Ruth Shaw may refer to:
Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989), United States-born composer and music educator Ruth Faison Shaw (1888–1969), American artist and educator Ruth Shaw (politician) (born 1920s), British politician Ruth Geyer Shaw (born 1953), evolutionary biologist and former editor of the monthly scientific journal Evolution Ruth G. Shaw (born 1948), former CEO of Duke Energy Ruth Shaw (Prisoner), character from Australian TV series Prisoner, played by Mary Murphy Ruth Shaw, character from the 1949 Western Down Dakota Way, played by Dale Evans
See also Ruth L. Saw (1901–1986), British philosopher and aestheticist