Rufus is a name meaning "red" in Latin that could refer to one of the following:
- People
- Rufus (Roman cognomen)
- Several Saints Rufus
- Jacques "Rufus" Narcy, a French actor
- Rufus (cryptic crossword compiler), pseudonym of Roger Squires
- Rufus Hannah (aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum"), of Bumfights fame
- Rufus Hound, British comedian
- Rufus King, a pre-Civil War US politician
- Rufus Sewell, British actor
- Rufus Thomas, US singer
- King William II of England (called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance)
- Rufus Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter
- Rufus of Ephesus, a first century Greco-Roman physician and anatomist
- Fictional characters
- Rufus, a time traveler in the films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, played by George Carlin
- Rufus, the forgotten 13th apostle, from Dogma, played by Chris Rock
- Rufus (Kim Possible), the naked mole rat from Disney's TV show Kim Possible
- Rufus, the protagonist of the children's cartoon series, The Dreamstone
- Rufus (Street Fighter), one of four new fighters in Street Fighter IV
- Rufus Moffat, the youngest sibling in Eleanor Estes' Moffats series of books
- Rufus Scrimgeour from the Harry Potter books
- Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy VII
- Places
- Music
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