Notable personalities who lived in Rudnik include Rabbis Chaim Halberstam who served as its town rabbi from 1796, Boruch Halberstam (1860–1867), Tsvi Hersh Halberstam (1867–1906), Avrohom Halberstam (1906-?).
Chaim Weizmann | David Halberstam | Chaim Topol | Chaim Soutine | Chaim Kanievsky | Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin | Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam | Solomon Joachim Halberstam | Chaim Herzog | Yaakov Chaim Sofer | Shmuel Dovid Halberstam | Chaim Gingold | Yosef Chaim | Chaim Zhitlowsky | Chaim Rapoport | Ben Zion Halberstam | Zvi Elimelech Halberstam | Nahshon Even-Chaim | Judith Halberstam | Isaac Halberstam | David J. Halberstam | David Halberstam's | Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen | Chaim Yisroel Eiss | Chaïm Soutine | Chaim Shemesh | Chaim Rumkowski | Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg | Chaïm Perelman | Chaim Loike |