Rutger

Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger.

People

 * Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier
 * (c. 975 – 1050), First Duke of Cleves
 * (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves
 * Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of Scanian War
 * Rutger Backe (born 1951), Swedish footballer
 * Rutger Beke (born 1977), Belgian triathlete
 * Rutger Bregman (born 1988), Dutch historian
 * Rutger Castricum (born 1979), Dutch journalist and presenter
 * (1682–1753), Swedish military leader
 * Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician and guitarist
 * Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor
 * Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist
 * Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993), Dutch pole vaulter
 * Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect
 * Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer
 * Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer
 * Rutger McGroarty (born 2004), American ice hockey player
 * Rutger B. Miller (1805–1877), member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Rutger de Regt (born 1979), Dutch designer
 * Rutger van Schaardenburg (born 1987), Dutch sailor
 * Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825), Dutch politician, Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic
 * Rutger Sernander (1866–1944), Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist
 * Rutger Smith (born 1981), Dutch shot put and discus throw athlete
 * Rutger Stuffken (1947–2023), Dutch coxswain
 * Rutger Velpius (c. 1540 – 1614/1615), Flemish printer and bookseller
 * Rütger Wever (1923–2010), German chronobiologist
 * Rutger Worm (born 1986), Dutch footballer

Other

 * 5886 Rutger, a Main-belt Asteroid
 * The Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District in New York, USA