Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger.

People

• Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier
• Rutger I of Cleves (c.975–1050), First Duke of Cleves
• Rutger II of Cleves (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves
• Rutger von Ascheberg (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of Scanian War
• Rutger Backe (born 1951), Swedish footballer
• Rutger Beke (born 1977), Belgian triathlete
• Rutger Bregman (born 1988), Dutch historian
• Rutger Castricum (born 1979), Dutch journalist and presenter
• Rutger Fuchs (1682–1753), Swedish military leader
• Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician
• Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor
• Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist
• Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993) Dutch pole vaulter.
• Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect
• Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer
• Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer
• Rutger McGroarty (born 2004), American ice hockey player
• Rutger B. Miller (1805– 1877), member of the United States House of Representatives
• Rutger de Regt (born 1979), Dutch designer
• Rutger van Schaardenburg (born 1987), Dutch sailor
• Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825), Dutch politician, Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic
• Rutger Sernander (1866–1944), Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist
• Rutger Smith (born 1981), Dutch shot put and discus athlete
• Rutger Stuffken (1947–2023), Dutch coxswain
• Rutger Velpius (c.1540–1614), Flemish printer and bookseller
• Rütger Wever (1923–2010), German chronobiologist
• Rutger Worm (born 1986), Dutch footballer

Other

• 5886 Rutger, a Main-belt Asteroid
• The Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District in New York, USA

See also

• Rogier (disambiguation)
• Rüdiger
• Rutgers (disambiguation)
• Rutgers (surname)
• Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, USA