Rutter is an

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origin,. introduced into

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after the

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of 1066.

Origins and variants

The family name Rutter appeared on the early census rolls taken by the Kings of Britain, shortly after the

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Invasion. One theory suggests that the surname is French in origin and related to the

words ''roteor'', ''roteeur'', ''routeeur'', which are related to playing the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument. Another theory suggests the surname may be related to the Old French words ''rotier'', ''routier'', meaning robber, highwayman, footpad.

People with the surname

* Adam Rutter (born 1986), Australian racewalker *

Barrie Rutter Barrie Thomas Rutter OBE (born 12 December 1946) is an English actor and the founder and former artistic director of the Northern Broadsides theatre company based in Dean Clough complex, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Biography Rutter was ...

(born 1946), English actor and theatre director *

Brad Rutter Bradford Gates Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is an American game show contestant, TV host, producer, and actor. With over $5.1 million in winnings, he is currently the 2nd highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, behind Ken Je ...

(born 1978), American quiz show host *

Claire Rutter Claire Rutter (born 1972 in South Shields) is an English operatic soprano.Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004)"Rutter, Claire" ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 4070. Walter de Gruyter. Biography Claire Rutter studie ...

(born 1976), English operatic soprano * Claude Rutter (born 1928), English retired Anglican priest and former cricketer * Dale Rutter (born 1972), birth name of American pornographic actor

Dale DaBone Dale DaBone (born January 8, 1972) is an American pornographic actor and Film director, director. He has appeared in more than 500 adult movies. DaBone started in the adult film industry in 1998. DaBone had stepped away from the industry in 20 ...

Deborah Rutter Deborah F. Rutter is an American arts executive. She is the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Rutter is the first woman to head the Center, overseeing the center's operations in presenting theater, ...

, American arts executive * Eileen Joyce (Joy) Rutter (born 1945), English fantasy writer known by pen name

Joy Chant Joy Chant (born 13 January 1945) is a British fantasy writer. She is best known for the three House of Kendreth novels, published 1970 to 1983. Her legal name is Eileen Joyce Rutter. Biography Eileen Joyce (nickname, "Joy") Chant was born in Lo ...

Frank Rutter Francis Vane Phipson Rutter (17 February 1876 – 18 April 1937)"Rutter, Frank V. P.", ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved froukwhoswho8 August 2008. was a British art critic, curat ...

(1876–1937), British art critic, curator and activist * Georginio Rutter (born 2002), French footballer *

Jane Rutter Jane Rutter (born 2 November 1958) is an Australian flautist. Her repertoire encompasses classical, jazz, and pop music. Career Rutter specializes in the French Flute School. She has lectured at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and formed ...

(born 1958), Australian flautist *

John Rutter John Milford Rutter (born 24 September 1945) is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. Biography Born on 24 September 1945 in London, the son of an industrial chemist and his wife, Rutte ...

(born 1945), English composer and conductor *

Keith Rutter Keith Gregg Rutter (10 September 1931 – June 2021) was an English professional footballer who made 402 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Queens Park Rangers and Colchester United. Rutter was born in Leeds on 10 ...

(1931–2021), English footballer * Lou Rutter (1914–1971), American professional basketball player * Sir

Michael Rutter Sir Michael Llewellyn Rutter CBE FRS FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci (15 August 1933 – 23 October 2021) was the first person to be appointed professor of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychol ...

(1933–2021), first English professor of child psychiatry *

(born 1973), British motorcycle racer *

Owen Rutter Edward Owen Rutter (7 November 1889 – 2 August 1944) was an English historian, novelist and travel writer. After serving with the North Borneo Civil Service from 1910 to 1915, Rutter returned to Britain during the First World War and was commi ...

(1889–1944), British author * Peta Rutter (born 1959), New Zealand actress * Sally Perkins Rutter (1913–1983), birth name of American actress

Gale Page Gale Page (born Sally Perkins Rutter July 29, 1910 – January 8, 1983) was an American singer and actress. Early life Page was the daughter of R.L. and Isabel (Gale) Rutter of Spokane. Her aunt and uncle were Elizabeth Gale Page and Mil ...

Samuel Rutter Samuel Rutter was Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1661 and 1662 (or 1663). It is suggested in the ''Mona Miscellaney'' that Sam Rutter was probably a native of Lancashire, educated at Westminster school, and elected from there in 1623, to Chri ...

(17th century), Bishop of Sodor and Man *

Steve Rutter Steve Rutter (born 24 July 1968) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward in The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as t ...

(born 1960), English footballer and manager *

Thomas Rutter Thomas Rutter (1660 – March 12, 1730) was an American ironmaster and abolitionist who constructed the first blast furnace and the first iron forge in the Province of Pennsylvania. Now known as Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site, the locati ...

(1660–1730), British American ironmaster * Tommy Rutter (born 1977), English footballer *

Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...

(1941–2020), British motorcycle racer *

Troy Rutter Troy Rutter (born August 1, 1973) is an American actor, author and programmer. He was born in Ames, Iowa, Ames, Iowa where he attended Ames Senior High School and later Iowa State University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Ma ...

(born 1973), American actor * William Rutter (MP) (by 1488–1541), English politician *

William J. Rutter William J. Rutter (born August 28, 1928) is an American biochemist who cofounded the early biotechnology company Chiron Corporation together with Edward Penhoet and Pablo DT Valenzuela. As Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysi ...

(born 1926), American biochemist, co-founder of biotechnology firm Chiron Corporation

Fictional characters

* Anita Rutter in ''

Anita and Me ''Anita and Me'' is Meera Syal's debut novel, and was first published in 1996. It is a semi-autobiographical novel, based on Syal's childhood in the mining village of Essington, Staffordshire, which won the Betty Trask Award. The story revolves ...

'', 1996 novel and ''Anita and Me'', 2002 film * Dr Rutter in ''Incompetence'', 2003 novel

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