Rufus
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
- J. Rufus Fears, American historian, scholar, teacher and author
- Rufus , French actor
- Rufus, a first-century Christian mentioned in Mark 15:21
- Rufus Ada George, Nigerian politician
- Rufus Aladesanmi III, Yoruban king
- Rufus Alexander, American football player
- Rufus Travis Amis, American entrepreneur
- Rufus Anderson, American minister
- Rufus Applegarth, American lawyer and politician
- Rufus A. Ayers, American lawyer, businessman, and politician
- Rufus Babcock, American clergyman and academic
- Rufus William Bailey, American academic
- Rufus Barringer, American lawyer, politician, and military general
- Rufus Beck, German theater, film, and voice actor
- Rufus Bess, American football player
- Rufus Black, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania
- Rufus Blodgett, American politician and railroad superintendent
- Rufus Bousquet, Saint Lucian politician
- Rufus Bowen, American professor of mathematics
- Rufus S. Bratton, American intelligence officer
- Rufus Brevett, English football player
- Rufus Brome, Bishop of Barbados
- Rufus Brown, American football player
- Rufus E. Brown, Vermont attorney, farmer, and politician
- Rufus Bullock, American politician
- Rufus Columbus Burleson, American academic
- Rufus T. Bush, American businessman, oil refining industrialist, and yachtsman
- Rufus Cappadocia, Canadian-American cellist
- Rufus Carter, Canadian farmer and political figure
- Rufus Cheney Jr., member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1850 session
- Rufus Choate, American lawyer and orator
- Rufus Early Clement, American academic
- Rufus W. Cobb, American politician
- Rufus Cole, American medical doctor
- Rufus Cowles Crampton, American educator
- Rufus Crawford, Canadian Football League player
- Rufus Curry, Canadian manufacturer and politician
- Rufus Dawes, American military officer
- Rufus C. Dawes, American businessman
- Rufus Davis
- Rufus Dayglo, English comics artist
- Rufus Deal, American football player
- Rufus B. Dodge Jr., American lawyer and politician
- Rufus A. Doughton, American politician
- Rufus Easton, American lawyer and politician
- Rufus L. Edmisten, American politician and lawyer
- Rufus Elefante, American politician from Utica, New York
- Rufus of Ephesus, 1st-century Greco-Roman physician and anatomist
- Rufus Nelson England, Canadian merchant and political figure
- Rufus Fitzgerald, American academic at the University of Pittsburgh
- Rufus Flint, American Nicaraguan professor of English and mathematics
- Rufus Edward Foster, American jurist
- Rufus Franklin, American criminal
- Rufus French, American football player
- Rufus S. Frost, American politician
- Rufus King Garland Jr., American politician
- Rufus Hollis Gause, American theologian
- Rufus Gilbert, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
- Rufus Henry Gilbert, American surgeon and inventor
- Rufus K. Goodenow, American politician
- Rufus Carl Gordon, Jr., commonly known as Carl Gordon, American actor
- Rufus Granderson, American football player
- Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic
- Rufus Guthrie, American football player
- Rufus Halley, Roman Catholic missionary in the Philippines
- Rufus Hannah, aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum", of Bumfights fame
- Rufus Hardy , American politician
- Rufus K. Hardy, leader and missionary in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Rufus Harley, American jazz musician
- Rufus Carrollton Harris, American academic
- Rufus Erastus Hart, American politician and lawyer
- Rufus D. Hayes, American attorney, judge, and businessman
- Rufus Henderson, Canadian physician, merchant and political figure
- Rufus G. Herring, American military officer and Medal of Honor winner
- Rufus Hessberg, American doctor and aeromedical scientist
- Rufus C. Holman, American politician and businessman
- Rufus Hound, British comedian
- Rufus Hussey, American slingshot marksman
- Rufus Ingalls, American military general
- Rufus Henry Ingram, American bushwhacker
- Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, English politician and jurist
- Rufus Isaacs , American mathematician
- Rufus Arthur Johnson, better known as Bizarre, American rapper
- Rufus Zenas Johnston, American military officer and Medal of Honor winner
- Rufus Jones , English actor, comedian and writer
- Rufus Jones , American writer, philosopher and Quaker
- Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler
- Rufus "Speedy" Jones, American jazz drummer
- Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle, product designer and founder of a men's-shirt company
- Rufus King, pre-Civil War US politician
- Rufus King , American newspaper editor, educator, diplomat, and military general
- Rufus King , American author of crime novels
- Rufus King Jr., American military officer
- Rufus H. King, American politician
- Rufus B. von KleinSmid, American academic
- Rufus E. Lester, American politician
- Rufus Anderson Lyman, lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Rufus Mallory, American educator, lawyer, and politician
- Rufus P. Manson, American politician
- Rufus Osgood Mason, American physician, teacher, and researcher in parapsychology and hypnotherapy
- Rufus May, British clinical psychologist
- Rufus Mayes, American football player
- Rufus McCain, American prisoner at Alcatraz
- Rufus McIntire, American lawyer, military officer, congressman, and land surveyor
- Rufus Meadows, American baseball player
- Rufus B. Nalley, football, baseball, and track and field player
- Rufus Naylor, Australian sporting entrepreneur and gambler
- Rufus Norris, British theatre director
- Rufus Palen, American politician
- Rufus Palmer, Canadian physician and political figure
- Rufus Payne, American blues musician known as Tee Tot
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham, American judge and congressman
- Rufus W. Peckham, American jurist
- Rufus Ferrand Pelletier, American postmaster and politician
- Rufus Phillips, American intelligence officer
- Rufus King Polk, American politician
- Rufus Pollock, English economist
- Rufus Henry Pope, Canadian politician
- Rufus Porter , American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine
- Rufus Porter , American football player
- Rufus L. Porter, American poet
- Rufus Putnam, American military officer
- Rufus P. Ranney, American politician
- Rufus Reid, American jazz bassist, educator, and composer
- Rufus N. Rhodes, American newspaper editor
- Rufus Rodriguez, Filipino politician
- Rufus G. Russell, American architect
- Rufus Sage, American writer, journalist and mountain man
- Rufus Saxton, American military general
- Rufus Sewell, British actor
- Rufus Sisson, American basketball player
- Rufus Skillern, Canadian football player
- Rufus Smith, Canadian physician and politician
- Rufus Smith , American baseball player
- Rufus C. Somerby, American entertainer, showman, and panoramist
- Rufus P. Spalding, American politician, lawyer and judge
- Rufus Phineas Stebbins, American clergyman
- Rufus Stephenson, Canadian newspaper editor and political figure
- Rufus Stokes, American inventor
- Rufus B. Tebbetts, American settler
- Rufus of Thebes, bishop of Thebes in Greece, referenced in Romans 16:13
- Rufus Thibodeaux, American Cajun fiddler
- Rufus Thomas, American singer
- Rufus P. Turner, American electronics author
- Rufus Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter
- Rufus Waller, better known as Scola, a member of Dru Hill, American singer and musician
- Rufus Welch, American circus impresario
- Rufus Corbin Wood, sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Rufus Yerxa, American Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization
- Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, American illustrator, journalist and author
Surname
- Alexis Rufus, English Muay Thai kickboxer
- Anneli Rufus, American journalist
- Geoffrey Rufus, English Bishop and Lord Chancellor
- Milan Rúfus, Slovak poet and writer
- Richard Rufus, English football player
Cognomen or nickname
- Rufus, list of people who had one of the most common of the ancient Roman cognomina
- King William II of England, called "William Rufus"
- Alan Rufus, companion of William the Conqueror
- Richard Rufus of Cornwall, 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, 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, played by Samuel L. Jackson
- Rufus T. Firefly, a character in the 1933 film Duck Soup, played by Groucho Marx