Rufus
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Rufus is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- several ancient Romans; see Rufus (Roman cognomen)
- several Saints Rufus
Given name
- J. Rufus Fears, American historian, scholar, teacher and author
- King William II of England, called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance
- 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, a 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 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 Lloyd Ketchum (died 1950), American military soldier
- 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 (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), US 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
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
Fictional characters
- 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 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
See also
- All pages beginning with "Rufus"