Famous People with Name Reuben

Reuben Droughns            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Reuben Droughns: is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League.He was drafted by the Detroit Lions out of the University of Oregon in the third round (81st pick overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft. Droughns spent the season on injured reserve after separating his right shoulder on his first carry in Detroit's opening preseason game vs. New England (8/4). He was placed on injured reserve Aug. 22.Next year played in nine games and started three for the Lions, rushing for 72 yards on 30 carries (2.4) and catching four passes for 21 yards (5.3) and a touchdown (vs. Tampa Bay, 11/11/01). He was waived by Detroit after Week 1 (9/12) and was signed to Miami's practice squad Sept. 18 before being re-signed by the Lions Oct. 9.

Reuben Fine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Reuben Fine: was one of the best chess players in the world from the mid 1930s through the early 1940s, an International Grandmaster, as well as a chess author, psychologist, and psychology author. Fine won five medals (four gold) in three chess Olympiads. Fine won the U.S. Open Chess Championship all seven times he entered (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941). He was the author of several chess books which are still popular today. He earned a bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1932.

Reuben Nakian            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Reuben Nakian: was an American sculptor and teacher. He was born on August 10, 1897 in College Point, New York and died on December 4, 1986 in Stamford, Connecticut.Nakian's recurring themes are from Greek and Roman mythology. Noted works include Leda and the Swan, The Rape of Lucrece, Hecuba, and Birth of Venus. He was also commissioned to create portraits of Roosevelt's cabinet in the 1930s.In 1915 Nakian studied at the Independent School of Art in New York City, then studied at the Robert Henri School with Homer Boss and A.S. Baylinson. Later he studied at the Art Students League of New York and was apprenticed to Paul Manship.[1]

Reuben Andrus Holden III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Reuben Andrus Holden III: was a tennis player during the early part of the 20th Century. Holden played on the Yale University tennis team, a tennis powerhouse in those years along with Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, at the age of 20, Holden won the

Reuben Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Reuben Ross: is a Canadian diver. He just recently won the 1m and 3m events at Canadian nationals. He won the 2008 national championships on the 3m, 10m and 10m synchronized and competed in the individual 3m springboard and 10m platform events at the 2008 Summer Olymp

Gloria Reuben            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gloria Reuben: Reuben was born in Toronto to a gospel singer mother and an architect father.[1] Reuben is the sister of Denis Simpson, an actor and children's television host. She is a biracial Jamaican Canadian. She began learning piano as a child and studied later mus

Stewart Reuben            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Stewart Reuben: is a British chess player, organiser and arbiter. He has officiated at and/or organised a number of high-level chess events held in Britain and elsewhere, including the world chess championship, and was chief organiser of British Chess Championship Congresses for a number of years. He is the author of several books on chess including Chess Openings - Your Choice! and The Chess Organiser's Handbook. He was the chairman of the British Chess Federation from 1996 to 1999. As of 2006, he is chairman of the FIDE Organisers' Committee and a member of other FIDE committees. Stewart is also the author of several books on poker. These include How Good is your Pot-Limit Omaha, How Good is your Pot-Limit Hold'Em?, Poker 24/7: 35 years as a Poker Pro, and Starting Out in Poker. He also co-authored Pot-Limit and No-limit Poker with Bob Ciaffone.

Jacob Reuben            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Jacob Reuben: was an Indian cricketer. he was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Maharashtra. Reuben made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1952-53 season, against Holkar.

Paul Reubens            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Reubens: an American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens starred in the television series Pee-wee's Playhouse from 1986 until 1990. He also starred in an HBO special called The Pee-wee Herman Show, the 1985 movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and the 1988 movie Big Top Pee-wee. He has since gone on to take roles in other films, music videos, video games, and also, to make brief appearances on assorted talk shows.