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 Rut Brandt (10 January 1920 – 28 July 2006) was a Norwegian-born German writer and the wife of the German chancellor Willy Brandt between 1948 and 1980, including most of his political career as Governing Mayor of Berlin (1957–1966) and Germa ...

(1920–2006), German writer * Rut Bryk (1916–1999), Finnish ceramist *

Rut Berglund Rut Berglund, also Ruth Berglund (12 April 1897 – 29 August 1984) was a Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto, who was engaged in Germany from 1924 to 1944. She was personally appointed Kammersängerin by Adolf Hitler. Life and career ...

(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 * María Rut Kristinsdóttir, Icelandic politician *

John Rut John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage. On 10 June 1527 he set sail from Plymouth with two ships, ''Samson'' ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1512–1528), English mariner *

Tadeusz Rut Tadeusz Rut (11 October 1931 – 27 March 2002) was a Polish athlete. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the hammer throw and won a bronze medal in 1960. In 1956 he also finished 17th in the discus throw and was selected as the Li ...

(1931–2002), Polish hammer and discus thrower

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