Ruijs

Ruijs or Ruys is a Dutch patronymic surname, derived from the archaic Dutch given name Ruis. Variant forms are Ruijsch, Ruis, Ruisch and Ruysch. People with the surname include:


 * Anna Charlotte Ruys (1898–1977), Dutch bacteriologist and epidemiologist
 * Anthony Ruys (born 1947), Belgian-born Dutch business executive
 * Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936), Dutch statesman, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1918–25 and 1929–33
 * Cor Ruys (1889–1952), Dutch actor, stage director and comedian
 * Jos Ruijs (born 1955), Dutch rower
 * Mien Ruys (1904–1999), Dutch landscape and garden architect
 * Tini Ruijs (born 1957), Dutch football coach
 * Willem Ruis (1945–1986), Dutch game show host
 * (1894–1942), Dutch director of shipowner Rotterdamsche Lloyd and executed resistance fighter in World War II
 * MS Willem Ruys, a Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd-owned passenger liner named after him; known for the hijacking incident under the later name Achille Lauro
 * (1809–1889), Dutch shipowner, whose family founded Rotterdamsche Lloyd