Rude (surname)

Rude is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Anna Elizabeth Rude (1876–1960), American physician, health official
 * Dick Rude (born 1964), writer, actor, and film director
 * Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838-1916), American writer and poet
 * François Rude (1784–1855), French sculptor
 * George Rudé (1910–1993), British Marxist historian
 * Gilbert T. Rude (1881–1962), American Coast and Geodetic Survey and Navy officer
 * Rick Rude (1958–1999), ring name of American wrestler Richard Rood
 * Steve Rude (born 1956), American comics artist