer (1916–1997), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Foster (1879–1930), American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Rube Foster (AL pitcher) (1888–1976), American Major League Baseball player
* Rube Geyer (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Kisinger (1876–1941), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Kroh (1886–1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Lutzke (1897–1938), American Major League Baseball player
* Rube Manning (1883–1930), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Marquard (1886–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Rube Marshall (1890–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Melton (1917–1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Novotney (1924–1987), American Major League Baseball player in 1949
* Rube Oldring (1884–1961), American Major League Baseball player
* Rube Parnham (1894–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Peters (1885–1965), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Schauer (1891–1957), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Sellers (1881–1952), American Major League Baseball player in 1910
* Rube Vickers (1878–1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Vinson (1879–1951), American Major League Baseball player
* Rube Waddell (1876–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Walberg (1896–1978), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Rube Walker (1926–1992), American Major League Baseball catcher and pitching coach
* Rube Ward (1879–1945), American Major League Baseball player in 1902
* Rube Yarrison (1896–1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher

### Other

* Rube Barker (1889–1958), American college football player and track athlete in the 1910s
* Rube Bjorkman (born 1929), former collegiate ice hockey head coach
* Rube Brandow (1898–1932), Canadian professional ice hockey player and college coach
* Rube Ferns (1873–1952), American boxer, world welterweight champion in 1900 and 1901
* Rube Lautenschlager (1915–1992), American college and professional basketball player
* Rube Ludwig (c. 1920–1991), Canadian football player
* Rube McCray (1904–1972), head football, men's basketball, and baseball coach and athletic director at the College of William & Mary
* Rube Reiswerg (1912–1998), American professional basketball player
* Rube Ursella (1890–1980), American football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League
* Reuben Charles Warnes (1875–1961), British boxer

## Outlaws

* Rube Burrow (1854–1890), American Old West train robber and outlaw