Ruthven

Ruthven may refer to:

Places

Scotland

• Ruthven, Aberdeenshire, a village
• Ruthven, Angus, a village
  • Ruthven Castle, Angus
• Ruthven, Badenoch, Highland
  • Ruthven Barracks, Highland
• Ruthven Castle (disambiguation)
• Loch Ruthven, nature reserve to the south west of Inverness
• Aberuthven, a village in Perth and Kinross

Australia

• Ruthven Mansions, heritage-listed building in Adelaide, South Australia
• Ruthven railway station, Melbourne, Victoria
• Ruthven, New South Wales, an area in the City of Lismore

Elsewhere

• Ruthven, Iowa, US
• Ruthven, part of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada
• Ruthven Bluff, Antarctica

People

• Clan Ruthven, a Scottish clan
• Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Lord Ruthven (disambiguation), a title in the peerage of Scotland and several people

Surname

• Alexander Ruthven (1580–1600), Scottish nobleman
• Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882–1971), American herpetologist and President of the University of Michigan
• Allan Ruthven (1922–2003), Australian rules footballer
• David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1701), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland
• Dick Ruthven (born 1951), American baseball player
• Edward Southwell Ruthven (c. 1772–1836), Irish Repealer politician and British MP
• Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (1939–2021), known as Grey Gowrie, British politician
• John Ruthven (disambiguation), several people
• Lady Jane Ruthven (died 1668), Swedish lady in waiting of Scottish descent to queen Christina of Sweden
• Malise Ruthven (born 1942), Scottish writer and historian
• Michelle Ruthven (born 1967), Canadian alpine skier
• Patrick Ruthven (disambiguation), several people
• Thomas Ruthven, 1st Lord Ruthven of Freeland (died 1671), Scottish nobleman
• Tyler Ruthven (born 1988), American soccer player
• William Ruthven (disambiguation), several people

Given name

• Ruthven Frederic Ruthven-Smith, London investor who funded Ruthven Mansions in Adelaide, South Australia
• Ruthven Todd (1914–1978), Scottish poet, artist and novelist
• Ruthven Wade (1920–2001), Royal Air Force officer, Vice-Chief of the Air Staff

Fictional characters

• Lord Ruthven (vampire), a fictional vampire character
• Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the male lead in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Ruddigore

See also

• Raid of Ruthven, a 1582 political conspiracy in Scotland
• Rathven, a village in Moray, Scotland
• Ruthven Road railway station, a station in Perthshire, Scotland which served Ruthven House between 1859 and 1951