Raoul

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 André (1916–1992), French director and screenwriter
Raoul Anglès (1887–1967), French politician
Raoul Aragon, Filipino film actor
Raoul Aslan (1886–1958), Austrian theater actor of Greek-Armenian ancestry
Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948), Austrian jurist and writer
Raoul Baicu (born 2000), Romanian footballer
Raoul Bardac (1881–1950), French classical composer and pianist
Raoul Barouch (1916–2006), Tunisian fencer
Raoul Barré (1874–1932), Canadian/American cartoonist, animator, and painter
Raoul Barrière (1928–2019), French rugby union player and coach
Raoul de Beauvais, 13th-century French poet
Raoul Bedoc, French table tennis player
Raoul Bellanova (born 2000), Italian footballer
Raoul Bénard (1881–1961), French sculptor
Raoul Bensaude (1866–1938), French-Portuguese physician
Raoul Berger (1901–2000), American legal scholar
Raoul Bhaneja (born 1974), English-Canadian actor, musician, writer and producer
Raoul Billerey (1920–2010), French actor and stuntman
Raoul Biltgen (born 1974), Luxembourgish actor and writer.
Raoul Björkenheim (born 1956), Finnish-American jazz guitarist
Raoul Blanchard (1877–1965), French geographer
Raoul Bleuse (1895–1984), French politician
Raoul de Boigne (1862–1949), French sport shooter
Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre (1839–1919), French Army general
Raoul Borra (1896–1988), French politician
Raoul Bortoletto (1925–2003), Italian footballer
Raoul Bossy (1894–1975), Romanian diplomat
Raoul Bott (1923–2005), Hungarian-American mathematician
Raoul Boucher, French racing cyclist
Raoul Boucke (born 1975), Surinamese-Dutch civil servant and politician
Raoul Bova (born 1971), Italian actor
Raoul le Breton (c. 1270–1320), grammarian and philosopher
Raoul Bricard (1870–1943), French engineer and mathematician
Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu (died 1344), French Constable
Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu (1315–1350), French Constable
Raoul Cabrol (1895–1956), French caricaturist
Raoul Calas (1899–1978), French politician
Raoul G. Cantero III (born 1960), Spanish-born American lawyer and judge
Raoul de Caours (died 1354), Breton knight
Raoul Carton (1879–1934), French philosopher
Raoul Casadei (1937–2021), Italian bandleader, composer and musician
Raoul Castex (1878–1968), French Navy admiral and military theorist
Raoul Caudron (1883–1958), French football coach
Raoul Cauvin (1938–2021), Belgian comics author
Raoul Cédras (born 1949), Haitian military officer
Raoul I of Clermont (bef. 1140—1191), French nobleman
Raoul II of Clermont (c. 1245–1302), Constable of France
Raoul Clifford, pseudonym of English composer Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
Raoul Combes (1883–1964), French botanist, plant physiologist, and science historian
Raoul A. Cortez (1905–1971), Mexican–American media executive
Raoul I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134–1191), French nobleman and Crusader
Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (died 1250), French nobleman and Crusader
Raoul Coulon (born 1995), Vanuatuan footballer
Raoul Courbin (1926–1950s), French footballer
Raoul Coutard (1924–2016), French cinematographer
Raoul Couvert (1903–1983), French ice hockey player
Raoul Curiel (1913–2000), French archaeologist, Egyptologist and orientalist
Raoul da Luz (1892–1988), Hong Kong lawn bowler
Raoul Daddo-Langlois (1922–1943), British World War II flying ace
Raoul Dandurand (1861–1942), Canadian politician
Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie (1881–1967), Belgian sportsman and soldier
Raoul Dautry (1880–1951), French engineer, business leader and politician
Raoul d'Avranches (died 1006), French bishop
Raoul Degryse (1912–1993), Belgian boxer
Raoul De Keyser (1930–2012), Belgian painter
Raoul de Navery, pseudonym of French novelist Madame Chervet (1829–1885)
Raoul de Thuin (1890–1975), Belgian-Mexican stamp forger and dealer
Raoul de Vitry (1895–1977), French aristocrat and business executive
Raoul de Warren (1905–1992), French writer, historian, genealogist and lawyer
Raoul del Mar (born 1965), Filipino physician and former politician
Raoul Desribes (1856–1940), French Jesuit archaeologist
Raoul Dgvareli (born 1965), Tajikistani wrestler
Raoul Diagne (1910–2002), French footballer
Raoul du Bisson (1812–1890), French aristocrat and adventurer
Raoul Pene Du Bois (1914–1985), American costume and set designer
Raoul du Gardier (1871–1952), French painter
Raoul du Roveray (1879–1940), English badminton player
Raoul du Toit, Zimbabwean environmentalist
Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), French painter
Raôul Duguay (born 1939), Canadian artist, poet, musician, and political activist
Raoul Echard (1883–1922), French World War I flying ace
Raoul Esseboom (born 1992), Dutch footballer
Raoul Fahlin (born 1966), Swedish cyclist
Raoul Felder (born 1944), American divorce lawyer and writer
Raoul Fernandes, Canadian poet
Raoul de Ferrières, Norman nobleman and poet
Raoul Auger Feuillet (c. 1660–1710), French dance notator, publisher and choreographer
Raoul of France (c. 890–936), King of West Francia
Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874–1943), Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist and philosopher
Raoul Franklin (1935–2021), British physicist
Raoul Fristeau (1888–1964), French fencer
Raoul Garrard (1897–1977), New Zealand cricketer
Raoul de Gaucourt (c. 1370–1461), French soldier and statesman
Raoul Gehringer (1971–2018), Austrian choir director and composer
Raoul Girardet (1917–2013), French historian
Raoul Giraudo (1932–1995), French footballer
Raoul Glaber (985–1047), Benedictine chronicler
Raoul de Godewaersvelde (1928–1977), French singer
Raoul Got (1900–1955), French rugby union player
Raoul Gradis (1861–1943), French painter, composer and shipowner
Raoul Grassilli (1924–2010), Italian actor
Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1941), French inventor, engineer, and cinema pioneer
Raoul Gueguen (born 1947), French modern pentathlete
Raoul de Guînes (c. 992–1036), French nobleman
Raoul Gunsbourg (1860–1955), Romanian opera director and composer
Raoul Hafner (1905–1980), Austrian-born British helicopter pioneer and engineer
Raoul Hausmann (1886–1971), Austrian artist and writer
Raoul Hedebouw (born 1977), Belgian politician
Raoul Heertje (born 1963), Dutch stand-up comedian
Raoul Heide (1888–1978), Norwegian fencer
Raoul Heilbronner (died 1941), German art dealer
Raoul Henar (born 1972), Dutch footballer
Raoul Henkart (1907–1955), Belgian fencer
Raoul Hoffman, Hungarian-American aerospace engineer
Raoul de Houdenc (c. 1165–c. 1230), French author
Raoul Hunter (1926–2018), Canadian sculptor and caricaturist
Raoul Hurtubise (1882–1955), Canadian politician
Raoul Hyman (born 1996), South African racing driver
Raoul Hynckes (1893–1973), Dutch painter
Raoul Jarry (1885–1930), Canadian politician
Raoul Jobin (1906–1974), Canadian operatic tenor
Raoul Josset (1892–1957), French-born American sculptor
Raoul Kenne (born 1994), Cameroonian footballer
Raoul Koczalski (1884–1948), Polish pianist and composer
Raoul Kopelman (1933–2023), American chemist and nanotechnologist
Raoul Korner (born 1974), Austrian basketball coach
Raoul Korty (1889–1944), Austrian-Jewish journalist and photography collector
Raoul Kouakou (born 1980), Ivorian former footballer
Raoul Kraushaar (1908–2001), American composer
Raoul Kurvitz (born 1961), Estonian artist, musician and actor
Raoul Weston La Barre (1911–1996), American anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and drug researcher
Raoul Albert La Roche (1889–1965), Swiss banker and art collector
Raoul Lachenal (1885–1956), French potter
Raoul Lambert (born 1944), Belgian footballer
Raoul Lamourdedieu (1877–1953), French sculptor and medalist
Raoul Larson (born 1984), Namibian rugby union player
Raoul Last (born 2000), Dutch footballer
Raoul Laparra (1876–1943), French composer
Raoul Lefèvre, 15th-century French writer
Raoul Le Mat (1875–1947), American film director and ice hockey coach
Raoul Lesueur (1912–1981), French cyclist
Raoul Lévy (1922–1966), French film producer, writer and director
Raoul Lignon (1894–1973), French modern pentathlete
Raoul Loé (born 1989), Cameroonian-French footballer
Raoul Lufbery (1885–1918), French flying ace in World War I
Raoul I of Lusignan (1160s–1219), French nobleman and Crusader
Raoul II of Lusignan (1200–1246), French nobleman
Raoul Magrin-Vernerey (1892–1964), French general
Raoul Mal (born 2000), Romanian footballer
Raoul Manselli (1917–1984), Italian historian
Raoul Manuel (born 1994), Filipino youth activist and politician
Raoul Marco (1892–1971), French actor
Raoul Martinez (1876–1974), French artist
Raoul of Mérencourt (died 1225), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard (1848–1914), Portuguese engineer
Raoul Meyer (1892–1970), French businessman and Resistance fighter
Raoul Middleman (1935–2021), American painter
Raoul Millais (1901–1999), English painter and sportsman
Raoul Moat (1973–2010), English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
Raoul Mollet (1912–2002), Belgian modern pentathlete
Raoul Moretti (1893–1954), French film score composer
