Ruby (disambiguation)

Ruby is a red gemstone, one of the hardest minerals.

Ruby can also refer to the following:

Concepts

• The Ruby programming language is an object-oriented computer programming language.
• Ruby characters (or the W3C Ruby markup language) are sometimes used in the typography of ideographic languages, especially Japanese and Chinese.
• Ruby, the hardware description language

Persons

• Jack Ruby (Jacob L. Rubenstein), the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Lloyd Ruby, a race car driver.
• Ruby (Egyptian singer)
• Ruby (band), a Scottish electronic duo (or Lesley Rankine, the vocalist).
• Ruby Wax, a comedienne.

Places

• Ruby, Alaska is a small city on the Yukon River in the United States.
• Ruby, Arizona is a ghost town in southern Arizona in the United States.

Fiction and entertainment

• Ruby (film), a 1992 film about Jack Ruby starring Danny Aiello and Sherilyn Fenn.
• Ruby (horror film), a 1977 horror film starring Piper Laurie.
• Ruby (television show), a British television chat show hosted by Ruby Wax.
• Ruby (radio character), the titular character of a radio show produced by ZBS Media.
• Pokémon Ruby, a video game.
• Ruby (Pokémon character), a main character in the video game Pokémon Adventures.