Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name

Rachel Rachel () was a Bible, Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph (Genesis), Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban (Bible), Laban. Her older siste ...

. Notable people with the name include:

Raquel

* Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler * Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model * Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah (born 1987), Ghanaian singer, composer and actress *

Raquel Atawo Raquel Atawo (née Kops-Jones; born December 8, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player, who is currently the head woman's tennis coach for the Washington State Cougars. She is primarily a doubles specialist, winning 18 WTA doub ...

(born 1982), American tennis player * Raquel Barros (1919–2014), Chilean folklorist *

Raquel Bitton Raquel Bitton (born in Marrakesh, Morocco) is a French and Spanish language singer, actress and playwright. Biography In 1970, as a teenager, Bitton moved to San Francisco with her parents and brothers. She began to learn the songs from the Fren ...

, French singer, actress and playwright * Raquel Bollo (born 1975), Spanish television personality business woman and model *

Raquel Cabezón Raquel Cabezón Muñoz is a former Spanish football midfielder. She played for RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (associati ...

, Spanish football midfielder * Raquel Calderón (born 1991), Chilean actress, singer and lawyer * Raquel Carriedo-Tomás (born 1971), Spanish singer * Raquel Cassidy (born 1968), English actress * Raquel Cepeda, American journalist * Raquel Chalfi, Israeli poet * Raquel Dodge (born 1961), Brazilian politician * Raquel Diaz, Mexican-American professional wrestler, manager, model, and singer * Raquel Fernandes, Brazilian footballer, born 1991 *

Raquel Freire Raquel Freire (born 22 June 1973, in Porto) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and novelist. Career 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 ...

(born 1973), Portuguese film director * Raquel Garza (born 1967), Mexican actress and comedian * Raquel González (athlete) (born 1989), Spanish athlete * Raquel Guerra (born 1985), Portuguese singer and actress * Raquel Gutiérrez, Mexican militant intellectual *Raquel Justice (born 2004), American actress and daughter of David Justice *

Raquel Kochhann Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born October 6, 1992) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She competed for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Kochhann won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games ...

(born 1992), Brazilian rugby sevens player *

Raquel Lee Raquel Lee (born October 13, 1986) is an American former actress who appeared on Nickelodeon's '' The Amanda Show'' during the show's first season. Career From 2001 to 2005, she also provided the voice of Nubia Gross on ''The Proud Family'', and ...

(born 1986), American actress *

Raquel Liberman Raquel Liberman (10 July 1900 – 7 April 1935) was a Polish-Jewish 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, ...

(1900–1935), Polish-Jewish immigrant to Argentina * Raquel del Rosario Macías (born 1982), Spanish singer *

Raquel Morell Raquel Morell ( Spanish pronunciation: akel moɾeʎborn Raquel del Rosario Ruiz Morell on February 4, 1959) is a Mexican actress who appeared in many telenovelas. Morell was born in Morelia, Michoacán. She is probably best known for her role ...

(born 1959), Mexican actress *

Raquel Olea Raquel Olea (born 7 May 1944) is a Chilean writer, professor, cultural critic, and researcher. She is a Distinguished Professor of Arts, Letters, and Humanities ('' Emerita'') at the University of Santiago. Her areas of research are Spanish, Chil ...

(born 1944), Chilean writer, professor *

Raquel Olmedo Raquel Olmedo (; born Siomara Anicia Orama Leal on 30 December 1937) is a Cuban-born Mexican singer and actress. 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 Me ...

, Mexican actress and singer *

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, 2 ...

(born 1990), American mixed martial artist * Raquel Paiewonsky (born 1969), artist from the Dominican Republic *

Raquel Pankowsky Raquel Pankowsky (July 10, 1952 – March 28, 2022) was a Mexican Jewish film and television actress. Early life Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she grew up in Narvarte, Mexico City. Pankowsky never married and did not have children. She was the ...

(1952–2022), Mexican film and television actress * Raquel Pélissier (born 1991), Haitian model * Raquel Pennington (born 1988), American mixed martial artist * Raquel Pierotti (born 1952), Uruguayan mezzo-soprano opera singer * Raquel Martínez Rabanal (born 1979), Spanish journalist * Raquel Rolnik (born 1956), Brazilian architect and urban planner * Raquel Sánchez Silva (born 1973), Spanish television journalist * Raquel Silva (born 1978), Brazilian volleyball player * Raquel Sofía, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter * Raquel de Souza Noronha, Brazilian footballer, born 1978 * Raquel Tavares (born 1985), Portuguese singer * Raquel Vizcaíno (born 1967), Spanish handball player *

Raquel Welch Jo Raquel Welch (; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her con ...

(1940–2023), American actress (born Jo Raquel Tejada) * Raquel Willis, African American writer, editor, and transgender rights activist *

Raquel Yánez Carmen Raquel Yánez Machado (born 2 April 1986) known as Raquel Yánez, is a Venezuelan telenovela actress and model (occupation), model. Biography Raquel's acting career started when she was undergoing her studies in the School of Arts at Uni ...

(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 * Racquel Sheath (born 1994), New Zealand track cyclist

Fictional characters

* Raquel Alucard, a minor character in the '' BlazBlue'' video game series *

Raquel Turner Rachel "Raquel" Turner (formerly Slater; born 4 June 1957See ) is a fictional character from the BBC television sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', in which she is Del Boy's long-term partner. She is portrayed by Tessa Peake-Jones. Character cre ...

, in the British sitcom ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses'' (titled onscreen as ''Only Fools and Horses....'') is a British television sitcom that was created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Ki ...

'' *Raquel Fein, in the Amazon series '' Transparent'' *Raquel "Rocky" Blue, a main character in '' Shake It Up'' * Raquel Wolstenhulme, in the British soap ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * 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 Milana Nagaraj, Nirup Bha ...

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