__NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of

Raul Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph (name), Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul (disambiguation) ...

. Raoul may also refer to:

Given name

* Raoul Berger, American legal scholar * Raoul Bova, Italian actor * Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died 1320), grammarian * See Lament for the Makaris for Roull of Corstorphin and Roull of Aberdene; fifteenth-century poets * Raoul de Godewaersvelde, French singer * Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy; also known as Raoul, Duke of Burgundy (and later king of the Franks), son of Richard of Autun * Raoul Heertje, Dutch stand-up comedian * Raoul Moat, English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the

2010 Northumbria Police manhunt The 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt was a major police operation conducted across Tyne and Wear and Northumberland with the objective of apprehending fugitive Raoul Moat. After killing one person and wounding two others in a two-day shooting s ...

Raoul of Turenne Rodulf (french: Saint Raoul; died 21 June 866) was the archbishop of Bourges from 840 until his death. He is remembered as a skillful diplomat and a proponent of ecclesiastical reform. As a saint, his feast has been celebrated on 21 June. Aquitai ...

or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840–866 *

Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) Raoul, founder of Vaucelles Abbey or Saint Raoul (a/k/a San Raul, St. Radolph or Dom Rodulphe) (+1152) is a saint of the Catholic Church who founded the famous monastery of Vaucelles in France. Raoul was an English Benedictine monk who became a fol ...

or Saint Raoul * Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian *

Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He w ...

(1887–1980), film director * Raoul, alleged conspirator in the

assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died at 7 ...

Surname

Raoul (Byzantine family) The Raoul ( el, ) was a Byzantine aristocratic family of Norman origin, prominent during the Palaiologan period. From the 14th century on, they were also known as Ral s (). The feminine form of the name was Raoulaina (). Origin The exact origin o ...

, Byzantine aristocratic family of Norman descent **

Alexios Raoul Alexios Raoul ( el, ; died c. 1258) was a Byzantine aristocrat and general of the Empire of Nicaea. He attained the rank of ''protovestiarios'' during the reign of Emperor John III Vatatzes (r. 1221–1254). Biography Alexios Raoul was the scion ...

, Byzantine general ** Theodora Raoulaina (c. 1240–1300), Byzantine noblewoman, nun and scholar * Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852), French naval surgeon and naturalist * Kwame Raoul (b. 1964), American politician and 42nd Attorney General of Illinois

Fictional characters

* Viscount Raoul de Chagny, character in ''The Phantom of the Opera'' *

Bushman (character) Raoul Bushman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is depicted as an enemy of Marc Spector, whose secret identity is Moon Knight. He is interchangeably also known as Roald Bushman. Publication ...

(full name Raoul Bushman), a Marvel Comics character *

Raoul Duke Raoul Duke is the partially fictionalized author surrogate character and sometimes pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson as the main character and antihero for many of his works. He is perhaps best known as the narrator for his 1971 autobiographi ...

, a recurring character and author surrogate of writer Hunter S. Thompson * Raoul, one of the main characters of the 2010 animation '' A Monster in Paris'' * Raoul CaRoule from the 2011 animated film ''

Cars 2 ''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Spy film, spy comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), the second film in the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' f ...

'' *

Raoul Silva __NOTOC__ Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul. Raoul may also refer to: Given name * Raoul Berger, American legal scholar * Raoul Bova, Italian actor * Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died ...

, the main antagonist in the 2012 film ''Skyfall'', played by Javier Bardem * Raoul Robideux, one of the main characters of the French–Canadian web series '' Tetes a Claques'' * Raoul Diop, son of protagonist Assane Diop in the Netflix French TV series ''

Lupin ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...

Places

* Raoul, Georgia, United States * Raoul Island in the Pacific Ocean

Other

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Raoul and the Kings of Spain ''Raoul and the Kings of Spain'' is the fifth studio album by British pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 10 October 1995 by Epic Records. Like the band's previous album, ''Elemental'' (1993), it is essentially a solo effort by Roland Orza ...

'', a 1995 studio album by British group Tears for Fears ** "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (song), the title track from the album * "Raoul" (song), a 2006 single by indie band The Automatic ** ''Raoul'' (EP), an EP by The Automatic

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