# 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
* Barry Rubin (1950–2014), Israeli academic
* Barry Rubin (American football) (born 1957), American football player and coach
* 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
* Noah Rubin (born 1996), American tennis player
* Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983), born as Pauline Rubin, American painter, printmaker, poet, illustrator
* 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