Rurik (given name)

Rurik was a semi-legendary Varangian chieftain of the Rus'. Other people with the given name Rurik, Ruric or Ryurik include:

• , East Slavic prince
• Rurik Rostislavich (c. 1140–1215), Prince of Novgorod, Prince of Belgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Chernigov
• Rúrik Gíslason (born 1988), Icelandic former footballer
• Rúrik Theodór Haraldsson (1926–2003), Icelandic actor, musician and voice actor
• Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981), Russian poet, novelist and translator
• Ryurik Lonin (1930–2009), Russian collector of Veps folklore
• Ruric Nevel Roark (1859–1909), Eastern Kentucky University's first president
• Ruric Wrigley (1883–1979), British astronomer

See also

• Rorik of Dorestad (c. 810–c. 880), Danish Viking who ruled parts of Friesland