Rut (name)

Rut is both a surname and a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Rut Bízková (born 1957), former Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic
• Rut Brandt (1920–2006), German writer
• Rut Bryk (1916–1999), Finnish ceramist
• Rut Berglund (1897–1984), Swedish opera singer
• Rut Carballido Lopez, Spanish-born microbiologist
• Rut Hillarp (1914–2003), Swedish poet and novelist
• Rut Holm (1900–1971), Swedish film actress
• Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir (born 1990), Icelandic handballer
• Rut Rutka Laskier (1929–1943), Jewish Polish diarist and Holocaust victim
• Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967), German photographer
• Rut Wermuth (1928–2021), Jewish German Holocaust survivor
• John Rut (fl. 1512–1528), English mariner
• Tadeusz Rut (1931–2002), Polish hammer and discus thrower

See also

• Nicolaes Ruts (1573-1638), merchant whose portrait was painted by Rembrandt