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

See also

• Raul, a cognate of this name
• Raoul-Duval, a French surname