Rasmus is a shortened form of "Erasmus", a name which means "beloved" and was the name of Saint Erasmus of Formia. It is a common male name in the Nordic countries (including Estonia).
Notable people with the given name Rasmus include:
Rasmus B. Anderson (1846–1936), American author, professor, and diplomat Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames Rasmus Bach (born 1995), Danish basketball player Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Danish songwriter, record producer and musician Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698) (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus), Danish scientist and physician Rasmus Bengtsson, Swedish football player Rasmus Bengtsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player Rasmus Bertelsen (born 1983), Danish association football manager Rasmus Bjerg, Danish actor Rasmus Boysen (born 1992), Danish handball player Rasmus Christensen (born 1991), Danish football player Rasmus Christiansen (actor), Danish actor Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Daugaard, Danish football player Rasmus Edstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
Rasmus Elm, Swedish football player Rasmus Faber, Swedish music artist Rasmus Falk, Danish footballer Rasmus Festersen, Danish football player Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist Rasmus Flo (1851–1905), Norwegian teacher, philologist, magazine editor, translator and proponent for Nynorsk language Rasmus Frandsen (1886–1974), Danish rower Rasmus Green (1980–2006), Danish football player Rasmus Hansen (footballer born 1979), Danish football player Rasmus Hansen (gymnast) (1885–1967), Danish gymnast Rasmus Hansen (politician) (1797–1860s), Norwegian jurist and politician Rasmus Grønborg Hansen, Danish football player Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Danish sculptor Rasmus Hardiker, English actor Rasmus Hatledal (1885–1963), Norwegian topographer and military officer Rasmus Henning, Danish triathlon athlete Rasmus Højgaard (born 2001), Danish golfer Rasmus Højlund (born 2003), Danish footballer Rasmus Holten (born 2005), Norwegian footballer Rasmus Jensen (priest) (d. 1620), Danish Lutheran priest and the first Lutheran cleric in Canada Rasmus Jensen (speedway rider) (born 1993), Danish motorcycle rider Rasmus Jönsson, Swedish football player Rasmus Wejnold Jørgensen (born 1989), Danish pole vaulter Rasmus Kaljujärv, Estonian actor Rasmus Katholm, Danish football player Rasmus Kofoed, Danish chef and restaurateur Rasmus Kofoed (cricketer), Danish cricketer Rasmus Kupari, Finnish hockey player Rasmus Olsen Langeland (1873–1954), Norwegian politician and minister Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic-Danish programmer and creator of the PHP programming language Rasmus Lindgren, Swedish football player Rasmus Løland (1861–1907), Norwegian journalist, novelist and children's writer Rasmus Lyberth, Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actor Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen (born 1991), Danish politician Rasmus Malling-Hansen (1835–1890), Danish inventor, minister and principal at the Royal Institute for the Deaf, and one of the true pioneers of the 19th century Rasmus Marvits, Danish football player Rasmus Midgett (1851–1926), US Life-Saving Service surfman in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla Rasmus Olai Mortensen (1869–1934), Norwegian politician and minister Rasmus Mägi, Estonian hurdler Rasmus Nielsen (disambiguation) Rasmus Tønder Nissen (1822–1882), Norwegian politician Rasmus Nøhr, Danish musician and guitarist Rasmus Nordbø (1915–1983), Norwegian administrator and minister
Rasmus Peetson (born 1995), Estonian footballer Rasmus Pettersen, Norwegian gymnast Rasmus Quaade, Danish road and track bicycle racer Rasmus Rändvee (born 1995), Estonian singer Rasmus Christian Rask (1787–1832), Danish scholar and philologist Rasmus Rasmussen (disambiguation), several people Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers Rasmus Roosleht (born 2002), Estonian decathlete Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals Rasmus Lauge Schmidt, Danish handball player Rasmus Schüller (born 1991), Finnish football player Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer songwriter Rasmus Sindre (1859–1908), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician Rasmus Sjöstedt, Swedish football player Rasmus Skylstad (1893–1972), Norwegian diplomat Rasmus Carl Stæger (1800–1875), Danish entomologist Rasmus Steinsvik (1863–1913), Norwegian writer, magazine editor and newspaper editor Rasmus Stjerne, Danish curler Rasmus Svane (born 1997), German chess grandmaster Rasmus Thude, Danish singer and songwriter Rasmus Andreas Torset (1897–1965), Norwegian politician Rasmus Videbæk, Danish cinematographer Rasmus Vöge (born 1979), German politician Rasmus Wengberg, Swedish badminton player Rasmus Borregaard Winther, Danish League of Legends e-sport player Rasmus Würtz, Danish football player
See also Rasmus (disambiguation)
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