Rurik (given name)

Rurik was a semi-legendary Varangian chieftain of the Rus'. Other people with the given name Rurik, Ruric or Ryurik include:

  • Rurik Rostislavich (died 1092), East Slavic prince
  • Rurik Rostislavich (c. 1140–1215), Prince of Novgorod, Prince of Belgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Chernigov
  • Rúrik Gíslason (born 1988), Icelandic former footballer
  • Rúrik Theodór Haraldsson (1926–2003), Icelandic actor, musician and voice actor
  • Ryurik Ivnev (1891–1981), Russian poet, novelist and translator
  • Ryurik Lonin (1930–2009), Russian collector of Veps folklore
  • Ruric Nevel Roark (1859–1909), Eastern Kentucky University's first president
  • Ruric Wrigley (1883–1979), British astronomer

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Ryurik
  • All pages with titles containing Rurik
  • Rorik of Dorestad (c. 810–c. 880), Danish Viking who ruled parts of Friesland
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