Rudder (surname)

The surname Rudder may refer to:

• James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), United States Army major general, Texas Land Commissioner, and sixteenth president of Texas A&M University.
• David Rudder (born 1953), calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago
• John E. Rudder (born 1925), the first African-American officer in the regular US Marine Corps, in 1948
• Michael Rudder (born 1950), Canadian actor
• Pieter De Rudder (1822–1898), farm labourer whose healed broken leg is considered one of the most famous recognized Lourdes miracles
• Samuel Rudder (c. 1726–1801), English topographer, printer and antiquarian
• Scott Rudder (born 1969), American politician
• Sean Rudder (born 1979), Australian former rugby league footballer