Raoul Mulder, Australian ornithologist and evolutionary ecologist
Raoul Naroll (1920–1985), Canadian-American anthropologist
Raoul Nehme (born 1956), Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade
Raoul II de Nesle (died 1160), French nobleman
Raoul III de Nesle (died 1235), French nobleman
Raoul de Neuville (died 1221), French cardinal, bishop, and diplomat
Raoul Ngadrira (born 1989), Belgian footballer
Raoul Nordling (1882–1962), Swedish-French businessman and diplomat
Raoul Owens (born 1994), British racing driver
Raoul Palmer (1904–1985), French gynecologist
Raoul Palmgren (1912–1995), Finnish writer
Raoul Pantin (1943–2015), Trinidad and Tobago journalist, editor, poet and playwright
Raoul Paoli (1887–1960), French athlete and actor
Raoul Peeters (born 1947), Belgian football manager
Raoul Peck (born 1953), Haitian filmmaker
Raoul Péret (1870–1942), French lawyer and politician
Raoul Petouille (1894–1978), French racing cyclist
Raoul Petretta (born 1997), German/Italian footballer
Raoul-Pierre Pictet (1846–1929), Swiss physicist
Raoul Pleskow (1930–2022), Austrian-born American composer
Raoul Ploquin (1900–1992), French film producer, production manager and screenwriter
Raoul Plus (1882–1958), French Jesuit priest and author
Raoul Poliakin (1917–1981), Egyptian-American orchestral arranger and conductor
Raoul Ponchon (1848–1937), French poet
Raoul Poulin (1900–1975), Canadian politician
Raoul Prandi (born 1969), French handball player
Raoul Pugno (1852–1914), French composer, teacher, organist and pianist
Raoul Rémy (1919–2002), French cyclist
Raoul Retzer (1919–1974), Austrian actor
Raoul Rigault (1846–1871), French journalist and revolutionary
Raoul A. Robinson (1928–2014), British-Canadian botanist
Raoul Rodriguez (born 1963), American rower
Raoul Ronsmans (born 1950), Belgian field hockey player
Raoul Roussel (1389–1452), French churchman and Archbishop of Rouen
Raoul de Saint-Omer (died 1220), Prince of Galilee
Raoul Salan (1899–1984), French Army general
Raoul Sarrazin (1938–2020), Canadian boxer
Raoul Savoy (born 1973), Spanish-Swiss football coach
Raoul Schrott (born 1964), Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality
Raoul Serres (1881–1971), French illustrator and printmaker
Raoul Servais (1928–2023), Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist
Raoul Shungu (born 1958), Congolese football manager
Raoul Sinier, French graphic designer and musician
Raoul de Soissons (c. 1210–1270), French nobleman and Crusader
Raoul Șorban (1912–2006), Romanian writer and artist
Raoul II Sores (died 1282), French Marshal and Crusader
Raoul Stojsavljevic (1887–1930), Austro-Hungarian World War I flying ace
Raoul Suhaimi (born 2005), Singaporean footballer
Raoul Taisson, 10th-century Norman warrior
Raoul Thiercelin (1898–1988), French rugby union player
Raoul Toché (1850–1895), French playwright and journalist
Raoul II of Tosny (1027–1102), Norman nobleman
Raoul III of Tosny (1079–1126), Norman nobleman
Raoul Tranchirer, pseudonym of German writer, poet, and artist Ror Wolf (1932–2020)
Raoul Trujillo (born 1955), American actor, dancer, choreographer and theater director
Raoul of Turenne or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840–866
Raoul Ubac (1910–1985), French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver
Raoul Üksvärav (1928–2016), Estonian economist and politician
Raoul III of Valois (died 1038), French count
Raoul IV of Valois (c. 1025–1074), French count
Raoul Van Caenegem (1927–2018), Belgian legal historian
Raoul Van Overstraeten (1885–1977), Belgian general
Raoul Vaneigem (born 1934), Belgian writer
Raoul de Varneville (died 1191), Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Lisieux
Raoul Vazquez (born 1997), Spanish singer-songwriter and musician
Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) or Saint Raoul
Raoul Verlet (1857–1923), French sculptor and art professor
Raoul I of Vermandois (died 1152), French count
Raoul Villain (1885–1936), French nationalist and assassin of Jean Jaurès
Raoul Gregory Vitale (1928–2003), Syrian musicologist
Raoul Voss (born 1983), German football coach
Raoul Wallenberg (1912–disappeared 1945), Swedish humanitarian
Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), American film director
Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist
Raoul Weckbecker (1898–1978), Luxembourgian bobsledder and skier
Raoul Weil (born 1959), Swiss banker
Raoul Weiler (1938–2019), Belgian engineer
Raoul White (born 1972), Dutch politician
Raoul Whitfield (1896–1945), American fiction writer
Raoul, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Surname

