# Rasmus (given name)

Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", a name which means "beloved" and was the name of Saint Erasmus of Formia. It is a common male name in the Nordic countries (including Estonia).
Notable people with the given name Rasmus include:
* Rasmus B. Anderson (1846–1936), American author, professor, and diplomat
* Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames
* Rasmus Bach (born 1995), Danish basketball player
* Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Danish songwriter, record producer and musician
* Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698) (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus), Danish scientist and physician
* Rasmus Bengtsson, Swedish football player
* Rasmus Bengtsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player
* Rasmus Bjerg, Danish actor
* Rasmus Boysen (born 1992), Danish handball player
* Rasmus Christensen (born 1991), Danish football player
* Rasmus Christiansen (actor), Danish actor
* Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres
* Rasmus Daugaard, Danish football player
* Rasmus Edstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
* Rasmus Elm, Swedish football player
* Rasmus Faber, Swedish music artist
* Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist
* Rasmus Hansen (footballer born 1979), Danish football player
* Rasmus Hansen (gymnast) (1885–1967), Danish gymnast
* Rasmus Hansen (politician) (1797–1860s), Norwegian jurist and politician
* Rasmus Hardiker, English actor
* Rasmus Grønborg Hansen, Danish football player
* Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower
* Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Danish sculptor
* Rasmus Henning, Danish triathlon athlete
* Rasmus Højgaard (born 2001), Danish golfer
* Rasmus Højlund (born 2003), Danish footballer
* Rasmus Falk, Danish footballer
* Rasmus Festersen, Danish football player
* Rasmus Flo (1851–1905), Norwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk language
* Rasmus Frandsen (1886–1974), Danish rower
* Rasmus Green (1980–2006), Danish football player
* Rasmus Hatledal (1885–1963), Norwegian topographer and military officer
* Rasmus Jensen (priest) (d. 1620), Danish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in Canada
* Rasmus Jensen (speedway rider) (born 1993), Danish motorcycle rider
* Rasmus Jönsson, Swedish football player
* Rasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actor
* Rasmus Katholm, Danish football player
* Rasmus Kofoed, Danish chef and restaurateur
* Rasmus Kofoed (cricketer), Danish cricketer
* Rasmus Kupari, Finnish hockey player
* Rasmus Olsen Langeland (1873–1954), Norwegian politician and minister
* Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Danish programmer and creator of the PHP programming language
* Rasmus Lindgren, Swedish football player
* Rasmus Løland (1861–1907), Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer
* Rasmus Lyberth, Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actor
* Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890), Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century
* Rasmus Marvits, Danish football player
* Rasmus Midgett (1851–1926), US Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla
* Rasmus Olai Mortensen (1869–1934), Norwegian politician and minister
* Rasmus Mägi, Estonian hurdler
* Rasmus Nielsen (disambiguation)
* Rasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politician
* Rasmus Nøhr, Danish musician and guitarist
* Rasmus Nordbø (1915–1983), Norwegian administrator and minister
* Rasmus Peetson (born 1995), Estonian footballer
* Rasmus Pettersen, Norwegian gymnast
* Rasmus Quaade, Danish road and track bicycle racer
* Rasmus Rändvee (born 1995), Estonian singer
* Rasmus Christian Rask (1787–1832), Danish scholar and philologist
* Rasmus Rasmussen (disambiguation), several people
* Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
* Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
* Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, Danish handball player
* Rasmus Schüller (born 1991), Finnish football player
* Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer songwriter
* Rasmus Sindre (1859–1908), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
* Rasmus Sjöstedt, Swedish football player
* Rasmus Skylstad (1893–1972), Norwegian diplomat
* Rasmus Suur, Estonias hottest man
* Rasmus Carl Stæger (1800–1875), Danish entomologist
* Rasmus Steinsvik (1863–1913), Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor
* Rasmus Stjerne, Danish curler
* Rasmus Thude, Danish singer and songwriter
* Rasmus Andreas Torset (1897–1965), Norwegian politician
* Rasmus Videbæk, Danish cinematographer
* Rasmus Wengberg, Swedish badminton player
* Rasmus Borregaard Winther, Danish League of Legends e-sport player
* Rasmus Würtz, Danish football player