Rufus (Roman cognomen)

Rufus (/ˈruːfəs/) is one of the most common of the ancient Roman cognomina. It may refer to:

• Quintus Marcius Rufus, an officer of Marcus Licinius Crassus during the Third Servile War in 71 BC
• Annius Rufus, Prefect of Judea in 12 AD
• Calvisius Rufus, governor of Britain in the 3rd century AD
• Curtius Rufus, 1st-century Roman politician (possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus)
• Faenius Rufus (died 65), Roman senator and praefectus annonae, 55–62 AD
• Gaius Asinius Rufus (c. 110–after 136), Roman Senator
• Lucius Passienus Rufus, consul in 4 BC
• Lucius Varius Rufus, poet of the 1st century BC
• Lucius Vibullius Rufus, 1st- and 2nd-century Greek aristocrat
• Lucius Virginius Rufus, politician and general of the 1st century
• Marcus Caelius Rufus, politician of the 1st century BC
• Marcus Cluvius Rufus, 1st-century consul, senator, governor, and historian
• Marcus Junius Rufus, 1st-century Roman politician
• Marcus Minucius Rufus (consul 221 BC)
• Marcus Valerius Messalla Rufus (c. 104/3–26 BC), Roman politician, and consul in 53 BC
• Musonius Rufus, Roman Stoic philosopher of the 1st century
• Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus, 2nd-century Greek aristocrat
• Publius Rutilius Rufus, politician, general and historian of the 2nd century BC
• Publius Sulpicius Rufus, politician and general of the 2nd century BC
• Quintus Minucius Rufus, 2nd- and 3rd-century BC Roman politician and consul in 197 BC
• Quintus Pompeius Rufus (consul 88 BC) (died 88 BC), Roman politician
• Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 127) (c. 90–after 132 AD), Roman politician
• Quintus Tineius Rufus (consul 182), Roman politician
• Quintus Curtius Rufus, historian likely active in the 1st century
• Rufus (consul 457), consul in 457 AD
• Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, 1st-century BC Roman general
• Servius Sulpicius Rufus, orator of the 1st century BC
• Valgius Rufus, poet of the 1st century BC