Rhind

Rhind

Rhind may refer to:

* Alexander Rhind (1821–1897) American Naval officer and namesake of the destroyer USS Rhind (DD-404)
* Alexander Henry Rhind (1833–1863), Scottish lawyer and namesake of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
* David Rhind (1808–1883), Scottish architect
* David William Rhind (born circa 1945), British geographer
* James Robert Rhind (1854–1918), Scottish architect
* John Rhind (1836–1889), Scottish architect
* John Rhind (sculptor) (1828–1892), Scottish sculptor, father of William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind
* J. Massey Rhind (1860–1936), Scottish-American architectural sculptor
* Julian Rhind-Tutt (born 1968) English actor
* William Birnie Rhind (1853-1933), Scottish architectural sculptor


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