# 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 Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the Hebrew original; 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)

## Given name
### Reuben

* Reuben Agboola (born 1962), Nigerian football player
* Reuben Bennett (1913–1989), Scottish football player and coach
* Reuben Fatheree II (born 2002), American football player
* 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
* Reuben Bannister (born 1984), English entrepreneur, company director and musician

### Ruben

* Ruben Amorim (born 1985), Portuguese football manager
* 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 Nicolai (born 1975), Dutch television presenter and comedian
* 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 Aguiar (born 1956), Argentine long-distance runner
* Rubén Albarrán (born 1967), Mexican singer-songwriter, member of Café Tacuba
* Ruben de Almeida Barbeiro (born 1987), real name of Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer KURA
* 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
* Rúben Dias (born 1997), Portuguese football player
* 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 Maza (born 1967), Venezuelan long-distance runner
* Rubén Iván Martínez (born 1984), Spanish football player
* Rúben Neves (born 1997), Portuguese football player
* Rubén Ochandiano (born 1980), Spanish actor and director
* Rubén Rangel (born 1977), Venezuelan road racing cyclist
* Rubén Alonso Rosales (1925–2000), Salvadorian politician
* Rúben Semedo (born 1994), Portuguese football player
* Rubén Sobrino (born 1992), Spanish football player
* Rubén Sosa (born 1966), Uruguayan football player
* Rubén Tejada (born 1989), Panamanian baseball player
* Rúben Vinagre (born 1999), Portuguese football player
* Rubén Xaus (born 1978), Spanish motorcycle racer
* Rubén Yáñez (born 1993), Spanish football player

### Rueben

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

## Surname
### 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 (1939–2025), 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

### 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