Famous People with Name Ruth

Ruth Etting            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Etting: was an American singing star of the 1930s, who had over sixty hit recordings.Her signature tunes were "Shine On Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me", and her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me"

Ruth Barcan Marcus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Barcan Marcus: is the American philosopher and logician after whom the Barcan formula is named. She is a pioneering figure in the quantification of modal logic and the theory of direct reference. She has written seminal papers on identity, essentialism, possibilia, beli

Ruth Bancroft Law            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Bancroft Law: was a pioneer woman aviator during the 1910s. She received her pilot's license in November 1912. Her brother was the famous parachutist & pioneer movie stuntman Rodman Law (1885-1919).

Ruth Heller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Heller: was a children's author and graphic artist known for her use of bright color and detail in both geometric design and the representation of creatures,plants, patterns, and puzzles. She worked primarily with a combination of colored pencil and marker for he

Ruth Laredo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Laredo: was an American classical pianist referred to as "America's First Lady of the Piano". A precocious starter, she was able to play God Bless America on her mother's piano at age two. Miss Meckler attended Detroit's Mumford High School (Class of 1956) and, under the tutelage of Rudolf Serkin, she graduated from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music in 1960. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1962. She was married for some time to violinist Jaime Laredo.

George Herman Ruth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Herman Ruth: was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 to 1935. Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings

Glen Ruth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Ruth: is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Thrasher. Ruth trained under Larry Sharpe and debuted in 1990 as The Spider. He later became Sharpe's assistant and trained wrestlers such as the Big Show and others at Sharpe's "M

Earl Baker Ruth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Earl Baker Ruth: was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. He was a teacher, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina from 1938 to 1940. He was in the United States Navy. He served as member of Salisbury, North Carolina, city council from 1963 to 19

Nancy Ruth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Ruth: is a Canadian Senator from Ontario. She was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. While initially appointed as a Progressive Conservative, on March 28, 2006 she joined the Conservative caucus. She is Canada's first openly lesbian senator.