Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may refer to the: *

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 ...

(d. 1152), also known as Saint Raul *

Raúl Acosta Raúl Acosta Arias (born February 8, 1962 in Honda, Tolima) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1986 to 1995. Major results ;1986 :1st in Stage 1 Clásico RCN (COL) ;1988 :1st in Stage 8 Clásico RCN ( ...

(born 1962), Colombian road cyclist *

Raúl Alfonsín Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than ...

(1927–2009), former President of Argentina (1983–89) *

Raúl Albiol Raúl Albiol Tortajada (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Villarreal and the Spain national team. A reliable and physically strong player who excels in the air, his main asset is his versati ...

(born 1985), Spanish footballer *

Raul Amaya Raul Amaya (born February 2, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in Bellator's welterweight division. Amaya is a former Art of Fighting Welterweight Champion. MMA career Early career Amaya started his career in 2009. He fou ...

(born 1986), American mixed martial artist *

Raúl Baena José Raúl Baena Urdiales (; born 2 March 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and is currently a free agent. Club career Espanyol Born in Torrox, Province of Málaga, Andalusia, and after starting his ...

(born 1989), Spanish association football player *

Raul Boesel Raul de Mesquita Boesel (, born 4 December 1957) is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced for the March and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League. He won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship and t ...

(born 1957), Brazilian race car driver *

Raúl Castañeda Raúl Castañeda (September 20, 1982 – September 6, 2017) was a boxer from Mexico, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Light flyweight (48 kg) division by Rus ...

(born 1982), Mexican boxer *

Raúl Castro Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (; ; born 3 June 1931) is a retired Cuban politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, succeedi ...

(born 1931), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro *

Raúl Correia Raúl Edvânio Brito Rodrigues Correia (born 7 May 1993) is an Angolan footballer who plays as a striker for Stalybridge Celtic After starting his career with Cheadle Heath Nomads, he moved on to Radcliffe Borough then joined Chorley in Dec ...

(born 1993), Angolan footballer *

Raúl Diago Raúl Diago Izquierdo (born August 1, 1967 in Matanzas) is a retired volleyball player from Cuba. A three-time Olympian (1992, 1996 and 2000) he was honoured ''Best Setter'' at the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship in Japan, where Cuba men's n ...

(born 1965), Cuban volleyball player *

Raúl de Tomás Raúl de Tomás Gómez (; born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the Spain national team. He began as a youth team player at Real Madrid, making only one substitu ...

(born 1994), Spanish footballer *

Raul Di Blasio 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. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

(born 1949), Argentinian pianist *

Raúl Esparza Raúl Eduardo Esparza (born October 24, 1970) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. Considered one of Broadway's leading men since the 2000s, he is best known for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Bobby in the 2006 Broadway reviva ...

(born 1970), Cuban-American actor and singer *

Raúl Fuentes Cuenca Raúl Fuentes Cuenca (born February 9, 1975) is a Spanish pop singer known by his stage name Raúl. In 2000 he participated in the Spanish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with his song "Sueño su boca" finishing second. Sinc ...

(born 1975), Spanish pop singer *

Raul Geller Dr. Raul Geller (ראול גלר; born January 23, 1936) is a Peruvian-Israeli former professional footballer, who played as a forward, and an orthopedic surgeon. In Peru he played for Deportivo Municipal, Porvenir Miraflores, and the Peru na ...

(born 1936), Peruvian-Israeli footballer *

Raúl Giménez Raúl Giménez (born September 14, 1950), is an Argentine operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian bel canto vocal style. Giménez was born in Carlos Pellegrini, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He studied at the Music Conservato ...

(born 1950), Argentine opera singer *

Raúl (footballer) Raúl González Blanco (; born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a Spanish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is the current manag ...

(born 1977), Spanish footballer Raúl González *

Raúl González Robles 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) ...

(born 1991), Spanish footballer *

Raúl Ibañez Raúl Javier Ibañez (; born June 2, 1972) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) now serving as Senior Vice President of On-Field Operations for MLB. He played 11 of his 19 big league season ...

(born 1972), Cuban American baseball player *

Raúl Jiménez Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (; born 5 May 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mexico national team. Jiménez began his career in Club América's youth system before ...

(born 1991), Mexican footballer *

Raúl Juliá Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he took an interest in acting while still in school and pursued the career upon completion of his studies. After ...

