Rubinstein is a surname of German and Yiddish origin, mostly found among Ashkenazi Jews; it denotes "ruby-stone".^[1] Notable persons named Rubinstein include:

A–E

• Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
• Amnon Rubinstein (1931-2024), Israeli scholar, politician and columnist
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), Russian pianist, composer and conductor, brother of Nikolai Rubinstein
• Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), game theorist at Tel Aviv University and New York University
• Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982), Polish-American pianist
• Arthur B. Rubinstein (1938–2018), American drama and film score composer and conductor
• Benjamin B. Rubinstein (1905–1989), Finnish-born American psychoanalyst
• Benny Rubinstein, Israeli footballer
• Dave Rubinstein (1964–1993), singer in the band Reagan Youth
• David Rubinstein (pianist) (born 1949)
• David Rubinstein (social historian) (1932–2019), American-born social historian living in England, specializing in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Elyakim Rubinstein (born 1947), Israeli diplomat, former Attorney General of Israel and vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel
• Erna Rubinstein (1903–1966), Hungarian-American classical violinist

F–J

• Gennadii Rubinstein
• Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942), English-born Australian author of children's books and for adults as Lian Hearn
• Hadar Rubinstein (born 1967), Israeli Olympic swimmer
• Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish-born American cosmetics entrepreneur and art collector
• Hilary Rubinstein (1926–2012), British literary agent and publisher
• Ida Rubinstein (1885–1960), Russian dancer with the Ballet Russe in Paris
• Jacob Leon Rubenstein (1911-1967), birth name of Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
• John Rubinstein (born 1946), American actor, singer, composer, director; son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein
• Jolyon Rubinstein (born 1981), English satirist, director and writer
• Jon Rubinstein (born 1956), American computer scientist and electrical engineer instrumental in the creation of the iPod
• J. Hyam Rubinstein (born 1948), Australian mathematician primarily interested in topology

K–O

• Lev Rubinstein (1947–2024), Russian poet and essayist
• Marcos Rubinstein, Swiss engineer
• Mark Rubinstein, American financial economist and financial engineer
• Michael Rubinstein (born 1973), birth name of Michael Weston, American television and film actor and son of John Rubinstein and Judi West
• Nicolai Rubinstein (1911–2002), Russian historian
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881), Russian pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein

P–Z

• Pablo Rubinstein, Chilean doctor who pioneered the preservation and medical use of placenta blood as a form of stem cell technology
• Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951), American anthropologist
• Robert J. Rubinstein (born 1952), entrepreneur and founder of the TBLI group
• Roman Rubinshteyn (born 1996), Belarusian-Israeli basketball player
• Sergei Rubinstein, Soviet psychologist, critic to Lev Vygotsky
• Seymour I. Rubinstein (born 1934), American software developer
• Susanna Rubinstein (1847–1914), Austrian psychologist
• William Rubinstein (born 1946), British historian
• Yaakov Rubinstein, Israeli violinist
• Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
• Zelda Rubinstein (1933–2010), American actress