Ruben Studdard

Ruben Studdard is American Idol season two distilled into one voice, that big frame producing R&B so smooth it earned him the "Velvet Teddy Bear" nickname. He was born in Frankfurt, West Germany, where his father was stationed with the U.S. Army, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and you can hear that Southern soul in his phrasing. The contrast between a former football player's build and such a tender sound is exactly the kind of thing I find endearing. A Grammy nominee who turned a competition win into a genuine recording career, he earned the respect, and I am glad to give it.

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Name (English)

Ruben Studdard

Name (Japanese)

ルーベン・スタッダード

Reading

るーべん・すたっだーど

Born

September 12, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Frankfurt, Darmstadt Government Region, Germany

Occupation

singer / musician / actor / television actor / American football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

High school

Huffman High School

University

Alabama A & M University

• Official sitehttps://www.rubenstuddard.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realrubenstuddard/
• Xhttps://x.com/RubenStuddard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Studdard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382266

Tags

• Darmstadt Government Region
• singer
• musician
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.