List of Famous people named Ruud

Ruud Gullit is a Dutch football manager and former footballer who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a attacking midfielder, midfielder or forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he captained the Netherlands national team that was victorious at UEFA Euro 1988 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1992.

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooy is a Dutch football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of the PSV Eindhoven under-19s team and assistant manager for Netherlands.

Ruud Koopmans is a Dutch sociologist and professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. His research focuses on migration, social integration and transnationalization.

Rudolf Jozef Krol 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 after retirement. Regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, Krol mainly played as a sweeper or left-back, however he could play anywhere across the back line, or in midfield as a defensive midfielder, due to his range of passing with both feet, temperament, tactical intelligence, and ability to start attacking plays after winning back the ball.

Ruud Jorge Boffin is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Antalyaspor.

Ruud Brood is a Dutch football manager and former player.

Ruud Kuijten 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.

Ruud Bosch is a former Dutch male badminton player. He was a doubles specialist. He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships. After quitting the Men's Doubles combination with Dutch partner Koen Ridder after eight years in August 2014, Bosch moved to Taiwan to form a new combination with Tien Tzu-Chieh in Men's Doubles and Shuai Pei-ling in Mixed Doubles. After two years in Taiwan, he returned to Europe to play again in the German Bundesliga for his German club Union Lüdinghausen. He won the Dutch National Badminton Championships seven times, four times in Men's Doubles and three times in Mixed Doubles. In December 2018, Bosch was appointed as head coach of the Netherlands.

Ruud Jolie is the lead guitarist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation.