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• Rufus (Roman cognomen)
  Rufus (Roman cognomen)
  
  Rufus is a Ancient Rome cognomen borne by a number of individuals, including:* Publius Sulpicius Rufus, politician and general of the 2nd century BC...
  
• Several Saints Rufus
  Saints Rufus
  
  There are several saints named Rufus, of which the Roman Martyrology records ten; historical mention is made of the following ones, which have liturgical feasts:...
  
• Rufus (actor)
  Rufus (actor)
  
  Rufus is the stage name of France actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Rapha?l, the father of Am?lie Poulain in Am?lie ....
  , a French actor
• Rufus (cryptic crossword compiler)
  Roger Squires
  
  Roger Squires is a British crossword compiler, living in Ironbridge, Shropshire, who is best known for being the world's most prolific compiler ....
  , psudoname of Roger Squires
• Rufus Hannah
  Rufus Hannah
  
  Rufus Hannah , also known as Rufus the Stunt Bum, is an American advocate for homeless rights who became known for his role in the early Bumfights videos: in 2000, while himself a homeless alcoholic, he was paid $5 to be filmed running headfirst into a stack of milk crates....
   (aka "Rufus the Stunt Bum"), of Bumfights fame
• Rufus Hound
  Rufus Hound
  
  Rufus Hound is a British comedian and television presenter. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "The rich man's Simon Pegg". He was educated at Frensham Heights and Godalming College, where he ran the college radio station....
  , British comedian
• Rufus King
  Rufus King
  
  Rufus King was an United States lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention....
  , a pre-Civil War US politician
• Rufus Sewell
  Rufus Sewell
  
  Rufus Frederik Sewell is an English people actor. In film, he appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City , A Knight's Tale , The Illusionist, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence....
  , a British actor
• Rufus Thomas
  Rufus Thomas
  
  Rufus Thomas, Jr. was a rhythm and blues, funk and soul music singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...
  , US singer
• King William II of England
  William II of England
  
  William II , the third son of William I of England, was Kingdom of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers also over Duchy of Normandy, and influence in Kingdom of Scotland....
   (called "Rufus", perhaps because of his red-faced appearance)
• Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus Wainwright
  
  Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Grammy-nominated, Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded five albums of original music, several extended play, and numerous tracks included on Compilation album and film soundtracks....
  , Canadian-American singer-songwriter
• Rufus of Ephesus
  Rufus of Ephesus
  
  Rufus of Ephesus was an ancient Ancient Greek medicine and author who wrote treatises on dietetics, pathology, anatomy, and patient care. He was to some extent a follower of Hippocrates, although he at times criticized or departed from that author's teachings....
  , a first century Greco-Roman physician and anatomist
• Rufus Weylin, major character in Octavia E. Butler
  Octavia E. Butler
  
  Octavia Estelle Butler was an United States science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo award and Nebula award awards....
  's 1979 novel, Kindred
  Kindred
  
  In ?satr? and some forms of Germanic neopaganism, a Kindred is a local worship group. Other terms used are Garth, Stead, sippe, Hearth, skeppslag and others....
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• Rufus, a time traveler in the films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  
  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is an United States comedy film/science fiction movie in which two slackers time travel in order to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation....
   and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
  Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
  
  Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is a 1991 in film United States comedy film science fiction film, the sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure....
  , played by George Carlin
  George Carlin
  
  George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedy. He was also an actor and author, and he won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....
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• Rufus, the forgotten 13th apostle, from Dogma (film)
  Dogma (film)
  
  Dogma is a 1999 in film adventure film-comedy film-fantasy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who co-stars in the film along with an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Bud Cort, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee , Jason Mewes, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo, and Alanis Morissette...
  , played by Chris Rock
  Chris Rock
  
  Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director....
  
• Rufus (Kim Possible) the naked mole rat from Disney's TV show Kim Possible
  Kim Possible
  
  Kim Possible is an Emmy Award-winning United States animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day....
  
