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.¹

Notable people with the name include:

• Rubin Carter (1937–2014), nicknamed "The Hurricane," American boxer who was imprisoned and later absolved
• Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936), American composer, pianist and educator
• Rubin Kantorovich, candidate in the 1997 Canadian federal election
• Rubin Patiția (1841–1918), Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian lawyer and political activist

• Albert Rubin (1887–1956), Bulgarian-born Jewish artist
• Alvin Benjamin Rubin (1920–1991), American judge
• Anatoly Rubin, Israeli holocaust survivor from Belarus
• Andy Rubin, American software engineer
• Andrew Rubin (1946–2015), American actor
• 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
• Ben Rubin (disambiguation), several people
• Benny Rubin (1899–1986), American comedian and film actor
• Ben-Zion Rubin (b. 1939), Israeli politician
• Bernard Rubin (1896–1936), Australian racing driver and pilot
• Bernard D. Rubin (1893–1948), American businessman
• Bruce Joel Rubin (born 1943), Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Carl Rubin (architect) (1899–1955), Israeli architect
• Carl Bernard Rubin (1920–1995), American judge
• Carol Rubin (1945–2001), American film producer
• Chanda Rubin (born 1976), American professional tennis player
• Charles T. Rubin, political science professor
• Danny Rubin, American screenwriter and playwright
• Danny Rubin (basketball), American-Israeli basketball player
• Daniel Rubin, Swiss ice hockey player
• Daphne Rubin-Vega (born 1969), American dance music singer and actress
• Dave Rubin (born 1976), American comedian, talk show host and television personality
• Dina Rubina (b. 1953), Russian-Israeli writer
• 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), Danish psychologist
• Edward Rubin, American biologist
• 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 Rubín (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
• Hanna Rubina, birth name of Hanna Rovina, Russian-Israeli actress
• 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
• Ilan Rubin, American musician
• 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
• Jason Rubin, American video game director
• Jay Rubin (b. 1941), American translator and Japanologist
• 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
• Jon Rubin, American artist
• Judith Young (nee Rubin, 1952–2014), American astronomer
• Julie Rubin, American judge
• Karen Rubin, American entrepreneur
• Karl Rubin (b. 1956), American mathematician
• Kathleen Rubins (born 1978), American microbiologist and NASA astronaut
• Kevin Rubin, Israeli actor and YouTuber
• Lenny Rubin, Swiss handball player
• Leslie Rubin, South African senator
• Lillian B. Rubin (1924–2014), American sociologist and writer
• Lisa Rubin (born 1977), Canadian theatre director
• Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (1923–2013), American literature scholar and publisher
• Lynsey de Paul, born Lyndsey Monckton Rubin, English singer-songwriter
• Marcel Rubin (1905–1995), Austrian composer
• Mark Rubin (musician), American musician
• Meyer Rubin (1924–2020), American geologist
• Michael Rubin (historian), American scholar and commentator on Middle Eastern history and politics
• Michael Rubin (businessman), American businessman
• Miri Rubin, British medievalist
• Monika Rubin, Danish politician
• Nancy Rubin Stuart, American author and journalist
• Niklas Rubin, Swedish ice hockey player
• Noah Rubin (tennis) (born 1996), American tennis player
• Noah Rubin (music executive), American music executive
• Paul Rubin (1942–2024), American economist
• Pauline Rubin (footballer) (b. 1994), Swedish footballer
• Paula Eliasoph (1895–1983), born as Pauline Rubin, American painter, printmaker, poet, illustrator
• Philip Rubin (born 1949), American cognitive scientist, technologist, and science administrator
• Pinhas Rubin, Israeli lawyer
• Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Israeli painter
• Richard Rubin (writer) (born 1967), American writer
• Richard Rubin (TV personality) (born 1983), American television personality
• Rick Rubin, American record producer and record label owner
• Robert Rubin (born 1938), U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1995–1999
• Robert Joshua Rubin (1926–2008), American mathematician
• Ron Rubin (voice actor) (born 1959), Canadian voice actor
• Ron Rubin (bridge) (born 1948), American bridge player
• Ron Robin, Israeli scholar
• Rubio Rubin, Guatemalan footballer
• Sabine Rubin (born 1960), French politician
• Samuel M. Rubin ("Sam the Popcorn Man", 1918–2004), American entrepreneur
• Shelley Rubin, chairman and CEO of the Jewish Defense League
• Sherry Rubin, born Sherry Arnstein (1930–1997), American public servant
• Solomon Rubin, Hebrew author
• Theodore Isaac Rubin (1923–2019), American psychiatrist and author
• Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American Army Corporal
• Uri Rubin, professor of Arabic and Islamic literature
• Vanessa Rubin, American jazz vocalist
• Vera Rubin (1928–2016), American astronomer
  • Vera C. Rubin Observatory
• Vera D. Rubin (1911–1985), American anthropologist
• Władysław Rubin, Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Yoram Rubin, bodyguard of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin
• Zahara Rubin, Israeli sculptor, painter and artist