Rui
Amongst its other meanings, Rui is a common Portuguese first name, also spelled Ruy and cognate with Roderick and Rodrick.[1]
Rui may refer to:
People
- Rui (surname), a Chinese surname
- Rui - Egyptian high priest during reign of Ramses II[2]
- Rui Almeida Monteiro, a Dutch footballer
- Rui Campos, a Brazilian footballer
- Rui Correia, a former Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Costa, a Portuguese retired footballer
- Rui de Figueiredo, a professor, engineer and mathematician
- Rui de Pina, a Portuguese chronicler
- Rui Falcão, a Brazilian politician, and member of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores)
- Rui Faria, a Portuguese football coach
- Rui Jordão, a Portuguese footballer
- Rui Jorge, a retired Portuguese footballer
- Rui Jorge Faria Azevedo, a Portuguese footballer
- Rui Naiwei, a Chinese professional Go player
- Rui Nereu, a Portuguese football goalkeeper for SL Benfica
- Rui Patrício, a Portuguese football goalkeeper for Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Rui Rio, a Portuguese politician and Mayor of Porto (Presidente da Câmara Municipal)
- Rui Barbosa, a writer, jurist, and politician
- Cao Rui, the second emperor of Cao Wei in ancient China
Places
- Rui (state) (芮), a Chinese state during the Zhou Dynasty
Fiction
- Ruy Blas, a tragic drama by Victor Hugo
- Hanazawa Rui, a character in the Japanese manga series Boys Over Flowers
- Pan Rui, a.k.a. Fan Rui, a character in The Water Margin
- Rui wa Tomo o Yobu - Japanese adult visual novel
- Rui - Character played by actor Luiz Fernando Guimarães in the popular Brazilian situation comedy Os Normais and its spin-off films.
RUI (three-letter acronym)
- Royal University of Ireland
- Remote User Interface - a device independent protocol
See also
- Ruy (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Rui
- ↑ King & Hall History of Egypt from Project Gutenberg