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Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname. Notable people with the name include:

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Given name

  • Saint Rufus (disambiguation)
  • J. Rufus Fears, American historian, scholar, teacher and author
  • Rufus (actor) (born 1942), French actor
  • Rufus (biblical figure), a first-century Christian mentioned in Mark 15:21
  • Rufus (crossword compiler) (born 1932), pseudonym of Roger Squires
  • Rufus Ada George (born 1940), Nigerian politician
  • Rufus Alexander (born 1983), American football player
  • Rufus Travis Amis (1912-2007), American entrepreneur
  • Rufus Anderson (1796–1880), American minister
  • Rufus A. Ayers (1849-1926), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
  • Rufus Babcock (1798-1875), American clergyman and academic
  • Rufus William Bailey (1793-1863), American academic
  • Rufus Barringer (1821-1895), American lawyer, politician, and military general
  • Rufus Beck (born 1957), German theater, film, and voice actor
  • Rufus Bess (born 1956), American football player
  • Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910), American politician and railroad superintendent
  • Rufus Bousquet, Saint Lucian politician
  • Rufus Bowen (1947-1978), American professor of mathematics
  • Rufus S. Bratton (1892-1958), American intelligence officer
  • Rufus Brevett (born 1969), English football player
  • Rufus Brome (born 1935) Bishop of Barbados
  • Rufus Brown (born 1980), American football player
  • Rufus Bullock (1834-1907), American politician
  • Rufus Columbus Burleson (1823-1901), American academic
  • Rufus T. Bush (1840-1890), American businessman, oil refining industrialist, and yachtsman
  • Rufus Cappadocia, Canadian-American cellist
  • Rufus Carter (1866–1932), Canadian farmer and political figure
  • Rufus Choate (1799-1859), American lawyer and orator
  • Rufus Early Clement (1900-1967), American academic
  • Rufus W. Cobb (1829-1913), American politician
  • Rufus Cole (1872-1966), American medical doctor
  • Rufus Crawford (born 1955), Canadian Football League player
  • Rufus Curry (1859-1934), Canadian manufacturer and politician
  • Rufus Dawes (1838-1899), American military officer
  • Rufus C. Dawes (1867-1940), American businessman
  • Rufus Dayglo, English comics artist
  • Rufus Deal (1917-2005), American football player
  • Rufus A. Doughton (1857–1946), American politician
  • Rufus Easton (1774-1834), American lawyer and politician
  • Rufus L. Edmisten (born 1941), American politician and lawyer
  • Rufus of Ephesus, 1st-century Greco-Roman physician and anatomist
  • Rufus Nelson England (1851-1911), Canadian merchant and political figure
  • Rufus Fitzgerald (1890-1966), American academic at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Rufus Flint (c. 1865-c. 1895), American Nicaraguan professor of English and mathematics
  • Rufus Edward Foster (1871-1942), American jurist
  • Rufus Franklin, American criminal
  • Rufus French (born 1978), American football player
  • Rufus S. Frost (1826-1894), American politician
  • Rufus King Garland, Jr. (1830-1886), American politician
  • Rufus Hollis Gause (born 1925), American theologian
  • Rufus Gilbert (1885–1962), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
  • Rufus Henry Gilbert (1832-1885), American surgeon and inventor
  • Rufus K. Goodenow (1790–1863), American politician
  • Rufus Granderson (born 1936), American football player
  • Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815-1857), American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic
  • Rufus Guthrie (1942-2000), American football player
  • Rufus Halley (c. 1944-2001), Roman Catholic missionary in the Philippines
  • Rufus Hannah (born 1955), aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum", of Bumfights fame
  • Rufus Hardy (representative) (1855-1943), American politician
  • Rufus K. Hardy (1878–1945), leader and missionary in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Rufus Harley (1936-2006), American jazz musician
  • Rufus Carrollton Harris (1896-1988), American academic
  • Rufus D. Hayes (1913-2002), American attorney, judge, and businessman
  • Rufus Henderson (1779-1847), Canadian physician, merchant and political figure
  • Rufus G. Herring (1921-1996), American military officer and Medal of Honor winner
  • Rufus Hessberg, American doctor and aeromedical scientist
  • Rufus C. Holman (1877-1959), American politician and businessman
  • Rufus Hound (born 1979), British comedian
  • Rufus Hussey, American slingshot marksman
  • Rufus Ingalls (1818-1893), American military general
  • Rufus Henry Ingram (1834 - ?), American bushwhacker
  • Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935), English politician and jurist
  • Rufus Isaacs (game theorist) (1914-1981), American mathematician
  • Rufus Arthur Johnson (born 1976), American rapper
  • Rufus Zenas Johnston (1874-1959), American military officer and Medal of Honor winner
  • Rufus Jones (actor) (born 1975), English actor, comedian and writer
  • Rufus Jones (writer) (1863–1948), American writer, philosopher and Quaker
  • Rufus R. Jones (1933–1993), American wrestler
  • Rufus "Speedy" Jones, American jazz drummer
  • Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle (born 1965), product designer and founder of a men's-shirt company
  • Rufus King (1755–1827), pre-Civil War US politician
  • Rufus King (general) (1814-1876), American newspaper editor, educator, diplomat, and military general
  • Rufus King (writer) (1893–1966), American author of crime novels
  • Rufus King, Jr. (1838-1900), American military officer
  • Rufus H. King (1820-1890), American politician
  • Rufus B. von KleinSmid (1875-1964), American academic
  • Rufus E. Lester (1837-1906), American politician
  • Rufus Anderson Lyman (1842–1910), lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Rufus Mallory (1831-1914), American educator, lawyer, and politician
  • Rufus P. Manson (1830-1897), American politician
  • Rufus Osgood Mason (1830-1903), American physician, teacher, and researcher in parapsychology and hypnotherapy
  • Rufus May (born 1968?), British clinical psychologist
  • Rufus Mayes (1947-1990), American football player
  • Rufus McCain (died 1940), American prisoner at Alcatraz
  • Rufus McIntire (1784-1866), American lawyer, military officer, congressman, and land surveyor
  • Rufus Meadows (1907-1970), American baseball player
  • Rufus B. Nalley (1870-1902), football, baseball, and track and field player
  • Rufus Naylor (1882-1939), Australian sporting entrepreneur and gambler
  • Rufus Norris, British theatre director
  • Rufus Palen (1807-1844), American politician
  • Rufus Palmer (1828–1873), Canadian physician and political figure
  • Rufus Payne, American blues musician known as Tee Tot
  • Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809–1873), American judge and congressman
  • Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838-1909), American jurist
  • Rufus Ferrand Pelletier (1824-aft. 1879), American postmaster and politician
  • Rufus Phillips, American intelligence officer
  • Rufus King Polk (1866-1902), American politician
  • Rufus Pollock, English economist
  • Rufus Henry Pope (1857-1944), Canadian politician
  • Rufus Porter (inventor) (1792-1884), American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine
  • Rufus Porter (American football) (born 1965), American football player
  • Rufus L. Porter (1897-1979), American poet
  • Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), American military officer
  • Rufus P. Ranney (1813–1891), American politician
  • Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist, educator, and composer
  • Rufus N. Rhodes (1856-1910), American newspaper editor
  • Rufus Rodriguez (born 1953), Filipino politician
  • Rufus G. Russell (1823-1896), American architect
  • Rufus Sage (1817-1893), American writer, journalist and mountain man
  • Rufus Saxton (1824-1908), American military general
  • Rufus Sewell (born 1967), British actor
  • Rufus Sisson (1890-1977), American basketball player
  • Rufus Skillern (born 1982), Canadian football player
  • Rufus Smith (1766-1844), Canadian physician and politician
  • Rufus Smith (baseball) (1905-1984), American baseball player
  • Rufus C. Somerby (1832–1903), American entertainer, showman, and panoramist
  • Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), American politician, lawyer and judge
  • Rufus Phineas Stebbins (1810-1885), American clergyman
  • Rufus Stephenson (1835-1901), Canadian newspaper editor and political figure
  • Rufus Stokes (1922-1986), American inventor
  • Rufus B. Tebbetts (c. 1828–?), American settler
  • Rufus of Thebes, bishop of Thebes in Greece, referenced in Romans 16:13
  • Rufus Thibodeaux (1934-2005), American Cajun fiddler
  • Rufus Thomas (1917–2001), American singer
  • Rufus Turner, American electronics author
  • Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), Canadian-American singer-songwriter
  • Rufus Waller (born 1978). American singer and musician
  • Rufus Welch (1800-1856), American circus impresario
  • Rufus Yerxa (born 1951), American Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization
  • Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (1849-1925), American illustrator, journalist and author

