Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel. Notable people with the name include:
Raquel
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Raquel (wrestler)
Gabriela Castrovinci (born January 10, 1986) is a Brazilian professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet, businesswoman and fitness model best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Raquel.
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, Brazilian professional wrestler
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Raquel Alessi
Raquel Nazzarena Alessi (born March 7, 1983) is an American former actress and model who starred on the FOX series '' Standoff'' She portrays the title character in the 2009 film '' Miss March'', alongside Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from th ...
(born 1983), American former actress and model
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Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah
Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah (born 12 August 1987) and known by the stage name Raquel, is a Ghanaian musician, composer, choreographer, actress and script writer. She is popularly known for her hit song "Sweetio" which featured Sarkodie.
Early life ...
(born 1987), Ghanaian singer, composer and actress
* Raquel Atawo (born 1982), American tennis player
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Raquel Barros
Raquel Barros Aldunate (2 December 1919 – 11 August 2014) was a Chilean folklorist, noted for her studies and dissemination of .
Biography
In 1952 Raquel Barros founded the Folkloric Association of Chile, of which she was the director for many ...
(1919–2014), Chilean folklorist
* Raquel Bitton, French singer, actress and playwright
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Raquel Bollo
Raquel Bollo Dorado, better known as Raquel Bollo (born 4 November 1975 in Seville) is a Spanish television personality, businesswoman and model. She appears in the long-running programs ''Sálvame'' and ''Sálvame Deluxe'' on Telecinco.
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(born 1975), Spanish television personality business woman and model
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Raquel Cabezón
Raquel Cabezón Muñoz is a former Spanish football midfielder. She played for RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona and Levante in Spain's Superliga Femenina.
She was a member of the Spanish national team.Raquel Calderón (born 1991), Chilean actress, singer and lawyer
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Raquel Carriedo-Tomás
Raquel Carriedo-Tomás (born 8 February 1971) is a Spanish professional golfer.
In 2000, she became the first Spaniard to play for Europe in the Solheim Cup. Carriedo-Tomás was also a member of the team in 2002, and she topped the Ladies Europ ...
(born 1971), Spanish singer
* Raquel Cassidy (born 1968), English actress
* Raquel Cepeda, American journalist
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Raquel Chalfi
Raquel Chalfi (Hebrew: רחל חלפי) is an Israeli poet.
Biography
Raquel (Rachel) Chalfi was born in Tel Aviv, where she lives and works. Her mother was the sculptor and poet Miriam Chalfi and her uncle was the poet and actor Avraham Chalfi. ...
, Israeli poet
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Raquel Dodge
Raquel Elias Ferreira Dodge (born 26 July 1961) is a former Prosecutor General of Brazil. Previously, she was a sub-prosecutor general of the Republic and served as the Prosecutor General of the Republic from 2017 to 2019.
Biography
Dodge was bor ...
(born 1961), Brazilian politician
* Raquel Diaz, Mexican-American professional wrestler, manager, model, and singer
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Raquel Fernandes
Raquel Fernandes dos Santos (born 21 March 1991), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Sporting CP in the Portuguese Campeonato Nacional and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2 ...
, Brazilian footballer, born 1991
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Raquel Freire
Raquel Freire (born 22 June 1973, in Porto) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist.
In 2014 she released the film ''Transiberic Love'' which is a love story set in modern times showing how one can be an activist within globalise ...
(born 1973), Portuguese film director
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Raquel Garza
Raquel Garza is a Mexican actress and comedian.
Personal life
She is married and has twins
Filmography
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Mexican television actresses
21st-century Mexican actresses
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(born 1967), Mexican actress and comedian
* Raquel González (athlete) (born 1989), Spanish athlete
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Raquel Guerra
Raquel Guerra (born 11 November 1985) is a Portuguese singer and actress. She was born in Elvas.
One of the finalists of the Portuguese Idols, along with Luciana Abreu and they both worked in the soap-opera Floribella
''Floribella'' is a s ...
(born 1985), Portuguese singer and actress
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Raquel Gutiérrez
Raquel Gutiérrez is a Mexican academic working as a Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Puebla in Mexico.
Background
Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar was born in Mexico. In the 1980s she was one of the founding members of the EGTK ...
, Mexican militant intellectual
*Raquel Justice (born 2004), American actress and daughter of
David Justice
David Christopher Justice (born April 14, 1966) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves (1989–1996), Cleveland Indians (1997–2000), New York Yanke ...
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Raquel Kochhann
Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born October 6, 1992) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Brazil women's national rugby sevens team. She will represent Brazil in Rugby sevens at ...
(born 1992), Brazilian rugby sevens player
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Raquel Lee
Raquel Yvette Lee is an American actress who appeared on Nickelodeon's ''The Amanda Show'' during the show's first season. She was replaced by Josh Peck. From 2001 to 2005, she also provided the voice of Nubia Gross on ''The Proud Family'', and d ...
