Rufat is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Rufat Abdullazade (born 2001), Azerbaijani footballer
- Rufat Ahmadov (born 2002), Azerbaijani footballer
- Rufat Amirov, Azerbaijani general
- Rufat Aslanli (born 1970), Azerbaijani official
- Rufat Bagirov (born 1979), Azerbaijani chess grandmaster
- Rufat Dadashov (born 1991), Azerbaijani footballer
- Rufat Huseynov (born 1997), Azerbaijani boxer
- Rufat Ismayil (born 1981), Azerbaijani fashion designer
- Rufat Ismayilov (born 1996), Azerbaijani judoka
- Rufat Mahomedov (born 1992), Ukrainian judoka
- Rufat Quliyev (footballer) (born 1972), Azerbaijani footballer
- Rufat Riskiyev (born 1949), Soviet boxer
- Ramón Rufat (1916–1993), Spanish anarcho-syndicalist