Rush (name)

Rush is both an English surname and given name.

People with the surname

• Andre Rush (born 1974), American celebrity chef and military veteran
• Andy Rush (1889–1969), American baseball pitcher
• Annaleah Rush (born 1976), New Zealand rugby union player
• Anthony Rush (born 1996), American football player
• Augustus John Rush (born 1942), American psychiatrist
• Barbara Rush (1927–2024), American actress
• Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a Founding Father of the United States, physician, writer, educator and humanitarian
• Benjamin Rush (1811-1877), American lawyer and writer
• Bobby Rush (born 1946), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• Bobby Rush (musician) (born 1940), American blues and R&B musician, composer and singer
• Bob Rush (American football) (born 1955), American football player
• Bob Rush (Australian footballer) (1880–1975), Australian rules footballer and administrator
• Bob Rush (baseball) (1925–2011), American baseball pitcher
• Boyd Rush (1895–1964), first heart transplant recipient
• Brandon Rush (born 1985), American basketball player
• Brion Rush (born 1984), American basketball player
• Bryan Rush (1893–1982), Australian rules footballer
• Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council
• Cathy Rush (born 1947), American basketball coach
• Charles W. Rush (1919–2015), United States Navy captain
• Chris Rush (1946–2018), American comedian
• Christopher Rush (1965–2016), American illustrator
• Clay Rush (born 1973), former American football kicker
• Clive Rush (1931–1980), American football player
• Cooper Rush (born 1993), American football quarterback
• DJ Rush (born 1970), American musician, disc jockey, and record producer
• Dan Rush (born 1960), American union organizer
• Darius Rush (born 2000), American football player
• David Rush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Debbie Rush (born 1966), English actress
• Deborah Rush (born 1954), American actress
• Dick Rush (1882–1956), Austrian-born American character actor
• Don Rush, American director, script writer, voice actor and producer
• Ed T. Rush (active 1966–2003), American basketball referee
• Eddie Rush (born 1961), American basketball referee
• Edward Rush (cricketer), Australian cricketer
• Edward Rush (priest), Irish Anglican priest
• Elaine Rush, New Zealand professor of nutrition
• Emma Rush, lecturer in philosophy and ethics
• Eric Rush (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Fanny Rush, London-based portrait painter
• Florence Rush (1918–2008), American feminist organizer
• Francis Roberts Rush (1916–2001), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane
• Francis Rush (1921–1985), American politician
• Geoffrey Rush (born 1951), Australian actor and film producer
• Gerald Rush (1895–1988), Australian rules footballer
• Ian Rush (born 1961), Welsh former footballer and football manager
• James Rush (1786-1869), American physician and writer
• JaRon Rush (born 1979), American basketball player
• Jennifer Rush (born 1960), American pop rock singer and songwriter
• Joel Rush (born 1981), American actor and model
• Joseph H. Rush (1911–2006), American physicist
• Kareem Rush (born 1980), American basketball player
• Ken Rush (1931–2011), American racing driver
• Lenny Rush (born 2009), British actor
• Lyndon Rush (born 1980), Canadian bobsledder
• Matthew Rush (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer
• Merrilee Rush (born 1944), American singer
• Otis Rush (1934–2018), American blues singer and guitarist
• Poppy Rush (born 1991), British actress
• Red Rush (1927–2009), American sportscaster
• Richard Rush (1780–1859), United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury
• Richard Rush (director) (1929–2021), American film director
• Richard H. Rush (1825-1893), American military officer
• Scott Rush (born 1985), Australian drug trafficker, member of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia
• Stockton Rush (1962–2023), American businessman and CEO
• Tom Rush (born 1941), American singer
• William Rush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Xavier Rush (born 1977), New Zealand former rugby union footballer

People with the given name

• Rush Brown (1954–2020), American football defensive lineman
• Rush Clark (1834–1879), 19th-century American politician and lawyer
• Rush Holt Sr. (1905–1955), U.S. Senator from West Virginia
• Rush Holt Jr. (born 1948), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Rush Kalaria (born 1993), Indian cricketer
• Rush Limbaugh Sr. (1891–1996), American attorney and civic leader in Missouri
• Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021), American talk show host, grandson of the above
• Rush Propst (born 1957), American high school football coach
• Rush Rhees (1905–1989), American philosopher
• Rush Sturges (born 1985), American whitewater kayaker, filmmaker and musician
• Rush Wimberly (1873–1943), American politician

See also

• Rush § People, Rush as a stage name or mononym