Reuven (name)
Reuven, Reuben or Reuvein is the eldest son of Jacob in the Bible. It is a Biblical masculine first name from the Hebrew רְאוּבֵן, meaning "behold, a son", as well as a surname. Bearers of the name include:
Given name
- Reuven Abergel, Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist
- Reuven Agami, Dutch cancer researcher
- Reuven Amitai, Israeli-American historian, writer and Hebrew University of Jerusalem dean
- Reuven Arazi, Israeli politician
- Reuven Atar, Israeli football manager and former player
- Reuven Avi-Yonah, tax attorney, academic and author
- Reuven Azar, Israeli ambassador
- Reuven Barkat, Israeli politician born Reuven Borstein
- Reuven Bar-On, Israeli psychologist
- Reuven Brenner, Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian economics professor
- Reuven Bulka, Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist
- Reuven Carlyle, American politician and businessman
- Reuven Dafni, British Second World War officer, member of the Haganah and Israeli diplomat
- Reuven Elbaz, Sephardi Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva
- Reuven Feldman, Israeli politician
- Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-born Israeli psychologist
- Reuven Frank, American journalist and broadcast news executive, twice president of NBC News
- Ruby Goldstein, American boxer and referee
- Reuven Hammer, American-Israeli Conservative rabbi, scholar of Jewish liturgy, author and lecturer
- Reuven Katz, rabbi and rosh yeshiva
- Reuven Niemeijer, Dutch footballer
- Reuven Oved, Israeli former footballer
- Reuven Ramaty, Hungarian astrophysicist
- Reuven Rivlin, Israeli politician, lawyer and former president of Israel
- Reuven Rubin, Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania
- Reuven Rubinstein, Israeli mathematician
- Reuven Shari, Russian-born Israeli politician
- Reuven Shefer, Israeli stage and film actor
- Reuven Shiloah, first director of the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency
- Reuven Snir, Israeli professor at the University of Haifa
- Reuven Tal, Israeli footballer
- Reuven Tsur, professor emeritus of Hebrew literature and literary theory at Tel Aviv University
- Roby Young, Israeli former footballer
- Reuven Yudalevich, a funder and founder of the city of Rishon Le Zion, Israel
Surname
- Hen Reuven, Israeli footballer
- Lior Reuven, Israeli former footballer