Rutt is a both a given name and surname. As a given name, it is most commonly found in Estonia and is a feminine name, a cognate of

Ruth Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

, with the

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being 4 January. Notable people with the surname include: * Bevan Rutt (1916–1988), Australian architect and philanthropist * Chris L. Rutt (1859–1936), American journalist and newspaper editor *

John Towill Rutt John Towill Rutt (4 April 1760 – 3 March 1841) was an English political activist, social reformer and nonconformist man of letters. Life Born in London on 4 April 1760, was only son of George Rutt, at first a druggist in Friday Street, Cheapsid ...

(1760–1841), English social reformer *

Richard Rutt Cecil Richard Rutt CBE (27 August 192527 July 2011) was an English Roman Catholic priest and a former Anglican bishop. Rutt spent almost 20 years of his life serving as an Anglican missionary in South Korea, a country for which he developed a d ...

(1925–2011), English Anglican missionary and Roman Catholic priest *

Nanny Rutt Nanny Rutt is a character in a cautionary tale associated with Nanny Rutt's well, an Artesian aquifer, artesian spring in Math Wood, near Northorpe, South Kesteven, Northorpe, in the parish of Thurlby, South Kesteven, Thurlby, Lincolnshire. The stor ...

, a fictional character * Rutt, a character from Disney's ''

Brother Bear ''Brother Bear'' is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 44th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Wa ...

'' Notable people with the given name include: * (birn 1946), Estonian literary scholar and critic * Rutt Šmigun (born 1954), Estonian cross-country skier

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