Daniel Rutherford
Daniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 December 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is most famous for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.
F. James Rutherford
Floyd James Rutherford (born July 11, 1924) is a science professor. He is the founder of AAAS's Project 2061, a long-term effort to reform science education in the United States.