Ruysch or Ruijsch is a Dutch patronymic surname, derived from the archaic Dutch given name Ruis.[1][2] Variant forms are Ruijs, Ruis and Ruisch. People with the surname include:

  • Johannes Ruysch (c.1460–1533), Dutch explorer, cartographer, astronomer, manuscript illustrator and painter
  • Frederik Ruysch (1638—1731), Dutch doctor and anatomist, remembered for his developments in anatomical preservation
  • Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750), Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
  • Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch

References

  1. Ruijsch (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. Ruis at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
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