Rust is an English surname. It comes from the Old English "rust" which meant "red" and was originally used as a nickname for those with red hair. ^[1]

• Albert Rust (1818–1870), American politician
• Albert Rust (footballer) (born 1953), French footballer
• Alfred Rust (1900–1983), German archaeologist and prehistorian
• Annie Coolidge Rust, 19th-century American educator
• Bernhard Rust (1883–1945), Minister of Education in Nazi Germany
• Bryan Rust (born 1992), American ice hockey player
• Elizabeth Lownes Rust (1835–1899), American philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796), German violinist and composer
• Giacomo Rust (1741–1786), Italian composer
• John Rust (born 1955), American economist
• Mathias Rust (born 1968), German pilot who landed on the Red Square in 1987
• Paul Rust (born 1981), American actor
• Richard S. Rust (1815–1906), American abolitionist and educator
• Rod Rust (1928–2018), American football coach
• Wilhelm Karl Rust (1787–1855), German pianist
• Yvonne Rust (1922 – 2002), New Zealand potter