Rutherford (surname)
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The surname Rutherford, also Rutherfurd, is a Scottish and Northern English habitational surname deriving from a place in the Scottish borders region near Roxburgh. It may refer to:
  • Alexander Cameron Rutherford
    Alexander Cameron Rutherford
    Alexander Cameron Rutherford was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first Premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910. Born in Ormond, Ontario, he studied and practised law in Ottawa before moving with his family to the Northwest Territories in 1895...

    , Canadian politician, first Premier of Alberta 1905-1910
  • Clancy Rudeforth
    Clancy Rudeforth
    Clancy Rudeforth is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL...

    , former Australian rules footballer
  • Daniel Rutherford
    Daniel Rutherford
    Daniel Rutherford was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is most famous for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.Rutherford was the uncle of the novelist Sir Walter Scott.-Early life:...

    , a Scottish chemist and physician who is most famous for the discovery of nitrogen
  • Ernest Rutherford
    Ernest Rutherford
    Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics...

    , 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, known as the "father of nuclear physics"
  • Greg Rutherford
    Greg Rutherford
    Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England...

    , 2008 Olympic Long Jumper, Canadian Athlete
  • Joe Rutherford
    Joe Rutherford
    Joe Rutherford was a footballer for Aston Villa F.C.. He played in 156 league and cup matches as a goalkeeper. He joined Aston Villa in 1939 and he retired in 1951...

    , an Aston Villa F.C. goalkeeper of the mid 20th century
  • John Rutherford (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Franklin Rutherford
    Joseph Franklin Rutherford
    Joseph Franklin Rutherford , also known as "Judge" Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established...

    , also known as "Judge Rutherford", 2nd president of the Watch Tower Society corporation
  • Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
    Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
    Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period. Aged 19, with a solitary first class season behind him, he was asked to open the batting for New Zealand against West Indies when the latter were at the...

    , New Zealand batsman and captain
  • Margaret Rutherford
    Margaret Rutherford
    Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE was an English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest...

    , a British actress
  • Mike Rutherford
    Mike Rutherford
    Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...

    , English musician
  • Rachel Rutherford
    Rachel Rutherford
    Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet School, entered the School of American Ballet in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet...

    , New York City Ballet soloist
  • Shannon Rutherford
    Shannon Rutherford
    Shannon Rutherford is a fictional character played by Maggie Grace on the ABC drama television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of the survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. Shannon is introduced in the pilot episode as the stepsister of fellow crash survivor Boone Carlyle . She is...

    , Fictional character on the television show LOST
    Lost
    -In cinema or television:*Lost , an ABC drama about people who become stranded on a mysterious island*Lost , a short-lived reality television program*Lost , an American thriller starring Dean Cain...

    , portrayed by Maggie Grace
    Maggie Grace
    Margaret Grace Denig , best known as Maggie Grace, is an American actress. Originally from Worthington, Ohio, she dropped out of high school to move to Los Angeles with her mother after her parents' divorce. While struggling financially, she landed her first role as the title character in the...

  • Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford
    Samuel Rutherford was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and author, and one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.-Life:...

    , a Scottish theologian, minister and political theorist


See also
  • Edward Rutherfurd
    Edward Rutherfurd
    Edward Rutherfurd is a pen name for Francis Edward Wintle known primarily as a writer of epic historical novels...

    , nom de plume of Francis Edward Wintle, author of historical fiction.


Origin

According to one theory, the name can be traced back to the West Flemish name Ruddervoorde, a community now part of Oostkamp
Oostkamp
Oostkamp is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Hertsberge, Oostkamp proper, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme. On January 1, 2006 Oostkamp had a total population of 21,796...

. Another theory of the origin of the name states that a man by the name Ruther carried an ancient king of Scots over the River Tweed
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...

. Eventually, a descendant of the king gave land to the family that carried his forefather over the river and when surnames were adopted, Rutherford came into being.
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