Raphael is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
derived from the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
''rāp̄ā'ēl'' (רָפָאֵל) meaning "God has healed".
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
is one of the
archangel
Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the Catholic hierarchy of angels, based on and put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book ''De Coelesti Hierarchia'' (''On the Celestial Hierarchy'') ...
s according to
Abrahamic
The term Abrahamic religions is used to group together monotheistic religions revering the Biblical figure Abraham, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them wit ...
tradition. The angel Raphael appears in the
Book of Tobit
The Book of Tobit (), also known as the Book of Tobias, is a deuterocanonical pre-Christian work from the 3rd or early 2nd century BC which describes how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the pre-covenant community (i.e., ...
, considered
deuterocanonical
The deuterocanonical books, meaning 'of, pertaining to, or constituting a second Biblical canon, canon', collectively known as the Deuterocanon (DC), are certain books and passages considered to be Biblical canon, canonical books of the Old ...
by the
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
and
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...
churches and
apocryphal
Apocrypha () are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture, some of which might be of doubtful authorship or authenticity. In Christianity, the word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to ...
by
Protestant
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
s. Popularized in
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's extent varies depending on context.
The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the Western half of the ancient Mediterranean ...
, the name can be spelled Raphael, Raphaël, Rafael, Raffael, Raffaello, Raffiel, Refoel, Raffaele, or Refael depending on the language.
The name is attested as far back as c. 1350 BC, appearing in a letter of Pabi, Prince of
Lachish
Lachish (; ; ) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Canaan on the south bank of the Lakhish River mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. The current '' tell'' by that name, kn ...
in center Israel, to Pharaoh
Akhenaton
Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Akhenaton or Echnaton ( ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Before the ...
("Now have I sent you Rapha-el.").
Usage of the name in the
Anglosphere
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has been primarily among
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
s. English
Puritan
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s considered it sacrireligious to name a child for an angel. United States census records show that men with the name Rafael or Raphael lived primarily in
Spanish-speaking or
French -speaking areas. The name has increased in use in the late 20th and early 21st centuries due to cultural influences such as
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
, a character from the ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...
''.
Translations
* Amharic: ሩፋኤል (Rufael)
* Arabic: رفائيل (Rāfāʿīl)
* Armenian: Ռաֆայել (Ṙafayel)
* Azerbaijani: Rafael
* Belarusian: Рафаэль (Rafaeĺ)
* Bengali: রাফায়েল (Rāphāẏēl)
* Catalan: Rafel
* Cebuano: Rapáel
* Chamorro: Rafet
* Chinese Simplified: 拉斐尔 (Lā fěi ěr)
* Chinese Traditional: 拉斐爾 (Lā fěi ěr)
* Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲫⲁⲏⲗ (Rapha’êl)
* Czech: Rafael
* Esperanto: Rafaelo
* Finnish: Rafael
* French: Raphaël
* German: Raphael
* Greek: Ραφαήλ (Rafaī́l)
* Gujarati: રાફેલ (Rāphēla)
* Hebrew: רפאל (Rafa'el)
* Hindi: रफएल (Rapha'ēla)
* Indonesian: Rafael
* Italian: Raffaello, Raffaele
* Japanese: ラファエル (Rafaeru)
* Kannada: ರಾಫೆಲ್ (Rāphel)
* Korean: 라파엘 (Lapael)
* Latin: Raphael, Rafelu
* Lithuanian:
Rapolas
* Macedonian: Рафаел (Rafael)
* Maltese: Rafel
* Montenegrin: Rafailo (Рафаило), Rafail (Рафаил)
* Malayalam: റപ്പായേൽ (Rāppāēl)
* Mongolian: Рафаэль (Rafaeli)
* Nepali: रफाएल (Raphā'ēla)
* Old Norse: Raife, also nickname
''Raðulfr
''
* Norwegian: Rafael
* Persian: رافائل (Rāfāel)
* Polish:
Rafał
Rafał () is a Polish masculine given name. It is the Polish form of the name Raphael.
Notable people with the name A-J
* Rafał Adamczyk (born 1974), Polish politician
* Rafał Ambrozik (born 1979), Polish politician
* Rafał Andraszak (bor ...
* Portuguese: Rafael
* Punjabi: ਰਾਫਾਈਲ (Rāphā'īla)
* Romanian: Rafael
* Russian: Рафаил (Rafail)
* Serbian: Рафаило (Rafailo)
* Slovenian: Rafael
* Spanish: Rafael (Rafa'el)
* Tagalog: Rafael, also nickname "Paeng"
* Tamil: ரபேல் (Rapēl)
* Telugu: రాఫెల్ (Rāphel)
* Thai: ราฟาเอล (Rā fā xel)
* Ukrainian: Рафаїл (Rafaīl)
* Urdu: رافائيل (Rāfāʿēl)
Raphael
*
Raphael (archangel)
Raphael ( , ; "God has healed") is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE. In later Jewish tradition, he became identified as one of the three heavenly ...
, an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, after whom all or most other uses are named
Mononym
*
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
, or Raffaello Sanzio (1483–1520), Italian master painter and architect in the High Renaissance
*
Raphael (singer)
Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez (born 5 May 1943), often simply referred to as Raphael, is a Spanish singer and actor. Raphael is recognized as one of the most successful Spanish singers worldwide, having sold more than 70 million records in se ...
(born 1943), Spanish singer
*
Raphael (musician) (born 1948), American musician
*
Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), a saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition
*Raphael of Lesbos (died 1463), Eastern Orthodox saint, see
Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesbos
Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos () are venerated as saints and neomartyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. According to a 20th-century legend, they lived on the island of Lesbos in the 15th century and were killed by Turkish raiders in Apri ...
*
Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople, Patriarch from 1475 to 1476
*
Patriarch Raphael II of Constantinople, Patriarch from 1603 to 1607
*pseudonym of
Robert Cross Smith (1795–1832)
Birth
*
Raphael Abramovitch
Raphael Abramovitch Rein (Рафаил Абрамович Рейн; 21 July 1880 – 11 April 1963), best known as Raphael Abramovitch, was a Russian socialist, a member of the General Jewish Labour Union, General Jewish Workers' Union in Lithuani ...
(1880–1963), Russian bundist and communist politician
*
Raphael Almeida-Knüttgen (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
*
Raphael Sylvanus Amegashie (1927–2013), Ghanaian entrepreneur, accountant, and politician
*
Raphael Benjamin (1846–1906), British-born Australian and American rabbi
*
Rafael Bermúdez (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer
*
Raphael I Bidawid (1922–2003), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003
*
Raphael Bob-Waksberg (born 1984), American comedian, writer and creator of
BoJack Horseman
''BoJack Horseman'' is an American adult animation, adult animated tragicomedy television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. Set primarily in ...
*
Raphael Botti (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
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Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal (1733–1777), itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher
*
Raphael Chukwu (born 1975), Nigerian football (soccer) player
*
Raphael Davis (born 1976), American mixed martial artist
*
Raphael Dwamena (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
*
Raphael Girard (1898-1982), Anthropologist and writer
*
Raphael Gray (born 1981), British computer hacker
*
Raphael Gualazzi
Raffaele Gualazzi (born 11 November 1981), better known as Raphael Gualazzi (), is an Italian singer and pianist. He was born in Urbino.
Biography ''Love Outside the Window''
On 16 September 2005, Gualazzi released his first studio album, titled ...
(born 1981), Italian singer and pianist
*
Raphael Holinshed
Raphael Holinshed (; before 24 April 1582) was an English chronicler, who was most famous for his work on ''The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande'', commonly known as ''Holinshed's Chronicles''. It was the "first complete printed h ...
(1529–1580), English chronicler
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Raphael Holzdeppe (born 1989), German pole vaulter
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Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907), Polish saint in the Discalced Carmelite Order
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Raphael Koster (born 1971), American game designer
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Raphael Lasker (1838–1904), German-American rabbi
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Raphael Lemkin
Raphael Lemkin (; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish lawyer who is known for coining the term "genocide" and for campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention, which legally defines the act. Following the German invasion of Poland ...
, Holocaust survivor
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Raphael Martelli (1811–1880), first Catholic priest in Toodyay, Western Australia
*
Raphael Matos (born 1981), Brazilian racing driver
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Rafael "Rafi" Menco (born 1994), Israeli basketball player for
Hapoel Holon
Hapoel Holon Basketball Club (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The ...
in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
*
Raphael Ohin (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
*
Raphael M. Quaye (born 1975), Liberian basketball player
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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (; born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to prominence as a vocalist and bassist for the R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné!, which he formed with h ...
(born 1966), American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
*
Raphael Schäfer (born 1979), German footballer
*
Raphael Semmes (1809–1877), officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865
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Raphael Warnock
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock ( ; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptists, Baptist pastor serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, ...
(born 1969), American pastor and U.S. Senator from Georgia
Fictional characters
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Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
, one of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
*
Raphael Kirsten, a fictional character in the video game ''
Fire Emblem: Three Houses''
*
Raphael Sorel, a fictional character in ''
Soulcalibur
is a fighting game franchise developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
There are a total of seven main installments and various media spin-offs, including music albums and a series of manga books in the ...
'' series of video games
Raphaël
Raphaël is a
French masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
.
*
Raphaël Alibert (1887–1963), French politician
*
Raphaël Astier (born 1976), French modern pentathlete
*
Raphaël Bretton
Raphaël Bretton (7 February 1920 – 20 February 2011) was a French set decorator. He won an Oscar and was nominated for three more in the category Best Art Direction.
Biography
He was born Raphaël Gaston Beugnon in Paris, France. Durin ...
(1920–2011), French set decorator
*
Raphaël Chaume, French rugby union player
*
Raphaël Domjan, Swiss explorer
*
Raphaël Enthoven, French philosopher
*
Raphaël Garcia (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
*
Raphaël Géminiani (1925–2024), French road bicycle racer
*
Raphaël Haroche (born 1975), French singer, known by the mononym Raphaël
*
Rafael Pérez Hernández (1905–1972), Mexican criminal
*
Raphaël Ibañez (born 1973), French rugby union footballer
*
Raphaël Jacquelin (born 1974), French professional golfer
*
Raphaël Lakafia(born 1988), French rugby union player
*
Raphaël Lévy, trading card game player
*
Raphaël Martinetti, Swiss businessman and President of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles
*
Raphaël Nadé (born 1980), Ivory Coast / French football (soccer) player
*
Raphaël Nadjari (born 1971), French-Israeli writer and film and television director
*
Raphaël Piolanti (born 1967), French hammer thrower
*
Raphaël Poirée (born 1974), French biathlete
*
Raphaël Poulain (born 1980), French rugby union player
*
Raphaël Pujazon (1918–2000), French athlete and Olympian
*
Raphaël Rouquier (born 1969), French mathematician
*
Raphaël Salem (1898–1963), Greek-Sephardic mathematician
*
Raphaël Schellenberger (born 1990), French politician
*
Raphaël Varane
Raphaël Xavier Varane (; born 25 April 1993) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back.
Varane played for French club RC Lens, Lens at youth level and, ahead of the 2010–11 in French footba ...
(born 1993), French football (soccer) player
*
Raphaël Wicky
Raphaël Wicky (born 26 April 1977) is a Swiss football coach and a former defender. He was most recently the manager of Swiss Super League club Young Boys, whom he led to a domestic double. He was a defensive midfielder who could also play i ...
(born 1977), Swiss football (soccer) player
Rafael
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Rafael Caro Quintero
Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero (born October 24, 1952) is a Mexican former drug lord who co-founded the now-disintegrated Guadalajara Cartel with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers in the late 1970s. He is the brother of fellow ...
, Mexican drug lord
*
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (; born 6 April 1963) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Corr ...
, president of Ecuador
*Rafael Edward Cruz, given name of U.S. politician
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 ...
*
Rafael Eitan
Rafael "Raful" Eitan (; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister.
Early life
Rafael Eitan was ...
, Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and politician
*
Rafael Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until Rafael Trujillo#Assassination, ...
, former Dominican president
Arts
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Rafael Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, academician
*
Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
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Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and songwriter
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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (born Rafael Frühbeck; 15 September 1933 – 11 June 2014) was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military serv ...
(1933–2014), Spanish conductor and composer
*
Rafael Kayanan, Filipino - American artist
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Raffaello da Urbino (1483–1520), known as Raphael, Italian painter
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Rafael Spósito Balzarini (1952–2009), Uruguayan anarchist, sociologist, and journalist
Television
*
Rafael Araneda, Chilean television personality
*
Rafael L. Silva, Brazilian-American actor
Sports
*
Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
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Rafael Alkorta, Spanish former footballer
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Rafael Álvarez (baseball) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
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Rafael Álvarez (diver) (born 1971), Spanish diver
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Rafael Alves (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
*
Rafael Andriato, Brazilian road cyclist
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Rafael dos Anjos
Rafael Souza dos Anjos (; born 26 October 1984), also known by his initials RDA, is a Brazilian and American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Champion ...
, Brazilian mixed martial artist
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Rafael Araujo-Lopes, American gridiron football player
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Rafael Arevalo, Salvadoran tennis player
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Rafael Baca, Mexican footballer
*
Rafael Barbosa (footballer, born 1996), Portuguese footballer
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Rafael Benítez
Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He was most recently the manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo.
Beníte ...
, Spanish football manager
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Rafael Bianchi, Uruguayan footballer
*
Rafael Câmara
Rafael Chaves Câmara (; born 5 May 2005) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident Racing, Trident.
Câmara is the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship, 2024 Formula Regional European champ ...
, Brazilian racing driver
*
Rafael Carbonell
Rafael Carbonell Carrion (born November 25, 1943, in Oriente Province, Oriente, Ciudad de la Habana) is a retired Boxing, boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964.
Carbonell won t ...
, Cuban flyweight boxer
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Rafael Carvalho, Brazilian mixed martial artist
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Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
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Rafael Cerro (born 1997), Colombian weightlifter
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Rafael Cerro (born 1993), Spanish bullfighter
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Rafael Cordeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist and coach
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Rafael Daniel, Brazilian racing driver
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Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
*Rafaël Dias, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael Dolis, Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper
*Rafael Duk, Mexican gridiron football player and coach
*Rafael Farfán, Peruvian footballer
*Rafael Figarola, Cuban baseball player
*Rafael Figueroa, Mexican footballer
*Rafael Fiziev, Azerbaijani mixed martial artist
*Rafael Floro, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Gordillo, Spanish footballer
*Rafael Guarderas, Peruvian footballer
*Rafael Guerrero, Mexican footballer
*Rafael Guzmán, Mexican boxer
*Rafael Haller, Uruguayan footballer
*Rafael Hechanova, Filipino basketball player
*Rafael Herrera, Mexican boxer
*Rafael Iglesias (boxer), Argentine boxer
*Rafael Kazior, German footballer
*Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael Lopes, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael López (handballer), Spanish handballer
*Rafael Lovera, Paraguayan boxer
*Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
*Rafael Medina, Mexican footballer
*Rafael Mea Vitali, Venezuelan football defender
*Rafael Montalvo, Puerto Rican baseball player
*Rafael Montero (baseball), Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Montero (cyclist), Chilean cylist
*Rafael Monti, