Reuven (name)

Reuven, Reuben or Reuvein (Yiddish variant) 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

Surname

• Hen Reuven (born 1992), Israeli footballer
• Lior Reuven (born 1980), Israeli former footballer

See also

• Caspar Reuvens (1793–1835), Dutch historian and archaeologist