Rusch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adolf Rusch (1435–1489), notable German printer and publisherArthur Rusch, American politicianBob Rusch (born 1943), American jazz critic and record producerFrank Rusch (born 1949), researcher on self-instructional strategies, coworker and natural supports, benefit-cost analysisGlendon Rusch (born 1974), left-handed former Major League Baseball pitcherJerry Rusch (1943–2003), American jazz trumpeterKristine Kathryn Rusch (born 1960), American writer and editorNicholas J. Rusch (1822–1864), tutor, farmer, member of the Iowa Senate (1858–1860), the second Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1860–1862), Iowa’s Commissioner of Immigration, and a captain in the Union Army during the American Civil WarPaul Rusch (1897–1979), lay missionary of the Anglican Church in JapanThomas Rusch (born 1962), German photographer living in Berlin, Hamburg and Paris