Ruysch

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


 * Johannes Ruysch (c.1460–1533), Dutch explorer, cartographer, astronomer, manuscript illustrator and painter
 * Ruysch Map of the World, his 1507 map, second to show the New World
 * Frederik Ruysch (1638—1731), Dutch doctor and anatomist, remembered for his developments in anatomical preservation
 * Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750), Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
 * Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch