# Rush (name)

Rush is both an English surname and given name.

## People with the surname

* Andre Rush (born 1974), American celebrity chef and military veteran
* Andy Rush (1889–1969), American baseball pitcher
* Annaleah Rush (born 1976), New Zealand rugby union player
* Anthony Rush (born 1996), American football player
* Augustus John Rush (born 1942), American psychiatrist
* Barbara Rush (1927–2024), American actress
* Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a Founding Father of the United States, physician, writer, educator and humanitarian
* Benjamin Rush (1811-1877), American lawyer and writer
* Bobby Rush (born 1946), U.S. Representative from Illinois
* Bobby Rush (musician) (born 1940), American blues and R&B musician, composer and singer
* Bob Rush (American football) (born 1955), American football player
* Bob Rush (Australian footballer) (1880–1975), Australian rules footballer and administrator
* Bob Rush (baseball) (1925–2011), American baseball pitcher
* Boyd Rush (1895–1964), first heart transplant recipient
* Brandon Rush (born 1985), American basketball player
* Brion Rush (born 1984), American basketball player
* Bryan Rush (1893–1982), Australian rules footballer
* Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council
* Cathy Rush (born 1947), American basketball coach
* Charles W. Rush (1919–2015), United States Navy captain
* Chris Rush (1946–2018), American comedian
* Christopher Rush (1965–2016), American illustrator
* Clay Rush (born 1973), former American football kicker
* Clive Rush (1931–1980), American football player
* Cooper Rush (born 1993), American football quarterback
* DJ Rush (born 1970), American musician, disc jockey, and record producer
* Dan Rush (born 1960), American union organizer
* Darius Rush (born 2000), American football player
* David Rush (disambiguation), multiple people
* Debbie Rush (born 1966), English actress
* Deborah Rush (born 1954), American actress
* Dick Rush (1882–1956), Austrian-born American character actor
* Don Rush, American director, script writer, voice actor and producer
* Ed T. Rush (active 1966–2003), American basketball referee
* Eddie Rush (born 1961), American basketball referee
* Edward Rush (cricketer), Australian cricketer
* Edward Rush (priest), Irish Anglican priest
* Elaine Rush, New Zealand professor of nutrition
* Emma Rush, lecturer in philosophy and ethics
* Eric Rush (born 1965), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Fanny Rush, London-based portrait painter
* Florence Rush (1918–2008), American feminist organizer
* Francis Roberts Rush (1916–2001), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane
* Francis Rush (1921–1985), American politician
* Geoffrey Rush (born 1951), Australian actor and film producer
* Gerald Rush (1895–1988), Australian rules footballer
* Ian Rush (born 1961), Welsh former footballer and football manager
* James Rush (1786-1869), American physician and writer
* JaRon Rush (born 1979), American basketball player
* Jennifer Rush (born 1960), American pop rock singer and songwriter
* Joel Rush (born 1981), American actor and model
* Joseph H. Rush (1911–2006), American physicist
* Kareem Rush (born 1980), American basketball player
* Ken Rush (1931–2011), American racing driver
* Lenny Rush (born 2009), British actor
* Lyndon Rush (born 1980), Canadian bobsledder
* Matthew Rush (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer
* Merrilee Rush (born 1944), American singer
* Otis Rush (1934–2018), American blues singer and guitarist
* Poppy Rush (born 1991), British actress
* Red Rush (1927–2009), American sportscaster
* Richard Rush (1780–1859), United States Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury
* Richard Rush (director) (1929–2021), American film director
* Richard H. Rush (1825-1893), American military officer
* Scott Rush (born 1985), Australian drug trafficker, member of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia
* Stockton Rush (1962–2023), American businessman and CEO
* Tom Rush (born 1941), American singer
* William Rush (disambiguation), multiple people
* Xavier Rush (born 1977), New Zealand former rugby union footballer

## People with the given name

* Rush Brown (1954–2020), American football defensive lineman
* Rush Clark (1834–1879), 19th-century American politician and lawyer
* Rush Holt Sr. (1905–1955), U.S. Senator from West Virginia
* Rush Holt Jr. (born 1948), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
* Rush Kalaria (born 1993), Indian cricketer
* Rush Limbaugh Sr. (1891–1996), American attorney and civic leader in Missouri
* Rush Limbaugh (1951–2021), American talk show host, grandson of the above
* Rush Propst (born 1957), American high school football coach
* Rush Rhees (1905–1989), American philosopher
* Rush Sturges (born 1985), American whitewater kayaker, filmmaker and musician
* Rush Wimberly (1873–1943), American politician