Rudas is a Hungarian word and surname, literally meaning "of rúd, pole-horse with carriage, wagon" (Hungarian: rúd "pole, rod, beam, (wagon with) drawbar"):
Gerő Rudas (né (~1883) Reichenthal), Hungarian: Rudas (Reichenthal) Gerő (1856, (Nagy-)Tany (Slovak: Tôň) – 1912), a Jewish Hungarian (Austro-Hungarian)- Transylvanian physician
László Rudas (né Róth), Hungarian: Rudas (Róth) László (1885, Sárvár – 1950, Budapest), a Hungarian communist newspaper editor and politician
Ferenc Rudas (né Ruck), Hungarian: Rudas (Ruck) Ferenc (born 1921, Budapest), Hungarian football player, -coach, sport leader
Tibor Rudas, Hungarian: Rudas Tibor (born 1926, Budapest), a Hungarian entrepreneur
Márta Bajcsay-Rudas(-Antal), née Antal, Hungarian: Rudas(-Antal) Márta (born 1937), a Hungarian track and field athlete
Stephan Rudas, Hungarian: Rudas István (1944, Budapest – 2010, Vienna), a Hungarian-Austrian psychiatrist
Andreas Rudas, Hungarian: Rudas András (born 1953, Budapest), a Hungarian-Austrian media manager and politician
Laura Rudas (born 1981, Vienna), an Austrian politician (SPÖ)
