Rudder (surname)

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The surname Rudder may refer to:

  • James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), United States Army major general, Texas Land Commissioner, and sixteenth president of Texas A&M University.
  • David Rudder (born 1953), calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago
  • John E. Rudder (1924–2006), the first African-American officer in the regular US Marine Corps, in 1948
  • Michael Rudder (born 1950), Canadian actor
  • Pieter De Rudder (1822–1898), farm labourer whose healed broken leg is considered one of the most famous recognized Lourdes miracles
  • Samuel Rudder (c. 1726–1801), English topographer, printer and antiquarian
  • Scott Rudder (born 1969), American politician
  • Sean Rudder (born 1979), Australian former rugby league footballer