writer Robert L. Caruthers (1800–1882), American politician and judge, governor of Tennessee Samir Carruthers (born 1993), Irish footballer Scatman Caothers, American actor and musician Steffi Carruthers (born 1993), Samoan tennis player Stuart Carruthers (born 1970 ) Australian field hockey player Thomas N. Carruthers (1900–1960), Episcopal bishop of South Carolina Thomas Caruthers (c. 1818–1867), Texas politician Troy Carruthers (born 1982), Nebraska - Farm Bureau - Wealth Manger - Rancher Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (1863–1910), Canadian soldier and founder of the Canadian Signal Corps William Carruthers (1830–1922), British botanist Will Carruthers (born 1967), alternative rock musician Fictional characters Carruthers, protagonist of Robert Erskine Childers's novel Riddle of the Sands Bob Carruthers, a character from the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist Elizabeth and Peter Carruthers, a married couple; she inherits his trading firm, Carruthers & Co., in the 2016 Discovery Channel/Netflix series Frontier Georgie Carruthers, protagonist of Ruby Dixon novel Ice Planet Barbarians See also Carruthers Field, American military airbase at Benbrook, Texas, near Fort Worth, during World War I Clan Carruthers, a Border Reiver Clan and Family originating in the West March of the Anglo-Scottish Borders, Annandale, Dumfriesshire. References Surnames of Scottish origin