Ruby (disambiguation)
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A ruby is a red gemstone.
Ruby may also refer to:
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[edit] People
- Ruby (Egyptian singer) (born 1981), singer/actress
- Ruby Dandridge (born 1899), actress
- Ruby Dee (born 1924), actress
- Ruby Lin (born 1976), Taiwanese actress
- Ruby Murray (1935–1996), singer
- Ruby Walsh (born 1979), Irish jockey
- Ruby Wax (born 1953), comedian
- Jack Ruby (1911–1967), the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
- Lloyd Ruby (born 1928), race car driver
- Sam Ruby, software developer
[edit] Locations
- Ruby, Alaska
- Ruby, Arizona
- Ruby Mountain, a stratovolcano in British Columbia, Canada
- Ruby Mountains, a mountain range in the western United States
- Ruby Dome, the highest peak of the Ruby Mountains
[edit] Media and entertainment
[edit] Music
- Ruby (band), an electronic/trip hop band from the 1990's
- "Ruby" (song), a song by Kaiser Chiefs
- Ruby Records, a record label
- "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", a song by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
- A song by Richard Hayman
- Ruby, a British rock band who were active in the 1970s.
[edit] Television
- Ruby (Supernatural), a character in the TV series Supernatural
- Ruby (The Land Before Time), a character in the TV series The Land Before Time
- Ruby Gloom, a TV series originating from an apparel and stationery franchise
- Ruby Trollman, a character in the TV series Trollz
- A character in the TV series The Tribe
- A character in the TV series According to Jim
[edit] Film
- Ruby (film), a 1992 film about Jack Ruby
- A 1977 horror film directed by Curtis Harrington
[edit] Manga
- Ruby (Pokémon), a character in the manga Pokémon Adventures
- Ruby Crescent, a character in the manga series O-Parts Hunter
[edit] Gaming
- Pokémon Ruby, a video game in the Pokémon series
- Rubies of Eventide, a computer game
- A character in the video game Dark Cloud
[edit] Other media and entertainment
- Ruby (Andrews novel), a novel by V.C. Andrews
- Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, a radio drama
- Rubies, the third act in George Balanchine's ballet Jewels
[edit] Technology
- Ruby (programming language)
- Ruby MRI, the C reference implementation of the Ruby language
- Ruby on Rails, a Ruby-based web development framework
- Ruby (annotation markup), the implementation of Ruby characters in XHTML
- Ruby (hardware description language), a language for designing computer circuits
- Ruby laser, a solid-state laser
- A character used in advertising by ATI Technologies
[edit] Other meanings
- Ruby (given name)
- Ruby (elephant), an animal famous for her paintings
- Ruby characters, a way to show the pronunciation of logographic characters
- Ruby pistol, a sidearm weapon