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{{Wiktionary|Ruth}}
'''[[Ruth (given name)|Ruth]]''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: רות ''rut'') is a common female given name, from Ruth the Moabite in the [[Book of Ruth]], possibly from the Hebrew for "companion". Ruth can also refer to:
==People==
===Surname===
<!-- * [[:de:Friedrich Ruth|Friedrich Ruth]] (1927-), German diplomat -->
* [[Babe Ruth]] (1895-1948), American baseball player
* [[Earl B. Ruth]] (1916-1989), American politician
* [[Elizabeth Ruth]], Canadian novelist
<!-- * [[:de:Gregory Ruth|Gregory Ruth]] (1939-), American wrestler -->
* [[Kristin Ruth]], American judge
* [[Nancy Ruth]], Canadian politician
* [[Roy Del Ruth]] (1893−1961), American film director
* [[Ted Ruth]], American hockey player
* [[Thomas Del Ruth]] (1942-), American cinematographer
===Known by their given name===
* [[Ruth Westheimer]], American author and sex therapist
* [[Keelikolani|Princess Ruth]] (1826-1883), Hawaiian princess
* [[Ruth Buzzi]], Comedienne and entertainer
==Places==
* [[Ruth, Nevada]]
* [[Ruth, North Carolina]]
* [[Ruth Island]], artificial island off Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
* [[Ruth Lake Provincial Park]], British Columbia, Canada
== Fictional characters==
* [[Ruth (comics)]], archangel in the ''Ghost Rider'' comic book
* [[Ruth (dragon)]], dragon in Anne McCaffrey's ''Dragonriders of Pern'' novels
==Other==
* [[Book of Ruth]], one of the books of the Hebrew Bible
* [[The Book of Ruth (novel)]]
* [[798 Ruth]], asteroid
* [[Ruth (band)]], American band out of Vancouver, Washington
* [[Ruth Ruth]], American pop punk band
* [[Ruth (lunar crater)]], crater on the Moon
* [[Ruth (crater on Venus)]], crater on Venus
* [[Ruth (novel)]], novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
<!-- * [[:de:Ruth (Musikpreis)|Ruth]], German world music prize -->
* [[Baby Ruth]], candy bar
* ''[[Citizen Ruth]]'', 1996 movie about abortion in the United States
* [[Ruth's Chris Steak House]], an American restaurant chain
* [[Ruth-Aaron pair]], two consecutive integers for which the sums of the prime factors of each integer are equal
==References==
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