What is "rufus"

masc. proper name, literally "red-haired," from Latin rufus (see rufous).

Rufus was an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including " Tell Me Something Good", " Sweet Thing", and " Ain't Nobody".

Rüfüs (also known as Rüfüs du Sol in North America) is an alternative dance group from Sydney, Australia, that consists of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt. Their debut album Atlas peaked at number 1 in Australia, while their second album Bloom debuted atop the Australian albums chart in early 2016. Rüfüs won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release in 2014.

Rufus is one of the most common of the ancient Roman cognomina.

Rufus is a masculine given name and a surname.

Rufus may also refer to:

Rufus (born 19 December 1942) or Zio Vittorio is the stage name of Italian-French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001).

Rufus is the eponymous debut album by American R&B and funk band Rufus, released on the ABC Records label in 1973 fronted by singers Chaka Khan and Ron Stockert. The album is notable for an upbeat rock/ soul sound that would be replaced by a more heavy direction into funk and jazzy-styled recordings.

is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Designed by Daigo Ikeno for Capcom's development team, he first appeared in the arcade version of Street Fighter IV and later in related promotions and media for the title.

A very large, overweight martial artist, Rufus seeks to defeat Ken Masters, angered by his claim of being the "number one fighter in America". Along the way he instead fights many people he confuses for Ken due to similar attire or hair color, regardless of gender. The character is voiced by Wataru Hatano in Japanese, and Christopher Corey Smith in English.

Since Rufus's introduction, the character has received a mostly positive reception. Though some criticism has been made over the character's design and aesthetic, the majority have praised the character as exceeding expectations based solely on his appearance.

Rufus is an album featuring saxophonists Archie Shepp and John Tchicai, bassist Don Moore and drummer J. C. Moses. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1963. This group with the addition of trumpeter Don Cherry became known as the New York Contemporary Five and released Consequences for which this album appears to have been a pilot.

Flavius Rufus (floruit 457 AD) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire. In 457 he was appointed Consul with Constantinus as colleague; both of them were recognised only in the East.

Nothing else is known about him.

Rufus ("Red") was a first-century Christian mentioned in with his brother Alexander, whose father " Simon a Cyrenian" was compelled to help carry the cross on which the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. According to Easton he was probably the same Rufus mentioned in , whose mother, (as well as Paul's mother,) were among those to whom Paul sent greetings in his epistle to the Romans.

Rufus is a free and open-source portable application for Microsoft Windows that can be used to format and create bootable USB flash drives or Live USBs. It is developed by Pete Batard of Akeo Consulting.

Rufus is an upcoming American-Canadian animated television series with same animated and designed style of " Total Drama" by the same team who done that show "Total Drama", co-produced by Nelvana and Nickelodeon Animation Studios for Nickelodeon, it was started off as a short live action television film