Rudyard Explained

Rudyard may refer to:

Places

• Rudyard, Mississippi, United States, an unincorporated community
• Rudyard, Montana, United States, a census-designated place
• Rudyard Township, Michigan, United States
  • Rudyard, Michigan, an unincorporated community
• Rudyard, Staffordshire, England, a village
  • Rudyard Lake, in Rudyard, Staffordshire, a reservoir

Given names

• Harald Rudyard Engman (1903–1968), Danish artist, painter
• Rudyard Griffiths (born 1970), TV anchor
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), English author and poet
• Rudyard Spencer (born 1944), Jamaican politician and Minister of Health

Surnames

• Benjamin Rudyard (1572–1658), an English poet and politician
• Carol Rudyard (1922–2021), English-Australian visual artist
• John Rudyard (1650-c.1718), second builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse (1708)
• Thomas Rudyard (1640–1692), first deputy governor of East New Jersey

See also

• Ridyard, a surname derived from Rudyard, Staffordshire