(1940–1994), Puerto Rican actor *

Raul Kivilo 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. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

(born 1973), Estonian archer *

Raul Mälk Raul Mälk (Born 14 May 1952 in Pärnu, Estonia) is an Estonian diplomat and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. He was also head of the Estonian delegation for border negotiations with Russia from 1992 to 2005. Up to 2007 he was Ch ...

(born 1952), Estonian diplomat and politician *

Raúl Mesa Raúl Mesa (born 16 April 1982 in Zaragoza) is a male beach volleyball player from Spain, who won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, partnering Pablo Herrera. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Playing p ...

(born 1982), Spanish beach volleyball player *

Raúl Montaña Raúl Alexander Montaña Herrera (born September 22, 1971 in Bogotá) is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1994. Career ;1992 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 (COL) ;1993 ...

(born 1971), Colombian road cyclist *

Raul Plassman Raul Guilherme Plassmann (born September 27, 1944 in Antonina (Brazil), Antonina, Paraná (state), PR) is a Brazilian former Association football, football player and manager who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He made ...

(born 1944), Brazilian football goalkeeper and TV commentator *

Raúl Prebisch Raúl Prebisch (April 17, 1901April 29, 1986) was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executiv ...

(1901–1986), Argentinian economist * Raul Rebane (born 1953), Estonian journalist and communication consultant *

Raul Renter Raul Renter (1 August 1920 – 20 November 1992) was an Estonian economist and chess player, who twice won the Estonian Chess Championship. Biography In 1938 graduated from Tallinn French Lyceum. In 1948 graduated from Faculty of Economics in T ...

(1920–1992), Estonian economist and chess player *

Raul Roco Raul Sagarbarria Roco (October 26, 1941 – August 5, 2005) was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of ''Aksyon Demokratiko'', which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004. He was ...

(1941–2005), Philippine politician *

Raúl Ruidíaz Raúl Mario Ruidíaz Misitich (, Croatian: ''Misitić''; born 25 July 1990) is a Peruvian professional footballer who currently plays for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders and the Peru national team, as a striker. He is of maternal ...

(born 1990), Peruvian footballer *

Raúl Ruiz (director) Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino (french: Raoul Ruiz; 25 July 1941 – 19 August 2011) was an experimental Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France. He directed more than 100 films. Biography The son of a ship's captain an ...

(1941–2011), Chilean director and filmmaker *

Raul Rusescu Raul Andrei Rusescu (born 9 July 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga II side Concordia Chiajna. Club career CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea At age seven, Rusescu was spotted by Cristi Bora at a trial and brought ...

(born 1988), Romanian footballer *

Raül Romeva Raül Romeva i Rueda (born 12 March 1971) is a politician from Spain and a former Member of the European Parliament with the , part of the European Greens. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Wome ...

(born 1971), Spanish economist and politician *

Raul Salvatierra Raul Salvatierra (born July 15, 1991) is a Bolivian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Gimnasia y Esgrima of the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso in Argentina. He was a member of Bolivia's national basketball team at the 2016 S ...

(born 1991), Bolivian basketball player *

Raul Seixas Raul Santos Seixas (; 28 June 1945 – 21 August 1989)allmusic Biography/ref> was a Brazilian rock composer, singer, songwriter and producer. He is sometimes called the "Father of Brazilian Rock" and "Maluco Beleza", the last one roughly transla ...

(1945–1989), Brazilian singer–songwriter *

Raul Siem Raul Siem (born 5 June 1973) is an Estonian politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Information Technology in the second cabinet of Jüri Ratas from 20 April 2020 to 26 January 2021. He is affiliated with the Conservative People's ...

(born 1973), Estonian politician *

Raúl Tito Raúl Alexánder Tito Cano (born 5 September 1997) is a Peruvian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Peruvian club Deportivo Garcilaso. Club career Sport Boys Tito joined the academy of Per ...

(born 1997), Peruvian footballer *

Raul (entertainer) , also known by his stage name Raul (ラウール), is a Japanese singer, actor, model, and TV personality. Raul is a member of idol group Snow Man under Johnny & Associates. Biography Raul joined Johnny & Associates in May 2015. In June 2018, he ...

(born 2003), Japanese singer and entertainer

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