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Rupert (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Western Europe

Word/name
  
Low German

Rupert is derived from the Latin Rupertus, which is a loan from the Old German Hroberahtus; it is therefore a variation of Robert, and may refer to:

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Given name

  • Rupert of Germany (German: Ruprecht) (1352–1410), German King
  • Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century
  • Saint Rupert of Bingen
  • Saint Rupert of Salzburg
  • Blessed Rupert Mayer
  • Rupert Boneham (born 1964), American multi-time Survivor contestant
  • Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), English poet
  • Rupert Davies (1916–1976), English actor
  • Rupert Evans (born 1977), English actor
  • Rupert Everett (born 1959), English actor
  • Rupert Friend (born 1981), English actor
  • Rupert Graves (born 1963), English actor
  • Rupert Grint (born 1988), English actor
  • Rupert Hallowes (1881–1915), World War I Victoria Cross recipient
  • Rupert Keegan (born 1955), English Formula One driver
  • Rupert Murdoch (born 1931), Australian-American media magnate
  • Rupert Penry-Jones (born 1970), English actor
  • Rupert Sanders (born 1971), English film director
  • Rupert Sheldrake (born 1942), English professor, biologist and lecturer
  • Rupert Young (born 1978), English actor
  • Rupert Leimbach (born 1994), Man without heart

    • Surname

  • The Rupert family, a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family:
  • Anton Rupert (1916–2006)
  • Johann Rupert (born 1950), son of Anton Rupert

    • Fictional characters

  • Rupert Bear, a cartoon bear created by Mary Tourtel
  • Rupert of Hentzau, the villainous henchman of the king's usurper, Black Michael, in Anthony Hope's novels, The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau
  • Rupert, the squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film The Great Rupert
  • Rupert Giles, watcher on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
  • Rupert Campbell-Black, the central character in the Rutshire Chronicles series by Jilly Cooper.
  • Rupert T. Waxflatter, the mentor of the future detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Chris Columbus for the film Young Sherlock Holmes.
  • Rupert Pupkin, the anti-hero in the 1983 film The King of Comedy
  • Rupert Campion, the son of the gentleman detective Albert Campion in Margery Allingham's eponymous series.

    • Other

  • Rupert, stuffed teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)

    • References

    Rupert (name) Wikipedia
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