Raoul (Byzantine family), Byzantine aristocratic family of Norman descent
- Alexios Raoul (died c. 1258), Byzantine general
- John Raoul Petraliphas (died c. 1274), Byzantine noble and military commander
- Manuel Raoul, Byzantine official
- Manuel Komnenos Raoul, Byzantine aristocrat and official, son of Alexios Raoul
- Theodora Raoulaina (c. 1240–1300), Byzantine noblewoman, nun and scholar
Alfred Raoul (1938–1999), President of the Republic of the Congo
Dale Raoul (born 1955), American actress
Daniel Raoul (born 1941), French politician
Émilienne Raoul (born 1945), Congolese politician, wife of Alfred Raoul
Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852), French naval surgeon and naturalist
Fanny Raoul (1771–1833), French feminist writer, journalist, philosopher and essayist; sister of Jean-Marie Raoul
Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837), French lawyer, musician
Kwame Raoul (born 1964), American politician and 42nd Attorney General of Illinois
Max Raoul (c.1770–1839), French playwright
Ménaïc Raoul, Canadian film and commercial producer

Fictional characters

Bushman (character) (full name Raoul Bushman), a Marvel Comics character
Raoul de Cambrai, title character of a French epic poem
Raoul CaRoule from the 2011 animated film Cars 2
Viscount Raoul de Chagny, character in The Phantom of the Opera
Raoul Courvosier, character in the Honorverse
Raoul Diop, son of protagonist Assane Diop in the Netflix French TV series Lupin
Raoul Duke, a recurring character and author surrogate of writer Hunter S. Thompson
Raoul of Goldenlake, a character in the works of Tamora Pierce
Raoul Robideux, one of the main characters of the French–Canadian web series Tetes a Claques
Raoul Silva, the main antagonist in the 2012 film Skyfall, played by Javier Bardem
Raoul, one of the main characters of the 2010 animation A Monster in Paris

Places

Raoul, Georgia, United States
Raoul Island in the Pacific Ocean
Cape Raoul, Tasmania

Other

All pages with titles containing Raoul
Raoul and the Kings of Spain, a 1995 studio album by British group Tears for Fears
- "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (song), the title track from the album
Super Raoul, an LP by Fishtank Ensemble
"Raoul" (song), a 2006 single by indie band The Automatic
- Raoul (EP), an EP by The Automatic
Eating Raoul, 1982 American black comedy film
- Eating Raoul (musical), a 1992 musical
An Evening with Raoul, Philippine variety/talk show hosted by Raoul Imbach

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See also