(born 1986), American actress
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Raquel Liberman
Raquel Liberman (10 July 1900 – 7 April 1935) was a Polish immigrant to Argentina, a victim of human trafficking. Her denouncement of her traffickers led to the breaking up of the Jewish human-trafficking network from Poland, Zwi Migdal, which ...
(1900–1935), Polish-Jewish immigrant to Argentina
* Raquel del Rosario Macías (born 1982), Spanish singer
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Raquel Morell
Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959, in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas.
She is probably best known for her role of Blanc ...
(born 1959), Mexican actress
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Raquel Olmedo
Raquel Olmedo (; born Siomara Anicia Orama Leal on 30 December 1937) is a Cuban-born Mexican actress and singer. She started her career in her native Cuba before moving to Mexico in 1959. She performed in the last years of the Golden Age of Mexi ...
, Mexican actress and singer
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Raquel Pa'aluhi
Raquel Pa'aluhi Canuto (born October 14, 1990) is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler and former mixed martial artist.
Canuto was awarded her Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by her coach Robert Drysdale. Raquel is the 2014, 2015, 2016, 20 ...
(born 1990), American mixed martial artist
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Raquel Paiewonsky
Raquel Paiewonsky (born 1969) is an artist from the Dominican Republic.
Early life and education
Born in Puerto Plata (city), Puerto Plata, Paiewonsky graduated in 1991 from the Altos de Chavón School of Design in La Romana, Dominican Republic, ...
(born 1969), artist from the Dominican Republic
* Raquel Pankowsky (born 1950), Mexican film and television actress
* Raquel Pélissier (born 1991), Haitian model
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Raquel Pennington
Raquel Len Pennington (born September 5, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in Ultimate Fighting Championship women's featherweight division. She has previously fought for Invicta Fighting Championships. As of May 23, 2022, ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial artist
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Raquel Pierotti
Raquel Pierotti (born December 17, 1952, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in coloratura roles in the Rossini and Handel repertoire.
Biography
Raquel Pierotti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay where she g ...
(born 1952), Uruguayan mezzo-soprano opera singer
* Raquel Martínez Rabanal (born 1979), Spanish journalist
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Raquel Rolnik
Raquel Rolnik (born in 1956 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian architect and urban planner.
Biography
She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of São Paulo (USP) in 1978, followed by a Master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from ...
(born 1956), Brazilian architect and urban planner
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Raquel Sánchez Silva
Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel (given name), Rachel. Notable people with the name include:
Raquel
*Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler
*Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model
*Raquel ...
(born 1973), Spanish television journalist
* Raquel Silva (born 1978), Brazilian volleyball player
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Raquel Sofía
Raquel Sofía is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, as well as a Grammy and Latin Grammy Nominee. From 2012 to 2013 Sofía performed backing vocals to Juanes as well as Shakira and Jean Carlos Canela on tour.
In 2013, she was featured in adve ...
, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
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Raquel de Souza Noronha
Raquel de Souza Noronha (born 10 May 1978), commonly known as Raquel, is a Brazilian football midfielder.
After making her national team debut against Russia at the 1998 Women's U.S. Cup, she played for the Brazil women's national football team ...
, Brazilian footballer, born 1978
* Raquel Tavares (born 1985), Portuguese singer
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Raquel Vizcaíno
Raquel Vizcaíno Torre (born 22 June 1967) is a Spanish team handball player who played for the club Vifirehati and for the Spanish national team. She was born in Madrid. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Barcelona ( ...
(born 1967), Spanish handball player
* Raquel Welch (born 1940), American actress (born Jo Raquel Tejada)
* Raquel Willis, African American writer, editor, and transgender rights activist
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Raquel Yánez
Carmen Raquel Yánez Machado (born 2 April 1986) known as Raquel Yánez, is a Venezuelan telenovela actress and model.
Biography
Raquel's acting career started when she was undergoing her studies in the School of Arts at Universidad Central de V ...
(born 1986), Venezuelan actress and model
* Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983), Brazilian model
Racquel
* Racquel Darrian (born 1968), birth name Kelly Jackson, American former pornographic actress
* Racquel Nugent (born 1968), Australian athlete with disability
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Racquel Sheath
Racquel Sheath (born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealand Track cycling, track and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the Cycling at the 2 ...
Shake It Up Shake It Up may refer to:
* ''Shake It Up'' (Boney James & Rick Braun album), 2000
* ''Shake It Up'' (The Cars album), 1981
** "Shake It Up" (The Cars song), the title song
* "Shake It Up" (Divine song), 1983
* "Shake It Up" (Koda Kumi song), ...
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Raquel Wolstenhulme
Raquel Watts (also Wolstenhulme) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Sarah Lancashire from 23 January 1991 until 15 November 1996. Lancashire returned on 2 January 2000 for one episode.
Sto ...
, in the British soap ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
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* Raquel D'Coasta, in the Indian film ''
Vikrant Rona
''Vikrant Rona'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language action thriller film written and directed by Anup Bhandari, produced by Jack Manjunath and co-produced by Alankar Pandian. It stars Sudeepa in the title role with Nirup Bhandari, Neetha Ash ...