Rufus

For other uses, see Rufus (disambiguation).

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

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 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

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
• Rufus Lore, a mage of Sabertooth in the Japanese manga series Fairy Tail

See also

• All pages beginning with "Rufus"