Rufus D. Hayes (May 15, 1913 – February 12, 2002) was an attorney, judge, and businessman from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served as his state's insurance commissioner from 1957 to 1964. He was also a former district attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish and in 1958 the Louisiana Democratic state chairman. He was a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions held in Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California, respectively. In 1985, Hayes sold for $750,000 a 14-acre (5.7 ha) parcel on Highland Road to Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.