Namesakes
Bette Davis
(a.k.a. Ruth) (f) 1908-1989 
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1936; 1939 Dangerous; Jezebel (actress)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(f) 1933-2020
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Maggie Gyllenhaal
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Benedict
(f) 1887-1948
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ruth Gordon
(f) 1896-1985
Emmy Award Winners 1979 Taxi (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1969 Rosemary's Baby (actress)
Betty Grable
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1916-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Margot Kidder
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1948-2018
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
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Ruth Rendell
(f) 1930-2015
Notable Writers
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
(f) 1927-2013
Notable Filmmakers
Notable Writers
Ruth Negga
(f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Chatterton
(f) 1892-1961
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Writers
Melinda Dillon
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1939-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth
(f)
Biblical Characters Ruth 1:4
Jacki Weaver
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Dreifuss
(f) 1940-
Swiss Presidents 1999
Ruth Beitia
(f) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2012; 2016 high jump (bronze/gold)
Ruth Wilson
(f) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Hussey
(f) 1911-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Laura Harrier
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Ruth Brown
(f) 1928-2006
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1993
Ruth Fuchs
(f) 1946-2023
Olympic Medalists 1972; 1976 javelin throw (gold)
Ruth Roman
(f) 1922-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Janet Montgomery
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Jebet
(f) 1996-
Olympic Medalists 2016 3000 m steeplechase (gold)
Sosie Bacon
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Etting
(f) 1896-1978
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Notable Musicians
Evelyne Hall
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1909-1993
Olympic Medalists 1932 80 m hurdles (silver)
Ruth Svedberg
(f) 1903-2002
Olympic Medalists 1928 discus throw (bronze)
Francesca Eastwood
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1993-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alice Dunbar Nelson
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1875-1935
Notable Writers
Keena Rothhammer
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1957-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 800 m freestyle (bronze/gold)
Ruth Osburn
(f) 1912-1994
Olympic Medalists 1932 discus throw (silver)
Ginny Duenkel
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1947-
Olympic Medalists 1964 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 400 m freestyle (bronze/gold)
Ruth Riley
(f) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2004 basketball (gold)
Ruthie Bolton
(f) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 basketball (gold)
Melanie Blatt
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Ruth Jacott
(f) 1960-
Notable Musicians
Bernice Lapp
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1917-2010
Olympic Medalists 1936 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Ruth Halbsguth
(f) 1916-2003
Olympic Medalists 1936 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver)
Ruth Madoc
(f) 1943-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Gruber
(f) 1911-2016
Notable Journalists
Ruth Jones
(f) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Barbara Dickson
(middle name Ruth) (f) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ruth Fisher
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 Six Feet Under
Ruth
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 2000 Drowning Ruth
Ruth Hall
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1854 Ruth Hall