Rube is also a nickname or hypocorism, short for Reuben, Ruben or Ruby. People so named include:
Arts and entertainment Rube Bloom (1902–1976), Jewish American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, vocalist and writer Rube Goldberg (1883–1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor Rubin Lacey (1902–1969), American country blues musician, singer and songwriter Rube, a title character of Rube and Mandy at Coney Island, a 1903 short film
Sports
Baseball Rube Benton (1890–1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Bressler (1894–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Curry (1898–1966), American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues Rube DeGroff (1879–1955), American Major League Baseball player George "Rube" Deneau (c. 1879–1926), Canadian minor league baseball player, manager and promoter Rube Dessau (1883–1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Ehrhardt (1894–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Ellis (1885–1938), American Major League Baseball player Rube Fischer (1916–1997), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Foster (1879–1930), American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Rube Foster (baseball, born 1888) (1888–1976), American Major League Baseball player Rube Geyer (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Henderson (1894–1978), American Negro league pitcher Rube Kisinger (1876–1941), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Kroh (1886–1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Lutzke (1897–1938), American Major League Baseball player Rube Manning (1883–1930), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Marquard (1886–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Rube Marshall (1890–1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Melton (1917–1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Novotney (1924–1987), American Major League Baseball player in 1949 Rube Oldring (1884–1961), American Major League Baseball player Rube Parnham (1894–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Peters (1885–1965), American Major League Baseball pitcher Hank Robinson (1887–1965), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Schauer (1891–1957), Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Sellers (1881–1952), American Major League Baseball player in 1910 Rube Vickers (1878–1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Vinson (1879–1951), American Major League Baseball player Rube Waddell (1876–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Walberg (1896–1978), American Major League Baseball pitcher Rube Walker (1926–1992), American Major League Baseball catcher and pitching coach Rube Ward (1879–1945), American Major League Baseball player in 1902 Rube Yarrison (1896–1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Other sports Rube Barker (1889–1958), American college football player and track athlete Rube Bjorkman (born 1929), American former college ice hockey head coach Rube Brandow (1898–1932), Canadian professional ice hockey player and college coach Rube Ferns (1873–1952), American boxer, world welterweight champion in 1900 and 1901 Rube Lautenschlager (1915–1992), American college and professional basketball player Rube Ludwig (c. 1920–1991), Canadian professional football player Rube Marquardt (1894–1973), American professional football player Rube McCray (1904–1972), head football, men's basketball, and baseball coach and athletic director at the College of William & Mary Rube Reiswerg (1912–1998), American professional basketball player Rubin Russell (born 1944), American former professional basketball player Rube Ursella (1890–1980), American football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League Reuben Charles Warnes (1875–1961), British boxer
Other Rube Burrow (1854–1890), American Old West train robber and outlaw
