Rufus

Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin rufus, "red"). Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Saint Rufus (disambiguation)
J. Rufus Fears (1945–2012), 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 Ada George (born 1940), Nigerian politician
Rufus Aladesanmi III (born 1945), Yoruban king
Rufus Alexander (born 1983), American football player
Rufus Travis Amis (1912–2007), American entrepreneur
Rufus Anderson (1796–1880), American minister
Rufus Applegarth (1844–1921), American lawyer and politician
Rufus A. Ayers (1849–1926), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
Rufus Babcock (1798–1895), 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 Black (born 1969), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania
Rufus Blodgett (1834–1910), American politician and railroad superintendent
Rufus Bousquet (born 1958), 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 E. Brown (1854–1920), Vermont attorney, farmer, and politician
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 Cheney Jr., member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1850 session
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 Cowles Crampton (1828–1888), American educator
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 Davis (born 1964)
Rufus Dayglo, English comics artist
Rufus Deal (1917–2005), American football player
Rufus B. Dodge Jr. (1861–1935), American lawyer and politician
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 Elefante (1903–1994), American politician from Utica, New York
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 (1916–1975), 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 (1925–2015), 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 Carl Gordon, Jr. (1932-2010), commonly known as Carl Gordon, American actor
Rufus Granderson (1936–2015), 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 (1954–2017), 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 (1897–1988), American academic
Rufus Erastus Hart (1812–1891), American politician and lawyer
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 (1919–1994), 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 Arthur Johnson (born 1976), better known as Bizarre, American rapper
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 (1936–1990), 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 (1903–1940), 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 (born 1965), British theatre director
Rufus Palen (1807–1844), American politician
Rufus Palmer (1828–1873), Canadian physician and political figure
Rufus Payne (1883–1939), American blues musician known as Tee Tot
Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809–1873), American judge and congressman
Rufus W. Peckham (1838–1909), American jurist
Rufus Ferrand Pelletier (1824–?), American postmaster and politician
Rufus Phillips (born 1929), American intelligence officer
Rufus King Polk (1866–1902), American politician
Rufus Pollock (born 1980), 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 (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 P. Turner (1907–1982), American electronics author
Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Rufus Waller, better known as Scola, a member of Dru Hill, American singer and musician
Rufus Welch (1800–1856), American circus impresario
Rufus Corbin Wood (1818–1885), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Rufus Yerxa (born 1951), American Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum (1849–1925), American illustrator, journalist and author

Surname

Alexis Rufus (born 1979), English Muay Thai kickboxer
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

Cognomen or nickname

Rufus (Roman cognomen), list of people who had one of the most common of the ancient Roman cognomina
King William II of England (1050s–1100), called "William Rufus"
Alan Rufus (c. 1040–1089), companion of William the Conqueror
Richard Rufus of Cornwall (died 1260), English scholastic philosopher and theologian
Roger Squires, crossword compiler nicknamed Rufus

Animals

Rufus the Hawk, a bird used to keep pigeons away from the tennis grass courts at Wimbledon

Fictional Characters

Rufus (Street Fighter), one of four new fighters in Street Fighter IV
Rufus the Bobcat, the mascot for Ohio University
Rufus, a naked mole rat from Disney's TV show Kim Possible; see List of Kim Possible characters
Rufus Moffat, title character of the book Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes
Rufus Scrimgeour, from the Harry Potter universe; see Ministry of Magic
Rufus Shinra, from the Final Fantasy VII video games; see Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series
Rufus Turner, from the American television drama Supernatural; see List of Supernatural characters
Rufus XIV, King of Rubovia, in the 1955 British children's television series A Rubovian Legend
Rufus, from the film The Rescuers
Rufus, the forgotten 13th apostle in the film Dogma, played by Chris Rock
Rufus, polar bear character from the animated series SantApprentice; see List of Santa's Apprentice characters
Rufus, protagonist of the children's cartoon series The Dreamstone
Rufus, time traveler in the films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, played by George Carlin
Rufus Humphrey, a character in Gossip Girl
Rufus, a character in the movie Kill Bill: Volume 2, played by Samuel L. Jackson
Rufus T. Firefly, a character in the 1933 film Duck Soup, played by Groucho Marx

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Surname

Cognomen or nickname

Animals

Fictional Characters

See also