Carruthers

Carruthers is a Scottish surname and clan, originating from the lands of Carruthers in Dumfriesshire. The place name is derived from the Cumbric for "Rhydderch's fort" possibly in reference to Riderch I of Alt Clut.^[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

• Chris Carruthers (born 1983), English footballer
• David Carruthers (born 1957), British businessman
• Sir David Carruthers, New Zealand judge
• Douglas Carruthers (1882–1962), soldier, explorer, and naturalist
• Elizabeth Carruthers (born 1951), Canadian diver
• George Robert Carruthers (born 1939), American physicist and inventor
• Ian Carruthers, British National Health Service manager
• Jimmy Carruthers (1929–1990), Australian world champion boxer
• John Carruthers (footballer) (1900–1959), English footballer
• Kitty Carruthers (born 1961), American pairs figure skater
• Mark Carruthers (born 1965), British talk show host on BBC
• Peter Carruthers (philosopher) (born 1952), British philosopher
• Peter Carruthers (born 1959), American pairs figure skater
• Peter A. Carruthers (1935–1997), American physicist
• Robert Carruthers (1799–1878), Scottish journalist and writer
• Robert L. Caruthers (1800–1882), American politician and judge, governor-elect of Tennessee in 1863
• Samir Carruthers (born 1993), Irish footballer
• Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (1863–1910), Canadian soldier and founder of the Canadian Signal Corps
• William Carruthers (1830–1922), British botanist
• Will Carruthers (born 1967), alternative rock musician
• Bob Carruthers, a character from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• Carruthers, protagonist of Robert Erskine Childers' novel Riddle of the Sands

See also

• Carruthers Field, American military airbase at Benbrook, Texas, near Fort Worth, during World War I

References

1. Basil Cottle, ed. (1978). The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames (second ed.). Penguin. p. 84.
2. Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland. The New York Public Library. p. 138. ISBN 1-874744-07-6.