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
  • Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972), American composer
  • 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