Ruysch or
Ruijsch is a
Dutch language patronymic surname, derived from the archaic Dutch given name
Ruis.
[ Ruijsch (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.][ Ruis at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands] Variant forms are
Ruijs,
Ruis and
Ruisch. People with the surname include:
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Johannes Ruysch (c.1460–1533), Dutch explorer, cartographer, astronomer, manuscript illustrator and painter
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Ruysch Map of the World, his 1507 map, second to show the New World
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Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), Dutch doctor and anatomist, remembered for his developments in anatomical preservation
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Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
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Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
