Ruth facts for kids

Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:

Places

In geography

• Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
• Ruth, Alabama
• Ruth, Arkansas
• Ruth, California
• Ruth, Louisiana
• Ruth, Caldwell County, Kentucky
• Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Ruth, Michigan
• Ruth, Mississippi
• Ruth, Nevada
• Ruth, North Carolina
• Ruth, Switzerland
• Ruth, Virginia
• Ruth, Washington
• Ruth, West Virginia
• Ruth Island, artificial island off Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Ruth Lake (disambiguation)

In space

• Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon
• Ruth (Venusian crater), crater on Venus
• 798 Ruth, asteroid

People

• Ruth (biblical figure)
• Ruth (given name) contains list of namesakes including fictional
• Princess Ruth or Keelikolani, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess

Surname

• A. S. Ruth, American politician
• Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball player
• Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician
• Elizabeth Ruth, Canadian novelist
• Kristin Ruth, American judge
• Nancy Ruth, Canadian politician
• Roy Del Ruth (1893−1961), American film director
• Thomas Del Ruth (born 1942), American cinematographer

Other uses

• Ruth, code name of Pridi Banomyong, former Prime Minister and leader of the Thai underground against the Japanese occupation during World War II

Art, entertainment, and media

Literature

• Ruth (novel), an 1853 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell
• The Book of Ruth (novel), a 1988 novel by Jane Hamilton

Music

• Ruth (band), American band out of Vancouver, Washington
• Ruth Ruth, American pop punk band

Television

• Ruthie on the Telephone, a series aired on the CBS Television network during 1949

Bible

• Book of Ruth, a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Other uses

• Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-5 Ruth, a Lithuanian light aircraft design

See also

In Spanish: Ruth para niños