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 Trinidadian    *Dale "Mistah Dale" Rudder, Barbadian singer
 * John E. Rudder (1924–2006), 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