Rubin

For other uses, see Rubin (disambiguation).

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. ^[1]

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)
• Ella Rubin (born 2001), American actress
• 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
• Paul Rubin (1942–2024), American economist
• 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
• Robert Rubin (born 1938), U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1995–1999
• Ron Rubin (disambiguation)
• 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

See also

• Ruben (surname), a list of people
• Reuben (disambiguation)
• Rubini
• Rubino
• Rubin Design Bureau

References

1. "Rubin", in Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press