Sootworm
Members of the Franconian noble family bear the name Rußwurm
Russwurm or sootworm is the family name of the following people:
- Alexander von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1865–1947), German writer
- Christian Ernst von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1719–1768), margravial officer of Bavaria
- Emilie von Gleichen-Russwurm (1804-1872), daughter Schiller
- Franz Anton Rußwurm (1831–1881), Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag
- Heinrich von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1882–1959), German young conservative publicist
- Helmut Rußwurm (1911–1995), German painter and graphic artist
- Johann Georg Rußwurm (1781–1848), German Lutheran pastor and author
- Johann Wilhelm Bartholomäus Rußwurm (1770–1855), German Lutheran pastor and author
- Johannes Rußwurm (1814–1890), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman, provost at Ratzeburg Cathedral
- John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851), American abolitionist
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Rußwurm (1812–1883), German-Baltic historian, ethnologist and archivist
- Kurt von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1915–2006), German journalist, advertising consultant, personnel consultant
- Ludwig von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1836–1901), German impressionist landscape painter
- Siegfried Russwurm (* 1963), German manager
- Vera Russwurm (* 1959), Austrian television presenter, journalist and talk show host
- Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1717–1783), margravial Bavarian officer and natural scientist