• Rufus (The Rescuers)
  Rufus (The Rescuers)
  
  Rufus is a secondary character from Disney's 1977 classic animated film, The Rescuers. He was voiced by John McIntire.Rufus is a cat and his home is at Morningside Orphanage, where little Penny used to live....
  , the cat from Disney's animated feature The Rescuers
  The Rescuers
  
  The Rescuers is a 1977 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on June 22, 1977. The twenty-third film in the Disney animated features canon, the film is about the Rescue Aid Society, an international mouse organization, headquartered in New York City and shadowing the United Nations, dedicated to helping a...
  
• Rufus, the protagonist of the children's cartoon series, The Dreamstone
  The Dreamstone
  
  The Dreamstone was a United Kingdom animated television series that ran for four series of 13 episodes between 1990 and 1995. The original concept and artwork were created by Michael Jupp....
  
• Rufus, the organist in the wedding chapel in Kill Bill
  Kill Bill
  
  Kill Bill is the fourth film by writer-Film director Quentin Tarantino. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two separate volumes due to its running time of approximately four hours....
   Volume 2, played by Samuel L. Jackson
• Rufus, a rat-like humanoid in Beyond Good & Evil (video game)
  Beyond Good & Evil (video game)
  
  Beyond Good & Evil is an Action-adventure game video game for the Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 2, and Xbox video game console....
  
• Rufus, an intelligent St. Bernard dog in the Chalet School
  Chalet School
  
  The Chalet School is a fictional girls' boarding school, the setting of around sixty school story novels by Elinor Brent-Dyer, initially published between 1925 and 1970....
   book series
• Rufus, one of four new fighters in Street Fighter IV
  Street Fighter IV
  
  Street Fighter IV is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom for the arcades since ....
  
• Rufus Buckley, the prosecuting attorney John Grisham's
  John Grisham
  
  John Ray Grisham is an United States ex-politician, lawyer and novelist is best known for his works of modern legal drama. As of 2008, his books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide....
   first novel A Time to Kill
  A Time to Kill
  
  A Time to Kill is a legal thriller authored by John Grisham in 1989. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing....
  , as well as the 1996 movie adaptation
  A Time to Kill (film)
  
  A Time to Kill is the name of the 1996 in film Film adaptation of John Grisham's 1989 legal thriller A Time to Kill. The movie was regarded as a commercial success, taking nearly $110 million at the box office....
  
• Rufus Moffat
  The Moffats
  
  The Moffats is a children's novel by the United States author Eleanor Estes.First published in 1941, it tells the story of a fatherless family in West Haven, Connecticut: Mama, Sylvie, Joey, Janey and Rufus....
  , the youngest sibling in Eleanor Estes' Moffats series of books
• Rufus Scrimgeour from the Harry Potter books
• Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy VII
• Rufus Weylin, major character of Octavia E. Butler
  Octavia E. Butler
  
  Octavia Estelle Butler was an United States science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo award and Nebula award awards....
  's 1979 novel, Kindred (novel)
  Kindred (novel)
  
  Kindred is a 1979 in literature novel by Octavia Butler. While most of Butler's work is classified as science fiction, Kindred is often shelved in literature or African-American literature and Butler herself categorized it as "a kind of grim fantasy" ....
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• Rufus, Oregon
  Rufus, Oregon
  
  Rufus is a city in Sherman County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 268 at the 2000 United States Census. The city was named for an early settler, Rufus Carrol Wallis ....
  , a small town in the Columbia River Gorge

• Rufus (band)
  Rufus (band)
  
  Rufus was a 1970s funk band , best known for launching the career of their lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several Chart-toppers throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good" , "Sweet Thing ", and "Ain't Nobody"....
  , a 1970s/1980s funk band fronted by Chaka Khan
  Chaka Khan
  
  Chaka Khan is an American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire ", also sang a modernized theme song for the hit children's TV show, Reading Rainbow in the show's later years....
  
• “Whistling Rufus”, composed by Kerry Mills
  Kerry Mills
  
  Kerry Mills was an United States composer of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. His stylistically diverse music ranged from ragtime to cakewalk to march ....
  

• Rufus (BitTorrent client)
  Rufus (BitTorrent client)
  
  Rufus is a BitTorrent GUI client written in python for Windows and Linux. The last version was released on November 2005, and it seems the project is actually abandoned....
  

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