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Rufus is a masculine given name and a surname.

Rufus may also refer to:

Places

• Rufus, Oregon, a city in Sherman County
• Rufus Castle, 15th-century castle in Portland, England
• Rufus River, a river of New South Wales, Australia

Animal species scientific names

• Canis rufus, the red wolf
• Cursorius rufus, the Burchell's courser, a bird species
• Lynx rufus, the bobcat
• Osphranter rufus, the red kangaroo
• Selasphorus rufus, the rufous hummingbird

Arts and entertainment

Artists

• Rufus (band), a 1970s/1980s funk band fronted by Chaka Khan
• Rüfüs Du Sol, a contemporary indie dance group from Sydney, Australia (formerly known as RÜFÜS)

Albums

• Rufus (Rufus album), 1973
• Rufus (jazz album), a 1963 album featuring Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Don Moore and J. C. Moses

Films

• Rufus (film), a 2012 Canadian film directed by Dave Schultz
• Rufus, a 2016 American television film; see List of Nickelodeon original films

Other

• Rufus (software), a free, open-source Microsoft Windows application for creating bootable USB drives
• 33158 Rúfus, a main-belt minor planet; see List of minor planets: 33001-34000
• Rufus, the original name of the Demon core, a subcritical mass of plutonium used in the Manhattan Project
• Project Rufus, an American study to identify nuclear weapons testing locations

See also

• Rufous, a shade of red
• Rufous-fronted (disambiguation)
• Rufina (disambiguation)