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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 (name)

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