Rasmus (given name)

Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", a name which means "beloved" and was the name of Saint Erasmus of Formia. It is a common male name in the Nordic countries (including Estonia).

Notable people with the given name Rasmus include:


 * Rasmus B. Anderson (1846–1936), American author, professor, and diplomat
 * Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames
 * Rasmus Bach (born 1995), Danish basketball player
 * Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Danish songwriter, record producer and musician
 * Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698) (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus), Danish scientist and physician
 * Rasmus Bengtsson, Swedish football player
 * Rasmus Bengtsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player
 * Rasmus Bjerg, Danish actor
 * Rasmus Boysen (born 1992), Danish handball player
 * Rasmus Christensen (born 1991), Danish football player
 * Rasmus Christiansen (actor), Danish actor
 * Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres
 * Rasmus Daugaard, Danish football player
 * Rasmus Edstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
 * Rasmus Elm, Swedish football player
 * Rasmus Faber, Swedish music artist
 * Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist
 * Rasmus Hansen (footballer born 1979), Danish football player
 * Rasmus Hansen (gymnast) (1885–1967), Danish gymnast
 * Rasmus Hansen (politician) (1797–1860s), Norwegian jurist and politician
 * Rasmus Hardiker, English actor
 * Rasmus Grønborg Hansen, Danish football player
 * Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower
 * Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Danish sculptor
 * Rasmus Henning, Danish triathlon athlete
 * Rasmus Højlund (born 2003), Danish footballer
 * Rasmus Falk, Danish footballer
 * Rasmus Festersen, Danish football player
 * Rasmus Flo (1851–1905), Norwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk language
 * Rasmus Frandsen (1886–1974), Danish rower
 * Rasmus Green (1980–2006), Danish football player
 * Rasmus Hatledal (1885–1963), Norwegian topographer and military officer
 * Rasmus Jensen (priest) (d. 1620), Danish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in Canada
 * Rasmus Jensen (speedway rider) (born 1993), Danish motorcycle rider
 * Rasmus Jönsson, Swedish football player
 * Rasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actor
 * Rasmus Katholm, Danish football player
 * Rasmus Kofoed, Danish chef and restaurateur
 * Rasmus Kofoed (cricketer), Danish cricketer
 * Rasmus Kupari, Finnish hockey player
 * Rasmus Olsen Langeland (1873–1954), Norwegian politician and minister
 * Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Danish programmer and creator of the PHP programming language
 * Rasmus Lindgren, Swedish football player
 * Rasmus Løland (1861–1907), Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer
 * Rasmus Lyberth, Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actor
 * Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890), Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century
 * Rasmus Marvits, Danish football player
 * Rasmus Midgett (1851–1926), US Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla
 * Rasmus Olai Mortensen (1869–1934), Norwegian politician and minister
 * Rasmus Mägi, Estonian hurdler
 * Rasmus Nielsen (disambiguation)
 * Rasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politician
 * Rasmus Nøhr, Danish musician and guitarist
 * Rasmus Nordbø (1915–1983), Norwegian administrator and minister
 * Rasmus Peetson (born 1995), Estonian footballer
 * Rasmus Pettersen, Norwegian gymnast
 * Rasmus Quaade, Danish road and track bicycle racer
 * Rasmus Rändvee (born 1995), Estonian singer
 * Rasmus Christian Rask (1787–1832), Danish scholar and philologist
 * Rasmus Rasmussen (disambiguation), several people
 * Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
 * Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, Danish handball player
 * Rasmus Schüller (born 1991), Finnish football player
 * Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer songwriter
 * Rasmus Sindre (1859–1908), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
 * Rasmus Sjöstedt, Swedish football player
 * Rasmus Skylstad (1893–1972), Norwegian diplomat
 * Rasmus Carl Stæger (1800–1875), Danish entomologist
 * Rasmus Steinsvik (1863–1913), Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor
 * Rasmus Stjerne, Danish curler
 * Rasmus Thude, Danish singer and songwriter
 * Rasmus Andreas Torset (1897–1965), Norwegian politician
 * Rasmus Videbæk, Danish cinematographer
 * Rasmus Wengberg, Swedish badminton player
 * Rasmus Borregaard Winther, Danish League of Legends e-sport player
 * Rasmus Würtz, Danish football player