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, and a cognate of the first name

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Ruotger Ruotger may refer to: * Ruotger of Trier, archbishop () * Ruotger of Cologne (), biographer *, bishop of Brandenburg () See also * Rutger, the given name {{hndis ...

(died 931), archbishop of Trier * ( – 1050), First Duke of Cleves * (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves * Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of

Scanian War The Scanian War (; ; ; ) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Electorate of Brandenburg, Brandenburg and Swedish Empire, Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish ...

* Rutger Backe (born 1951), Swedish footballer * Rutger Beke (born 1977), Belgian triathlete * Rutger Bregman (born 1988), Dutch historian * Rutger Castricum (born 1979), Dutch journalist and presenter * Rutger Fuchs (1682–1753), Swedish military leader * Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician and guitarist *

Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. H ...

(1944–2019), Dutch actor * Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist * Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993), Dutch pole vaulter * Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect * Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer * Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer * Rutger McGroarty (born 2004), American ice hockey player * Rutger B. Miller (1805–1877), member of the United States House of Representatives * Rutger de Regt (born 1979), Dutch designer * Rutger van Schaardenburg (born 1987), Dutch sailor *

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck Rutger Jan, Count Schimmelpenninck (31 October 1761 – 15 February 1825), Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch jurist, ambassador and politician who served as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806. Histori ...

(1761–1825), Dutch politician, Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic * Rutger Sernander (1866–1944), Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist * Rutger Smith (born 1981), Dutch shot put and discus throw athlete * Rutger Stuffken (1947–2023), Dutch coxswain * Rutger Velpius ( – 1614/1615), Flemish printer and bookseller *

Rütger Wever Rütger Wever was a German scientist, known for his significant contributions to the field of Chronobiology, including some of the first experiments on humans in time isolated environments. Time isolation experiments Rütger Wever's research foc ...

(1923–2010), German chronobiologist * Rutger Worm (born 1986), Dutch footballer * Rutger Szymanski (born 1995), Dutch linguist

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* 5886 Rutger, a Main-belt Asteroid *The Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District in New York, USA