Reuven (name)

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Reuven or Reuben is the eldest son of Jacob in the Bible. It is a Biblical masculine first name from the Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son", as well as a surname. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

  • Reuven Abergel (born 1943), Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist
  • Reuven Agami (born 1965), Dutch cancer researcher
  • Reuven Amitai (born 1955), Israeli-American historian, writer and Hebrew University of Jerusalem dean
  • Reuven Arazi (1907–1983), Israeli politician
  • Reuven Atar (born 1969), Israeli football manager and former player
  • Reuven Avi-Yonah, tax attorney, academic and author
  • Reuven Azar (born 1967), Israeli ambassador
  • Reuven Barkat (1906–1972), Israeli politician born Reuven Borstein
  • Reuven Bar-On (born 1944), Israeli psychologist
  • Reuven Brenner (born 1947), Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian economics professor
  • Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist
  • Reuven Carlyle (born 1965), American politician and businessman
  • Reuven Dafni (1913–2005), British Second World War officer, member of the Haganah and Israeli diplomat
  • Reuven Elbaz (born 1944), Sephardi Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva
  • Reuven Feldman (1899–1990), Israeli politician
  • Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014), Romanian-born Israeli psychologist
  • Reuven Frank (1920–2006), American journalist and broadcast news executive, twice president of NBC News
  • Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), American boxer and referee
  • Reuven Hammer (1933–2019), American-Israeli Conservative rabbi, scholar of Jewish liturgy, author and lecturer
  • Reuven Katz (1880–1963), rabbi and rosh yeshiva
  • Reuven Niemeijer (born 1995), Dutch footballer
  • Reuven Oved (born 1983), Israeli former footballer
  • Reuven Ramaty (1937—2001), Hungarian astrophysicist
  • Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), Israeli politician, lawyer and former president of Israel
  • Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania
  • Reuven Rubinstein (1938–2012), Israeli mathematician
  • Reuven Shari (1903–1989), Russian-born Israeli politician
  • Reuven Shefer (1925–2011), Israeli stage and film actor
  • Reuven Shiloah (1909–1959), first director of the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency
  • Reuven Snir (born 1953), Israeli professor at the University of Haifa
  • Reuven Tal (1932–1967), Israeli footballer
  • Reuven Tsur (1932–2021), professor emeritus of Hebrew literature and literary theory at Tel Aviv University
  • Roby Young (born 1942), Israeli former footballer
  • Reuven Yudalevich (1862–1933), a funder and founder of the city of Rishon Le Zion, Israel

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