| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
| Rudolf Badenhorst | |
| Birth Date: | 1940 |
| Death Date: | 10 November 2012 |
| Death Place: | George, Western Cape |
| Placeofburial: | George, Western Cape |
| Nickname: | Witkop |
| Birth Name: | Rudolph Badenhorst |
| Branch: | South African Army |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Commands: | Chief of Staff Intelligence |
| Battles: | Border War |
| Battles Label: | Wars |
Lieutenant General Rudolf Badenhorst (1940[1] 2012) was a South African Army general, who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence for the Defence Force. He died in 2012.[2]
He served as from 1 November 1987 In 1989 he was appointed to the Military Intelligence Division as the, a post he held until 1991.[3] Badenhorst left the army at his own request retiring in early 1991 after 30 years of service.[4]
Badenhorst died on 10 November 2012 of pneumonia and heart failure at the George-Medi-clinic in George, Western Cape.[2] He had outlived his wife Ina by less than a month and is survived by four children and eleven grandchildren.[2]