Raoul

Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph, and is also a surname.

Given names

Raoul Berger, American legal scholar
Raoul Bova, Italian actor
Radulphus Brito (Raoul le Breton, died 1320), grammarian
See Lament for the Makaris for Roull of Corstorphin and Roull of Aberdene; fifteenth century poets
Raoul de Godewaersvelde, French singer
Raoul Duke, alter ego of Hunter Thompson
Rudolph, Duke of Burgundy; also known as Raoul, Duke of Burgundy (and later king of the Franks), son of Richard of Autun
Raoul Heertje, Dutch stand-up comedian
Raoul Moat, English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
Raoul of Turenne or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840-866. Called Father of the fatherland
Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) or Saint Raoul
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian
Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), film director

Raoul Duke, a recurring character and author surrogate of writer Hunter S. Thompson
Viscount Raoul de Chagny, character in The Phantom of the Opera
Raoul (song), the second single by indie band The Automatic
Raoul (EP), an EP by The Automatic
Bushman (comics) (Raoul Bushman), a Marvel Comics character
Raoul, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Raoul Silva, the main antagonist in film Skyfall, played by Javier Bardem

Raoul (Byzantine family), Byzantine aristocratic family of Norman descent
- Alexios Raoul, Byzantine general
- Theodora Raoulaina (c. 1240–1300), Byzantine noblewoman, nun and scholar
Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852), French naval surgeon and naturalist