Roestam Effendi (Perfected Spelling: Rustam Effendi; 1903 – 1979) was an Indonesian writer and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands. He is known for experimenting with the Malay language in the writing of his drama Bebasari and his poetry collection poetry anthology Pertjikan Permenoengan.
Rustam (Рустам) Skhatbievich Assakalov (1984-) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler of Adyg heritage. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and 2013 and 2015 Asian Championships, and silver medals at the 2018 Asian Games, 2015 World Championships and 2014 and 2018 Asian championships. He will represent Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.