Famous People with Name Ruud

Ruud Vormer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Vormer: a Dutch footballer who plays for Roda JC. He started his career with AZ.

Ruud Van Rijen            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Van Rijen: is a producer and mixer most famous for starting and producing the Eurodance act Twenty 4 Seven.He first was a carpenter, but soon, after hearing a megamix done by Ben Liebrand, he realised his greatest love was music. He started with producing megamixes at home and got them to play in local clubs.

Ruud Boffin            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Boffin: is a Belgian professional footballer currently playing for VVV-Venlo as a goalkeeper. He began his career at PSV, where he spent a loan spell at FC Eindhoven.

Ruud Knuppe            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Knuppe: was a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he finished seventh in the K-2 1000 m event while being eliminated in the heats of the K-1 4 x 500 m event.

Ruud Luchtenveld            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Luchtenveld: is a Dutch politician.

Birger Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Birger Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper.Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936. He also was an accomplished alpine skier, winning a bronze medal in the combined at the 1935 world championships. Ruud won the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition in 1934 and shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1937 with Olaf Hoffsbakken and Martin P. Vangsli.

Sif Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Sif Ruud: a Swedish film actor. She has appeared in 140 films

Christian Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Christian Ruud: is a former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. Ruud reached his highest singles ranking of 39 on 9 October 1995. Ruud represented Norway at three consecutive Olympic Games, reaching the third round in Atlanta in 1996. Ruud won twelve titles on

Sigmund Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Sigmund Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Sigmund earned a silver medal in the ski jumping competition. At the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the ski jumping competition while earning a bronze at the 1930 even

Asbjørn Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Asbjørn Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Asbjørn finished 7th in the individual large hill competition. For his ski jumping effort, he earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1948, the second of the three Ruud brothers to do so.