Rufus (disambiguation)

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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

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)
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