Ruud and Rud are surnames of

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

origin. Both are also Norwegian place names of numerous farmsteads named Rud or Ruud from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

''ruð'' meaning clearing. Ruud is also a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

masculine given name meaning "famous wolf" although it is also often short for Rudolf.

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Asbjørn Ruud Asbjørn Ruud (6 October 1919 – 26 March 1989) was a Norwegian ski jumper. Together with his brothers Birger and Sigmund he dominated international ski jumping in the 1930s. Ruud won a gold medal at the 1938 FIS Nordic World Ski Championsh ...

(1919–1986), Norwegian ski jumper * Barrett Ruud (born 1983), American football linebacker *

Birger Ruud Birger Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier. Career Born in Kongsberg, Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world cham ...

(1911–1998), Norwegian ski jumper * Bo Ruud (born 1984), American football linebacker *

Casper Ruud Casper Ruud (born 22 December 1998) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Ruud has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 12 September 2022, making him the highest-ranked Norwegian tennis player in history. He has won nine ...

(born 1998), Norwegian tennis player * Christian Ruud (born 1972), Norwegian tennis player *

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 *

Edwin Ruud Edwin Ruud (9 June 1854 – 9 December 1932) was a Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor who immigrated to the United States where he designed, sold, and popularized the tankless water heater. He was the founder and President of Ruu ...

(1854–1932), Norwegian-American mechanical engineer and inventor * Espen Ruud (born 1984), Norwegian football defender * Joseph Ruud (born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as (Erick) Rowan * Maria Ruud (born 1960), American politician and a 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, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint ...

* Millard Ruud (1917–1997), legal scholar * Ole Ruud (born 1958), Norwegian conductor *

Roger Ruud Roger Ruud (born 1 October 1958) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He won the 1982 New Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished second overall in the Four Hills Tournament that same year. He won the Holmenkollen ski jump ...

(born 1958), Norwegian ski jumper * Sif Ruud (1916–2011), Swedish film actress *

Sigmund Ruud Sigmund Ruud (30 December 1907 – 7 April 1994) was a Norwegian ski jumper. Together with his brothers Birger and Asbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s. Career At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Sigmund earned a ...

(1907–1994), Norwegian ski jumper *

Tom Ruud Thomas Robert Ruud (born July 26, 1953, in Olivia, Minnesota) is a former professional football player, a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL. At 6'3" 223 lb, he played college football for the Nebraska Cornhus ...

(born 1953), American professional football player *

William Ruud William Nelson Ruud (born September 29, 1952) is the current and 19th president of the Marietta College. He was previously president of the University of Northern Iowa and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ruud received his bachelor's ...

(born 1952), American educator, president of

University of Northern Iowa The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a public university in Cedar Falls, Iowa. UNI offers more than 90 majors across the colleges of Business Administration, Education, Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and gr ...

Rud

Adolf Rüd The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of ...

Hauptscharführer __NOTOC__ ''Hauptscharführer'' ( ) was a Nazi paramilitary rank which was used by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) between the years of 1934 and 1945. The rank was the highest enlisted rank of the SS, with the exception of the special Waffen-SS ran ...

in the

Waffen SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from th ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Jon Rud Jon Raahauge Rud (born 11 February 1986) is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Olympics in the 200 metre freestyle and the 400 metre freestyle. In July 2007, Rud competed at the Danish Open in Aarhus, Denmark wit ...

(born 1986), Danish swimmer who participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics *

Nils Johan Rud Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / '' ...

(1908–1993), Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories children's writer, and magazine editor * Ove Rud (1923–2007), Danish film actor

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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 * Ruud Brood (born 1962), Dutch footballer * Ruud de Wild (born 1969), Dutch radio host *

Ruud Geels Geertruida "Ruud" Maria Geels (; born 28 July 1948) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker and attacking midfielder. He obtained 20 caps for the Netherlands national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s. Career ...

(born 1948), Dutch footballer *

Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ...

(born 1962), Dutch footballer *

Ruud Hesp Rudolfus 'Ruud' Hubertus Hesp (born 31 October 1965) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Born in Bussum, North Holland, Hesp started his career in the 1985–86 season at HFC Haarlem. He was recomme ...

(born 1965), Dutch football goalkeeper *

Ruud Heus Ruud Heus (born 24 February 1961) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back He is the currently assistant trainer of Jong FC Utrecht. Career Heus was born in Hoorn. On 23 April 1983, he made his Eredivisie debut with A ...

(born 1961), Dutch footballer * Ruud Janssen (born 1959), Dutch blogger *

Ruud Jolie Ruud Jolie (born Rudolf Adrianus Jolie on 19 April 1976 in Tilburg, Netherlands) is the lead guitarist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. Early life Ruud is an only child. Growing up, he first initiated himself to music by playing t ...

(born 1976), Dutch musician * Ruud Kaiser (born 1960), Dutch footballer * Ruud Kleinpaste (born 1952), New Zealand TV presenter * Ruud Knol (born 1981), Dutch footballer *

Ruud Krol Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (; born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax, and he became a coach ...

(born 1949), Dutch footballer *

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 the ...

(born 1973), Belgian badminton player *

Ruud Lubbers Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (; 7 May 1939 – 14 February 2018) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner for Re ...

(1939–2018), Dutch Prime minister *

Ruud Misdorp Rudolf Antonius "Ruud" Misdorp (born 3 July 1952) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. On both occasions, at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ...

(born 1952), Dutch water polo player * Ruud Stokvis (born 1943), Dutch rower *

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 * Ruud Vormer (born 1988), Dutch footballer

Other

* Ruud Heating, Cooling & Water Heating, a division of Rheem Industries

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