People — R
Ruth Barnett
b. 1935
writer
Ruth Barnett
1895 – 1969
abortion provider
Ruth Barrett
b. 1976
composer
Ruth Barrett Phelps
1899 – 1980
scientist
Ruth Bascom
1926 – 2010
politician
Ruth Bashall
1952 – 2023
disability rights activist
Ruth Batson
1921 – 2003
Ruth Baum
1922 – 2022
writer
Ruth Baumberger
orienteer
Ruth Beaglehole
1943 – 2025
Ruth Becher
b. 1956
politician
Ruth Beckermann
b. 1952
film director
Ruth Bedford
1882 – 1963
poet
Ruth Begun
1912 – 2014
engineer
Ruth Behar
b. 1956
anthropologist
Ruth Beitia
b. 1979
politician
Ruth Bell Graham
1920 – 2007
painter
Ruth Bellamy
1906 – 1969
poet
Ruth Belville
1854 – 1943
businessperson
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
b. 1960
historian
Ruth Benamaisia-Opia
radio personality
Ruth Benca
Ruth Benedict
1887 – 1948
anthropologist
Ruth Bensusan-Butt
1877 – 1957
general practitioner
Ruth Berghaus
1927 – 1996
choreographer
Ruth Berglund
1897 – 1984
actor
Ruth Berlau
1906 – 1974
actor
Ruth Berman
b. 1942
novelist
Ruth Berman Harris
hazzan
Ruth Berman Harris
1916 – 2013
composer
Ruth Bermudez Montenegro
b. 1967
judge
Ruth Bernhard
1905 – 2006
photographer
Ruth Bettina Birn
b. 1952
historian
Ruth Bhengu
politician
Ruth Bidgood
1922 – 2022
poet
Ruth Bietenhard
1920 – 2015
author
Ruth Bingaman
1894 – 1996
composer
Ruth Bird
1899 – 1987
historian
Ruth Bishop
1933 – 2022
virologist
Ruth Black
1925 – 2017
physician
Ruth Blackburn
b. 1992
association football player
Ruth Blackman
politician
Ruth Blair
1889 – 1974
librarian
Ruth Blair
1891 – 1957
actor
Ruth Blake
geochemist
Ruth Blay
1737 – 1768
Ruth Bleier
1923 – 1988
scientist
Ruth Bluford Anderson
1921 – 2013
social worker
Ruth Blum
1913 – 1975
writer
Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme
1924 – 2006
composer
Ruth Bolden
1910 – 2004
librarian
Ruth Bondy
1923 – 2017
writer
Ruth Bonita
epidemiologist
Ruth Bonner
1900 – 1987
writer
Ruth Booker-Bryant
1923 – 2013
civil rights advocate
Ruth Borchard
1910 – 2000
art collector
Ruth Borgenicht
ceramicist
Ruth Borgobello
film director
Ruth Born
1925 – 2020
baseball player
Ruth Borthwick
Ruth Bosibori
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Ruth Bourne
1926 – 2025
Ruth Bowden
1915 – 2001
physician
Ruth Bowyer
1761 – 1788
Kitchen maid (domestic worker)
Ruth Boynton
1896 – 1977
physician
Ruth Bradley
b. 1987
actor
Ruth Bradley Holmes
1924 – 2021
linguist
Ruth Brandon
b. 1943
journalist
Ruth Brandt
1936 – 1989
painter
Ruth Braswell Jones
1914 – 2001
educator
Ruth Bratt
actor
Ruth Bravo
b. 1992
association football player
Ruth Bré
1862 – 1911
journalist
Ruth Briggs King
b. 1956
politician
Ruth Brinker
1922 – 2011
HIV/AIDS activist
Ruth Brinkmann
1934 – 1997
actor
Ruth Britto
mathematician
Ruth Broe
1911 – 1983
writer
Ruth Brooks Flippen
1921 – 1981
screenwriter
Ruth Brown
1891 – 1975
librarian
Ruth Brown Kahn
1902 – 1987
community leader
Ruth Brown
1928 – 2006
singer
Ruth Bryan Owen
1885 – 1954
politician
Ruth Buchanan
b. 1980
installation artist
Ruth Buckstein
b. 1955
cricketer
Ruth Budd
1924 – 2021
bassist
Ruth Buendía
b. 1977
environmentalist
Ruth Buffalo
politician
Ruth Bunzel
1898 – 1990
anthropologist
Ruth Buscombe
b. 1989
race engineer
Ruth Bushyager
b. 1977
cleric
Ruth Buskirk
biologist
Ruth Butler
1931 – 2024
art historian
Ruth Butterworth
1934 – 2020
political scientist
Ruth Buxton Sayre
1896 – 1980
Ruth Buzzi
1936 – 2025
stage actor
Ruth C. Duck
b. 1947
Christian minister
Ruth C. Engs
b. 1939
writer
Ruth C. Massey
researcher
Ruth C. Silva
1921 – 1995
political scientist