What is "ruprecht"

Ruprecht may refer to:

• Ruprecht (name)
• Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, a university in Germany
• Sankt Ruprecht-Falkendorf, a village in Austria
• Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab, a municipality in the district of Weiz in Styria, Austria
• Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, a German publishing company
• Ruprecht 147, star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy

Ruprecht is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• David Ruprecht, American actor and writer
• Franz Josef Ruprecht, Russian botanist
• Tony Ruprecht, Canadian politician
• William F. Ruprecht
• Antal Ruprecht, Hungarian chemist

Given name:

• Ruprecht, an alias assumed by fictional con man Freddie Benson, played by Marlon Brando in the 1964 film Bedtime Story and by Steve Martin in the 1988 remake, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Ruprecht von Eggenberg, Austrian colonel-general
• Rupert of Germany (Ruprecht III), King of Germany 1400-1410
• Ruprecht Polenz, German politician
• Knecht Ruprecht, a legendary companion of St. Nicholas