Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Rudin a cikin dangin Yahudawa a Austria a 1921. Sun gudu zuwa Faransa bayan Anschluss a 1938. Lokacin da Faransa ta mika wuya ga Jamus
a shekarar 1940, Rudin ya gudu zuwa Ingila kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Royal Navy har zuwa karshen yakin duniya na biyu, bayan haka ya tafi Amurka. Ya sami duka B.A. a 1947 da Ph.D. a 1949 daga Jami'ar Duke. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya kasance malamin C.L.E. Moore a MIT. Ya ɗan koyar a Jami'ar Rochester kafin ya zama farfesa a Jami'ar Wisconsin <unk> Madison inda ya kasance tsawon shekaru 32. Binciken bincikensa ya kasance daga nazarin harmonic zuwa bincike mai rikitarwa.