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* [[Rupert (paradummy)]], nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy |
* [[Rupert (paradummy)]], nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy |
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* Rupert, British Army slang for an officer; see [[ |
* Rupert, British Army slang for an officer; see [[Tommy_Atkins#Other_nicknames]] |
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Revision as of 22:53, 13 April 2019
Rupert may refer to:
People
- Rupert (name), various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert"
Places
Canada
- Rupert, Quebec, a village
- Rupert Bay, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay
- Rupert River, Quebec
- Rupert's Land, a former territory in British North America
United States
- Rupert, California, the former name of Yuba, California
- Rupert, Georgia, unincorporated community in Taylor County
- Rupert, Idaho, county seat and largest city of Minidoka County
- Rupert, Ohio, unincorporated community in Union Township, Madison County
- Rupert, Pennsylvania, census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County
- Rupert, Vermont, town in Bennington County
- Rupert, West Virginia, town in Greenbrier County
Fiction
- Rupert, the stuffed teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin on the television series Family Guy
- Rupert, the squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film The Great Rupert
- Rupert (planet), a fictional planet in the novel Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
- Rupert Bear, a fictional British cartoon character
- The Adventures of Rupert Bear, an early-1970s British television series based on Rupert Bear
- Rupert and the Frog Song, a short animated film released in 1984, based on Rupert Bear and created by Paul McCartney
- Rupert (TV series), an animated television series based on Rupert Bear produced in Canada in the 1990s
- Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic..., a 2006 CGI series, based on Rupert Bear.
- Rupert Bear Museum, a museum about Rupert Bear, located in the Museum of Canterbury, in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
- 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 Giles, watcher on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Military
- Rupert (paradummy), nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
- Rupert, British Army slang for an officer; see Tommy_Atkins#Other_nicknames
Ships
- HMS Rupert, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy