title: Rutnam
text: # Rutnam
  
  Rutnam is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * James T. Rutnam (1905-1988), Sri Lankan historian, politician
  * Chandran Rutnam, Sri Lankan film maker and entrepreneur
  * Donald Rutnam (1902–1968), Sri Lankan-born Indian civil servant and sportsman
  * Jayam Rutnam, Sri Lanka-born American businessman, journalist and film critic
  * Philip Rutnam (born 1965), British civil servant
  