surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
of
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally speak Yiddish, a language ...
. It comes from
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
and
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...
, where it means "
ruby
Ruby is a pinkish-red-to-blood-red-colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapph ...
Akiba Rubinstein
Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Rubinstein was granted the title International Grandma ...
(1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
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Amnon Rubinstein
Amnon Rubinstein (; 5 September 1931 – 18 January 2024) was an Israeli legal scholar, politician and recipient of the Israel Prize. A member of the Knesset between 1977 and 2002, he served in several ministerial positions. He is referred to a ...
(1931-2024), Israeli scholar, politician and columnist
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Anton Rubinstein
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (; ) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory.
As a pianist, Rubinstein ran ...
(1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor, brother of Nikolai Rubinstein
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Ariel Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein (Hebrew: אריאל רובינשטיין; born April 13, 1951) is an Israeli economist who works in economic theory, game theory and bounded rationality.
Biography
Ariel Rubinstein is a professor of economics at the School of Ec ...
(born 1951), game theorist at Tel Aviv University and New York University
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Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein Order of the British Empire, KBE OMRI (; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.
Elyakim Rubinstein
Elyakim Rubinstein (; born June 13, 1947) is a former Vice President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Beforehand, he served as the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004. Rubinstein, a former Israeli diplomat and long-time civil servant, ha ...
(born 1947), Israeli diplomat, former Attorney General of Israel and vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel
* Erna Rubinstein (1903–1966), Hungarian-American classical violinist
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Gennadii Rubinstein
Gennadii Shlemovich Rubinstein (Russian language, Russian: Геннадий Шлемович Рубинштейн) was a Russians, Russian mathematician. His research focused on mathematical programming and operations research. His name is associ ...
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Gillian Rubinstein
Gillian Rubinstein (born 29 August 1942) is an English-born children's author and playwright. Born in Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, Rubinstein split her childhood between England and Nigeria, moving to Australia in 1973. As w ...
(born 1942), English-born Australian author of children's books and for adults as Lian Hearn
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Hadar Rubinstein
Hadar Rubinstein (; born April 11, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer. She was born in Israel, and is Jewish.
Swimming career
Swimming for Israel at the age of 14 at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, she won gold medals in the women's 100 m butt ...
(born 1967), Israeli Olympic swimmer
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Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1872 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporate ...
(1872–1965), Polish-born American cosmetics entrepreneur and art collector
* Hilary Rubinstein (1926–2012), British literary agent and publisher
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Ida Rubinstein
Ida Lvovna Rubinstein (; – 20 September 1960) was a dancer, actress, art patron and Belle Époque figure from the Russian Empire. She performed with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1911 and later formed her own company. ''Bolero (Rave ...
(1885–1960), Russian dancer with the Ballet Russe in Paris
* Jacob Leon Rubenstein (1911-1967), birth name of
Jack Ruby
Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; March 25, 1911January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Born in Chicago, R ...
, American nightclub owner who killed
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.
Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at age 12 for truan ...
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John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.
Early life
Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the da ...
(born 1946), American actor, singer, composer, director; son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein
* Jolyon Rubinstein (born 1981), English satirist, director and writer
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Jon Rubinstein
Jonathan J. "Jon" Rubinstein (born October 1956) is an American electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iMac and iPod, the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc. in 2001. He le ...
(born 1956), American computer scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in the creation of the iPod
* J. Hyam Rubinstein (born 1948), Australian mathematician primarily interested in topology
Mark Rubinstein
Mark Edward Rubinstein (June 8, 1944 – May 9, 2019) was a leading financial economics, financial economist and financial engineering, financial engineer. He was Paul Stephens Professor of Applied Investment Analysis at the Haas School of Busine ...
, American financial economist and financial engineer
* Michael Rubinstein (born 1973), birth name of
Michael Weston
Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein; October 25, 1973) is an American television and film actor. His best-known roles are the private detective Lucas on ''House'', the deranged and sadistic kidnapper Jake in the HBO serial drama '' Six Feet U ...
, American television and film actor and son of John Rubinstein and Judi West
* Nicolai Rubinstein (1911–2002), Russian historian
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Nikolai Rubinstein
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (; – ) was a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Life
Born to Jewish parents in Moscow, where his father ...
(1835–1881), Russian pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein
P–Z
* Pablo Rubinstein, Chilean doctor who pioneered the preservation and medical use of placenta blood as a form of stem cell technology
* Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951), American anthropologist
* Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952), entrepreneur and founder of the TBLI group
* Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player
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Sergei Rubinstein
Sergei Leonidovich Rubinstein (; 18 June O.S. 6 June">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 6 June1889 – 11 January 1960) was a Soviet psychologist and Philosophy, philosopher and one of the ...
, Soviet psychologist, critic to Lev Vygotsky
* Seymour I. Rubinstein (born 1934), American software developer
* Susanna Rubinstein (1847–1914), Austrian psychologist
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William Rubinstein
William D. Rubinstein (12 August 1946 – 1 July 2024) was an American-British historian and author. His best-known work, ''Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution'', charts the rise of the " super rich", a ...
(born 1946), British historian
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Yaakov Rubinstein
Ya’akov Rubinstein (Hebrew: יעקב רובינשטיין) is an Israeli violinist.
He has performed concerts in Europe, Israel, Japan, China and in the United States since he was seven years of age. As a student of the Jerusalem Music Center, ...
, Israeli violinist
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Zdenka Rubinstein
Zdenka Rubinstein (born Büchler; 19 November 1911 – 31 July 1961) was a Croatian Jewish operatic soprano.
Early life, family and death
Rubinstein was born in Zagreb on 19 November 1911. In 1933 she married Bartold Rubinstein at the Osijek S ...
(1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
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Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda May Rubinstein (May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010) was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium (spirituality), medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist (film series), ''Poltergeist'' film series. Playing "G ...