Ruskin (surname)

Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina, is a surname can be of English, Scottish, French, Danish, German or Jewish origin which occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries.^{[ citation needed ]}

People

• Effie Ruskin (1828–1897), Scottish artists' model, wife of John Ruskin
• Harry Ruskin (1894–1969), American screenwriter and lyricist
• Ira Ruskin (1943–2014), American politician
• John Ruskin (1819–1900), English polymath, author, poet and artist
• Nardwuar, born John Ruskin in 1968, Canadian journalist and musician
• Joseph Ruskin (1924–2013), American character actor born Joseph Richard Schlafman
• Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983), restaurateur who owned Max's Kansas City, a New York City nightclub/restaurant, and other restaurants
• Morris Ruskin (born 1962), American independent film and television producer and entrepreneur
• Pamela Ruskin (1920–2010), Australian freelance journalist
• Scott Ruskin (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball player
• Scott Ruskin (cricketer) (born 1975), English cricketer
• Sheila Ruskin (born 1946), English actress
• Susan Ruskin, American film producer

Fictional characters

• Edward Ruskin, in the British soap opera Emmerdale Farm
• Maria Ruskin, in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities and its film adaptation

See also

• Val Rapava-Ruskin (born 1992), English rugby union player
• Ruskin (given name)