Ruysch, Ruisch or Ruijsch is a Dutch patronymic surname, derived from the archaic Dutch given name Ruis.Ruijsch (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.Ruis at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands Variant forms are Ruijs, Ruis and Ruisch. People with the surname include:
Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), Dutch doctor and anatomist, remembered for his developments in anatomical preservation Johannes Ruysch (c.1460–1533), Dutch explorer, cartographer, astronomer, manuscript illustrator and painter Ruysch Map of the World, his 1507 map, second to show the New World
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
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