Rutan may refer to:

• Rutan, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
• Burt Rutan, American aircraft designer
• Dick Rutan, American test pilot, and brother of Burt Rutan
• Erik Rutan, American metal guitarist and producer
• Rutan (Doctor Who), a member of a fictional alien race from the British television series Doctor Who
• Rutan, a planet in the Star Wars universe.