Rudolph (name)
| Rudolph | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German |
| Meaning | Famous wolf |
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Rudolph or Rudolf (French: Rodolphe, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from 2 stems. One being "Rod" or "Hrōð", meaning "fame", and "olf" meaning "wolf" (see also Hroðulf; cf. Adolf)
In other languages
- Armenian: Ռուդոլֆ (Rudolf)
- Catalan: Rodolf
- Croatian: Rudolf
- Czech: Rudolf
- Danish: Rudolf
- Dutch: Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud
- English: Rudolf, Rudolph
- French: Rodolphe
- Georgian: რუდოლფ (Rudolp)
- German: Rudolf
- Greek: Ροδόλφος (Rodólfos, Rodolphos)
- Hebrew רודולף (Rudolf)
- Hungarian: Rudolf
- Italian: Rodolfo
- Latin: Rudolphus
- Latvian: Rūdolfs
- Norwegian: Rudolf
- Polish: Rudolf
- Portuguese: Rodolfo
- Russian: Рудольф (Rudolf)
- Serbian: Рудолф (Rudolf)
- Slovak: Rudolf
- Slovene: Rudolf
- Spanish: Rodolfo
- Swedish: Rudolf
Surname
Athletes
- Ernie Rudolph (1909–2003), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gergely Rudolf (born 1985), Hungarian soccer player
- Jacques Rudolph (born 1981), South African cricketer who plays for Surrey CCC
- Nils Rudolph (born 1965), German freestyle swimmer
- Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American Olympic athlete
In film and television
- Alan Rudolph (born 1943), film director and screenwriter
- Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress and comedienne
- William Rudolph (died 1975), American film technician
In science and technology
- Arthur Rudolph (1906–1996), rocket scientist who helped develop the V-2 and the Saturn V, Operation Paperclip
In music
- Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), composer
- Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902–1995), German conductor who spent most of his career in the United States
- Kevin Rudolf (born 1983), American musician, singer-songwriter and music producer.
Other
- Eric Rudolph (born 1966), serial murderer and terrorist
- Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), founder of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc
Given name
Royalty
- Rudolf I of Germany (1218-1291)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612)
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–1889), son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died at Mayerling)
- Rudolph I of Bohemia (1281–1307)
- Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270–1290)
- Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365)
Religious figures
- Rudolf of Fulda, 9th century monk, writer and theologian
- Radulphe, 12th century monk
- Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788–1831), Archbishop of Olomouc and member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Dancers
- Rudolf Laban (1879–1958)
- Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993)
In film and television
- Rudolph Valentino (born 1895), legendary silent film actor
- Rudolph Walker (born 1939), British actor
- Rudy Wurlitzer (born 1937), American novelist and screenwriter.
- Rudolf Hrušínský (born 1920), Czech actor
In science and technology
- Ralph H. Baer (Rudolf Heinrich Baer) (1922–2014), German-American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer.
- Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the diesel engine
- Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923), Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist
- Rudolf Wolf (1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914) German American immigrant, who was founder of The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
- Rudolph Boysen (1895–1950), creator of the boysenberry
- Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Germanist and Philologian
In music
- Sir Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario
- Rudolf Friml (1879–1972), composer of operettas, musicals, songs and piano pieces, and a pianist
- Rodolfo "Fito" Páez (born 1963), Argentine singer-songwriter
- Rudolph Isley (born 1939), American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.
- Rudolf Schenker (born 1948), German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions.
Politic figures
- Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born 1944), American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
- Rudolf Abel, the alias of Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903-1971), a Russian spy
- Rudolph Arvid Peterson (1904-2003), former president and CEO of Bank of America.
Other
- Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
- Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Deputy Führer in Nazi Germany
- Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp
- Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), Austrian-Jewish chess player
- Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), Slovak-Canadian professor of pharmacology and Jewish escapee of the Auschwitz concentration camp
- Rudolph Berthold (1891–1920), German World War I air ace
- Rudolph Straeuli (born 1963), South African rugby player and coach
- Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), former mayor of New York City
- Charles Rudolph Walgreen (1873-1939), American businessman who founded Walgreens.