{{wiktionary|rube}} {{about|the nickname|the unincorporated community|Rube, Wisconsin}} A '''rube''' is a country bumpkin (peasantly, peasantish) or an inexperienced, unsophisticated, gullible person.
'''Rube''' is also sometimes used as a nickname, for Reuben, Ruben or Ruby. {{TOC right}}
==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
==Sports== ===Baseball=== *Rube Benton (1890–1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Rube Bressler (1894–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Rube Currie (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 (AL pitcher) (1888–1976), American Major League Baseball player *Rube Geyer (1884–1962), American Major League Baseball 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 *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=== *Rube Barker (1889–1958), American college football player and track athlete in the 1910s *Rube Bjorkman (born 1929), former collegiate 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 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 *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
==Outlaws== *Rube Burrow (1854–1890), American Old West train robber and outlaw
==See also== *Hey Rube (disambiguation)
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