Rupert 333993 221928023 2008-06-26T18:53:26Z Drbreznjev 147354 WikiProject Interlanguage Links {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Rupert | gender = Male | region = [[Western Europe]] | origin = [[Low German]] | footnotes = }} '''Rupert''' is derived from the Latin ''Rupertus'', which is a loan from the Old German ''Hroberahtus''; thus it is a variation of modern English [[Robert]], and can refer to: ==People== * Saint [[Rupert of Bingen]] * Saint [[Rupert of Salzburg]] * [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] (1619–1682), nephew of Charles I of England and Royalist army cavalry commander during the English Civil War ;Surname * The [[Rupert family]], a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family: **[[Anton Rupert]] **[[Johann Rupert]], son of Anton Rupert ;First name * [[Rupert Le Poer Trench]], Producer VnR Sydney * [[Rupert Boneham]], ''Survivor'' (TV series) cast-away * [[Rupert Brooke]], an English poet * [[Rupert Everett]], an English actor * [[Rupert Graves]], a British actor * [[Rupert Grint]], an actor famous for his portrayal of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series * [[Rupert Holmes]], American and British composer, songwriter and author * [[Rupert Jee]], an American entrepreneur and television celebrity on ''Late Night with David Letterman'' * [[Rupert Murdoch]], an Australian media proprietor * [[Rupert Penry-Jones]], an English actor ;In fiction * [[Rupert Giles]], a main character of the TV show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * [[Rupert Bear]], a cartoon bear created by Mary Tourtel * Rupert of Hentzau, the villainous henchman of the king's usurper, Black Michael, in Anthony Hope's novel, ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' ** ''[[Rupert of Hentzau]]'', a novel, the sequel to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' ==Places== * [[Rupert, Idaho]], USA * [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]], Canada * [[Rupert's Land]], Canada, the territory held by the Hudson's Bay Company in British North America * [[Rupert House]] Cree land in Québec * [[Rupert River]], a river in Québec, Canada * [[Rupert Station]], a station on the Millennium Line of the Vancouver SkyTrain * [[Rupert, Vermont]], [[USA]] ==Other== * [[St. Rupert's Cathedral]] * [[Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Rupert|Rupert (planet)]], a fictional planet in the novel ''Mostly Harmless'' by Douglas Adams * [[Rupert the teddy bear]], Stewie's teddy bear from Family Guy * [[Rupert (paradummy)]], the nickname given to paradummies dropped as decoys by the British (Operation Titanic) during the D-Day of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944 {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:English given names]] [[Category:Lists of ambiguous human names]] [[de:Rupert]] [[nl:Rupert]] [[pl:Rupert]] [[vo:Rupert]]