As Surname
- Barrie Rutter (born 1946): English actor and theatre director
- Brad Rutter (born 1978): US quiz show host
- Dale Rutter (born 1972): birth name of US pornographic actor Dale DaBone
- Eileen Joyce (Joy) Rutter (born 1945): English fantasy writer known by pen name of Joy Chant
- Frank Rutter (1876–1937): founder of Leeds Art Collections Fund, 1912
- Jane Rutter (born 1958): Australian flautist
- John Rutter (born 1945): English composer and conductor
- Keith Rutter (born 1934): footballer
- Professor Sir Michael Rutter (born 1933): first English professor of child psychiatry
- Michael Rutter (born 1973): motorcycle racer
- Owen Rutter (1889–1944): British author
- Peta Rutter (born 1959): New Zealander actress
- Sally Perkins Rutter (1913–1983): birth name of US actress Gale Page
- Tommy Rutter (born 1977): footballer
- Tony Rutter (born 1941): motorcycle racer, father of Michael Rutter
- Troy Rutter (born 1973): actor
- Thomas Rutter (born 1945): American author; For the Love of Paris
- William J. Rutter (born 1926): biochemist and co-founder of Chiron Corporation
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