    • Cognomen or nickname

  • Rufus (Roman cognomen)
  • King William II of England, called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance

    • Surname

  • Alan Rufus (c. 1040–1089), companion of William the Conqueror
  • Anneli Rufus, American journalist
  • Geoffrey Rufus (died 1141), English Bishop and Lord Chancellor
  • Milan Rúfus (1928–2009), Slovak poet and writer
  • Richard Rufus (born 1975), English football player
  • Richard Rufus of Cornwall (died c. 1260), English scholastic philosopher and theologian

    • Music

  • Rufus (band), American funk band
  • Rüfüs, Australian alternative dance group (also known as Rüfüs du Sol in North America).

    • Fictional characters

  • Rufus, a dog that magically becomes a boy with a necklace on the movies Rufus and its sequel, Rufus 2
  • Rufus XIV, King of Rubovia, in the British children's television series A Rubovian Legend (1955), created by Gordon Murray
  • Rufus, a time traveler in the films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, played by George Carlin
  • Rufus, the forgotten 13th apostle, from Dogma, played by Chris Rock
  • Rufus (Kim Possible ally), the naked mole rat from Disney's TV show Kim Possible
  • Rufus, the little polar bear from the animated series SantApprentice, and two of it's animated films Santa's Apprentice, and The Magic Snowflake
  • Rufus, the protagonist of the children's cartoon series, The Dreamstone
  • Rufus (Street Fighter), one of four new fighters in Street Fighter IV
  • Rufus Moffat, the youngest sibling in Eleanor Estes' Moffats series of books
  • Rufus Scrimgeour from the Harry Potter books
  • Rufus Humphrey, The Gossip Girl series
  • Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy VII
  • Rufus, an old cat and Penny's good friend from The Rescuers
  • Rufus the Bobcat, the mascot for Ohio University
  • Rufus Lore, a mage of Sabertooth in the Japanese manga series Fairy Tail

    • References

    Rufus Wikipedia
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