Ruud and Rud are surnames of
Norwegian origin. Both are also Norwegian place names of numerous farmsteads named Rud or Ruud from
Old Norse ''ruð'' meaning clearing. Ruud is also a
Dutch masculine given name meaning "famous wolf" although it is also often short for
Rudolf.
Ruud
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Asbjørn Ruud (1919–1986), Norwegian ski jumper
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Barrett Ruud
Barrett James Ruud (born May 20, 1983) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft and also played for the Tennessee Titans, ...
(born 1983), American football linebacker
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Birger Ruud (1911–1998), Norwegian ski jumper
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Bo Ruud
Bo Ruud (born September 2, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Nebraska Cornhuskers football, Nebraska.
Ruud has also b ...
(born 1984), American football linebacker
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Casper Ruud (born 1998), Norwegian tennis player
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Christian Ruud
Christian Ruud (born 24 August 1972) is a Norwegian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 39 in October 1995, reaching the fourth round of the 1997 Australian Open and the qua ...
(born 1972), Norwegian tennis player
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David Ruud
David Ruud (born January 21, 1980''Świat Żużla'', No 2 (75) / 2008, page 25, ) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who was won 2003 Speedway World Cup with Swedish team.
Career details
World Championships
* Individual World Champi ...
(born 1980), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
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Edwin Ruud (1854–1932), Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor
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Espen Ruud
Espen Ruud (born 26 February 1984) is a Norwegian football defender who plays for Odd.
Club career
He joined the Odd Grenland from local team Hei in 2003. Ruud established himself in the Odd squad by 2005.
International career
Ruud has 35 caps ...
(born 1984), Norwegian football defender
* Joseph Ruud (born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as
(Erick) Rowan
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Maria Ruud
Maria Ruud (born 1961) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, t ...
(born 1960), American politician and a member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives
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Millard Ruud
Millard Ruud (1917–1997) was executive director of the Association of American Law Schools. A noted scholar of legislation and commercial law, Ruud graduated from the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School, whe ...
(1917–1997), legal scholar
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Ole Ruud (born 1958), Norwegian conductor
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Roger Ruud (born 1958), Norwegian ski jumper
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Sif Ruud
Sif Einarsdotter Ruud Fallde born Sif Einarsdotter Ruud (6 May 1916 – 15 August 2011), best known as Sif Ruud, was a Swedish film actress. Born in Stockholm to Einar Ruud and Inez Engström, she began her career in 1938, and appeared in 14 ...
(1916–2011), Swedish film actress
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Sigmund Ruud (1907–1994), Norwegian ski jumper
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Tom Ruud (born 1953), American professional football player
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William Ruud (born 1952), American educator, president of
University of Northern Iowa
Rud
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Adolf Rüd,
Hauptscharführer in the
Waffen SS during
World War II
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Jon Rud (born 1986), Danish swimmer who participated at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
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Nils Johan Rud (1908–1993), Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories children's writer, and magazine editor
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Ove Rud
Ove Rud (16 December 1923 – 21 September 2007) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1950 and 2000. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark.
Filmography
* '' Blinkende lygter'' (2000)
* '' Skytten'' (197 ...
(1923–2007), Danish film actor
Given name
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Ruud Boffin
Ruud Jorge Boffin (born 5 November 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor.
Career Early career
Born in Sint-Truiden, Boffin began his career with the youth team of Racing Genk, before ...
(born 1987), Belgian footballer
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Ruud Brood
Ruud Brood (born 19 October 1962) is a Dutch football manager who last managed ADO Den Haag, and he is a former player.
Football career Player
Brood was born in Gorinchem. After joining the Feyenoord youth academy from hometown amateur side Uni ...
(born 1962), Dutch footballer
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Ruud de Wild Ruud and Rud are surnames of Norwegian origin. Both are also Norwegian place names of numerous farmsteads named Rud or Ruud from Old Norse ''ruð'' meaning clearing. Ruud is also a Dutch masculine given name meaning "famous wolf" although it is also ...
(born 1969), Dutch radio host
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Ruud Geels (born 1948), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Gullit (born 1962), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Hesp (born 1965), Dutch football goalkeeper
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Ruud Heus (born 1961), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Janssen
Ruud Janssen (born July 29, 1959 in Tilburg) is a Dutch Fluxus and mail artist currently living in Breda in the Netherlands.
Life and Work
Janssen studied physics and mathematics before he became active with mail art in 1980, doing several inter ...
(born 1959), Dutch blogger
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Ruud Jolie (born 1976), Dutch musician
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Ruud Kaiser
Ruud Kaiser (born 26 December 1960) is a Dutch association football manager and former player, who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
Born in Amsterdam, Kaiser began his career with his hometown club, Ajax, before leaving in 1980 to join Ant ...
(born 1960), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Kleinpaste
Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste (born 23 April 1952), generally known as Ruud Kleinpaste, is a Dutch-New Zealand naturalist and host of the Animal Planet series '' Buggin' with Ruud''. Born in Djakarta, Indonesia, Kleinpaste was educated in The Neth ...
(born 1952), New Zealand TV presenter
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Ruud Knol
Ruud Knol (born 13 March 1981) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back.
Club career
Knol was born in Zevenaar, in the province of Gelderland and star ...
(born 1981), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Krol (born 1949), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Kuijten
Ruud Kuijten (born 7 October 1973 in Nuenen, Netherlands) is a male right-handed badminton player from Belgium. He has won several Belgian National Badminton Championships and participated for his country in Olympic Games.
Biography
Born in th ...
(born 1973), Belgian badminton player
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Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018), Dutch Prime minister
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Ruud Misdorp (born 1952), Dutch water polo player
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Ruud Stokvis
Rudolf "Ruud" Stokvis (born 24 April 1943) is a retired rower from the Netherlands, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. Four years later, he won a bronze medal in the coxless pairs alongside Roel L ...
(born 1943), Dutch rower
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Ruud van Nistelrooy
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (anglicised to Van Nistelrooy; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of PSV Eindhoven.
A former footballer, Van Nistelrooy is often consi ...
(born 1976), Dutch footballer
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Ruud Vormer
Ruud Vormer (born 11 May 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian First Division A side Zulte Waregem, on loan from Club Brugge.
Club career Early career
Vormer started his professional career w ...
(born 1988), Dutch footballer
Other
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Ruud Heating, Cooling & Water Heating, a division of
Rheem Industries
See also
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Rudolph (disambiguation)
References
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Dutch masculine given names
Norwegian-language surnames