Rui is a Portuguese male first name and Japanese unisex name, also spelled Ruy. It has the same origin as Roderick and Rodrick.[1] Notable people with the name include:
- Rui Abreu (1961-1982), Portuguese swimmer
- Rui Águas (born 1960), Portuguese footballer
- Rui Andrade (born 1999), Angolan-Portuguese racing driver
- Rui Areias (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
- Rui Barbosa (1849–1923), Brazilian diplomat, writer, jurist, and politician
- Rui Campos (1922–2002), Brazilian footballer
- Ruy de Carvalho (born 1927), Portuguese actor
- Rui Correia (born 1967), Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Costa (born 1972), Portuguese football midfielder
- Rui da Gracia (born 1985), Spanish-born naturalized Equatoguinean football defender, known mononymously as Rui
- Rui de Figueiredo (1929–2013), professor, engineer and mathematician
- Rui de Pina (1440–1521), Portuguese chronicler
- Rui En (born 1981), Singaporean actress
- Rui Falcão (born 1943), Brazilian politician
- Rui Faria (born 1979), Portuguese football coach
- Rui Gomes (disambiguation), several people
- Rui Jorge Faria Azevedo (born 19/80), Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (born 1986), Portuguese cyclist
- Rui Hachimura (八村 塁, born 1998), Japanese basketball player
- Rui Jordão (1952-2019), Portuguese football striker
- Rui Jorge (born 1973), Portuguese football back
- Rui Machado (born 1984), Portuguese tennis player
- Rui Machida (町田瑠唯, born 1993), Japanese basketball player
- Rui Manuel Sousa Valério (born 1964), Catholic patriarch of Lisbon
- Rui Monteiro (born 1977), Cape Verde-born Dutch footballer
- Rui Nereu (born 1986), Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Oliveira (born 1996), Portuguese cyclist
- Rui Patrício (born 1988), Portuguese football goalkeeper
- Rui Pedro, several people
- Rui Rio (born 1957), Portuguese politician and former Mayor of Porto (Presidente da Câmara Municipal)
- Rui Rita, American lighting designer
- Rui Sasaki (born 1984), Japanese glass artist
- Rui Soares (born 1993), Portuguese squash player
- Rui Tanabe (田辺 留依, born 1997), Japanese voice actress
- Rui Ukita (浮田 留衣, born 1996), Japanese ice hockey player
- Rui Veloso (born 1957), Portuguese musician known to be the father of Portuguese Rock'n Roll
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Rui
- All pages with titles containing Rui
References
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