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Rufus may refer to:
- People
- Milan Rúfus (1928–2009), Slovak poet and writer
- Rufus (Roman cognomen)
- Rufus (consul 457), consul in 457
- Several Saints Rufus
- Rufus (actor) (born 1942), French actor
- Rufus (crossword compiler) (born 1932), pseudonym of Roger Squires
- Rufus Hannah (aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum", born 1955), of Bumfights fame
- Rufus Hound (born 1979), British comedian
- Rufus King (1755–1827), pre-Civil War US politician
- Rufus Sewell (born 1967), British actor
- Rufus Thomas (1917–2001), US singer
- King William II of England, called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance
- Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), Canadian-American singer-songwriter
- Rufus of Ephesus, a 1st century Greco-Roman physician and anatomist
- Rufus (biblical figure), a first century Christian mentioned in Mark 15:21
[edit] 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 Shinra from Final Fantasy VII
- Rufus, an old cat and Penny's good friend from The Rescuers
[edit] Places
- Species Latin binomial name abbreviations
[edit] See also