Raffles (disambiguation)

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Sir Stamford Raffles was a British statesman and founder of Singapore.

Raffles may also refer to:

• the plural of raffle, a game of chance involving buying numbered tickets
• Raffles City shopping mall in Singapore
• Raffles College of Design and Commerce, a private education provider in Sydney, Australia
• Raffles Girls' Primary School, an all-girls primary school in Singapore
• Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), an all-girls secondary school in Singapore.
• Raffles Institution, an all-boys secondary school in Singapore
• Raffles Junior College, a junior college located in Singapore
• The Raffles Hotel in Singapore, named after Thomas Stamford Raffles
  • Raffles Hotel, a book by Ryu Murakami that takes place in the Raffles Hotel
• Raffles International, a chain of hotels, owner of The Raffles Hotel
• A. J. Raffles, a fictional character in series of books by E. W. Hornung
  • Raffles (1930 film), an adaptation starring Ronald Colman
  • Raffles (1939 film), another adaptation, featuring David Niven
• Raffles (Lord Lister), a fictional pulp hero
• Raffles, Gentleman Thug, a fictional character in Viz
• Raffles (cigarette), an economy cigarette brand made by Philip Morris
• Raffles (play), a play starring Edmund Milton Holland (New York, 1903 to 1906)
• Raffles (horse), a famous Arabian horse stallion
• National University of Singapore which used to be called Raffles College