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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Rupert
| gender = Male
| region = [[Western Europe]]
| origin = [[Low German]]
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'''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
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