Ruskin may refer to:

Surname

*Surname Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina. The name occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries. *John Ruskin (1819–1900), an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic, and for his writing on the architecture of Venice. A number of institutions and locations have been named after John Ruskin, including two places in the United States and one in Canada. For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename. The name Ruskin is derived from the old given name Rose and the diminutive Kin. *Effie Gray, Effie Ruskin, wife of John Ruskin *Harry Ruskin, American screenwriter *Ira Ruskin, American politician *Joseph Ruskin, American character actor *Morris Ruskin, American independent film producer and CEO *Scott Ruskin (baseball), American baseball player *Scott Ruskin (cricketer), English cricketer *Sheila Ruskin, English actress *Susan Ruskin, American film producer *Val Rapava-Ruskin, English rugby union player *Edward Ruskin, fictional character of the British soap opera ''Emmerdale Farm''

Places

*Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada *Ruskin, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *In the United States: **Ruskin, Florida **Ruskin, Georgia **Ruskin, Minnesota **Ruskin, Nebraska **Ruskin Colony, a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies) **Ruskin Drive, a road in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Institutions

*Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England *"The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University *Ruskin College, Oxford, an adult education college named after John Ruskin *Ruskin Colleges, a group of U.S. colleges named after John Ruskin *Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield *Ruskin Museum, in Coniston, Cumbria, Coniston, Cumbria *Ruskin Pottery, an English pottery studio in operation between 1898 and 1935 *Ruskin Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh and a National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Place *Ruskin High School (disambiguation) *Ruskin Library; Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Forename

*Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent *Ruskin Spear, a British painter

Other

*Ruskin Dam, in British Columbia, Canada *Ruskin's Ride, a bridleway in Oxford, England *A type of fried potato skin snack that's a clipped version of "russet skin", and may or may not be made from russet potato skins. {{disambiguation, geo