As surname
- Barrie Rutter (1946—): English actor and theatre director
- Brad Rutter (1978–): US quiz show host
- Dale Rutter (1972–): birth name of US pornographic actor Dale DaBone
- Eileen Joyce (Joy) Rutter (1945–): English fantasy writer known by pen name of Joy Chant
- Frank Rutter (1876–1937): founder of Leeds Art Collections Fund, 1912
- Jane Rutter (1958–): Australian flautist
- John Rutter (1945–): English composer and conductor
- Keith Rutter (1934–): footballer
- Professor Sir Michael Rutter (1933–): first English professor of child psychiatry
- Michael Rutter (1973–): motorcycle racer
- Owen Rutter (1889–1944): British author
- Peta Rutter (1959–): New Zealander actress
- Sally Perkins Rutter (1913–1983): birth name of US actress Gale Page
- Tommy Rutter (1977–): footballer
- Tony Rutter (1941–): motorcycle racer, father of Michael Rutter
- Troy Rutter (1973–): actor
- Thomas Rutter (1945-): American Author; For the Love of Paris
As middle name
- John Rutter Brooke (1838–1926): US Major-General
- Thaddeus Rutter Shideler (1884–1966): US hurdler
- William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868): British astronomer
In fiction
- Anita Rutter: Anita and Me, 1996 novel and Anita and Me, 2002 film
- Dr Rutter: Incompetence, 2003 novel
Other uses
- Operation Rutter: code name for the Dieppe Raid in 1942
- Rutter, Ontario: community in Canada named after engineer Fred Rutter
- Rutter (nautical): pilot book or seaman's guide carried by navigators in the Middle Ages; a precursor to the modern navigation chart
- Rutter of the Northern seas: Scottish sea chart.