List of people by name
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Rub-Ruc

• Rubattel, Rodolphe, (1896-1961), Swiss president
• Rubens, Bernice, (born 1928), author of A Solitary Grief
• Rubens, Peter Paul, (1577-1640), Belgian painter
• Rubenstein, Ariel, (born 1951), economist
• Rubin, Jerry, (1938-1994), 1960s anti-war activist
• Rubin, Robert, (born 1938), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Rubinstein, Anton, (1829-1894), composer
• Rubinstein, Artur, (1887-1982), musician
• Rubinstein, John, (born 1946), actor, composer
• Rubinstein, Nikolai Grigoryevich, (1835-1881), pianist, conductor and composer
• Rubinstein, Seymour Ivan, (born 1934), software pioneer, entrepreneur
• Rubio, Paulina, singer
• Rublev, Andrei, (c. 1360-1430), painter
• Ruby, Harry, (1895-1974), composer, writer
• Ruby, Jack, (1911-1965), US assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald
• Ruchet, Marc-Emile, (1853-1912), Swiss president
• Ruchonnet, Antoine Louis John, (1834-1893), Swiss politician
• Rucker, Darius, (born 1966), musician ("Hootie & the Blowfish")
• Rucker, Rudy, (born 1946), science-fiction novelist
• Rückert, Friedrich, (1788-1866), poet

Rud-Ruh

• Rudbeckius, Olaus, (1630-1702), medicine
• Rudbeckius, Olaus, junior, (1660-1740), botanist
• Rudd, Bevil, (1894-1948), South African athlete
• Rude, François, (1784-1855), French sculptor
• Rudelatt, Yvonne, (1895-1945), SOE agent, WW II heroine
• Rudenko, Lyudmila, (1904-1986), chess player
• Rudenko, R. A., Soviet Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
• Rudner, Rita, (born 1956), stand-up comedian
• Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, (1576-1611), Habsburg king and emperor
• Rudolph, Archduke of Austria, (died 1889), Crown Prince of Austria
• Rudolph I of Germany, (1218-1291), German ruler
• Rudolph, Wilma, (1940-1994), runner
• Rudonja, Mladen, Slovene football player
• Rudy, Rajiv Pratap, Indian politician
• Ruffin, David, (1941-1991), musician
• Ruffy, Eugène, (1854-1919), Swiss president
• Ruggles, Charles, (1886-1970), actor
• Rugolo, Pete, (born 1915), bandleader
• Rugova, Ibrahim, (born 1944), Albanian leader
• Ruhle, Gunther, (born 1924), journalist, theater director
• Ruhmann, Heinz, (1902-1994), actor

Rui - Run

• Ruisdael, Jacob van, (1628-1682), painter
• Ruiz, Don Miguel (born 1952), Mexican Toltec shaman and author
• Ruiz, John, (born 1972), world champion boxer, first Hispanic world Heavyweight champion
• Ruíz, Miguel (1856-1912) Cafe Yaucono
• Rukavishnikov, Nikolai, (1932-2002), cosmonaut
• Rulfo, Juan, (1918-1986), author
• Rull, Jose Victor Rios, economist
• Rumsfeld, Donald, (born 1932), US defense minister
• Rundgren, Todd, (born 1948), musician
• Rundstedt, Gerd von, (1875-1953), German field marshal
• Runeberg, Johan Ludvig, (1804-1877), Finnish Swedish-writing poet
• Runga, Bic, singer
• Runge, Carle David Tolme, (1856-1927), mathematician
• Runge, Phillip Otto, (1777-1810), painter
• Runnels, Hardin R., (1857-1859), governor of Texas
• Runyon, Damon, (1884-1947), author
• Runyon, Samantha, (1996-2002), young victim of crime

Rup - Rur

• RuPaul, (born 1960), American drag queen and talk show host
• Rupert, King of the Germans, (1352-1410), German ruler
• Rupnik, Leon, (1880-1946), WW2 general, commander of collaborational Slovene White Guard - 2nd World War war criminal
• Rupp, Rainer, spy for GDR in NATO headquarters
• Ruppert, Jacob (1867-1939), baseball team owner, brewery owner during prohibition era
• Rurik, (died 879), ruler of Novgorod

Rus

Rush - Rusk

• Rush, Benjamin, (died 1813), physician, activist
• Rush, Geoffrey, (born 1951), Australian actor
• Rushdie, Salman, (born 1947), Indian-born British author
• Rushing, Jimmy, (1902-1972), musician
• Rushton, Willie, (died 1996), UK comedian and cartoonist
• Rusjan, Edvard, (1886-1911), Slovene pilot and aeronavtic pioneer.
• Rusk, Dean, (1909-1994), former United States Secretary of State
• Ruska, Ernst, (died 1988), Nobel Prize in Physicist
• Ruskin, John, (1819-1900)

Russ

People named Russ

• Russ, Joanna, (born 1937), US feminist science fiction author
• Russ, Robert, (1847-1922), painter

Russe

• Russell, Bertrand, (1872-1970), British philosopher
• Russell, Bill, (born 1934), basketball star
• Russell, Charles, (1864-1926), artist
• Russell, Charles Taze, (1852-1916) also known as Pastor Russell. Founder of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
• Russell, Donald, American railroad executive (President of Southern Pacific 1952-1964, Chairman 1964-1972)
• Russell, Eric Frank, (1905-1978), British author
• Russell, Harold, (1914-2002), actor
• Russell, Henry Norris, (USA, 1877-1957), astronomer
• Russell, Jane, (born 1921), actress
• Russell, John, Lord, (1792-1878), UK Prime Minister
• Russell, Katheryn K.
• Russell, Ken, (born 1927), film director
• Russell, Keri, (born 1976), actress
• Russell, Kurt, (born 1951), actor
• Russell, Lillian, (1860-1922), actress
• Russell, Mark, (born 1932), comedian, musician, political commentator
• Russell, Mary Doria, (born 1950), author
• Russell, Nipsey, (born 1924), comedian, actor, television personality
• Russell, Rosalind, (1907-1976), actor
• Russell, Willy, (born 1947), playwright (Educating Rita)

Russi

• Russi, Bernhard, (born 1948), Alpine skiing champion

Rust

• Rust, Mathias, (born 1968), German pilot imprisoned for violating Soviet airspace and landing on Red Square
• Rustin, Bayard, (1912-1987), civil rights activist

Rut-Ruz

• Rutar, Simon, (1851-1903), historian, geographer, archaeologist and geologist.
• Ruth, Babe, (1895-1948), US baseball player
• Rutherford, Alexander C., (1857-1941), premier of Alberta
• Rutherford, Ernest, (1871-1937), New Zealand-born British scientist
• Rutherford, Margaret, (1892-1972), British actress
• Rutherford, Mike (born 1950), musician (Genesis, Mike & the Mechanics)
• Rutledge, Edward, (1749-1800), governor of South Carolina
• Rutter, John, British composer and conductor
• Ruysch, Frederik, (1638-1731), Dutch anatomist
• Ruysch, Rachel, (1664-1750), painter
• Ruyter, Michiel de, (1607-1676), naval officer
• Ruzicka, Leopold, (1887-1976), 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry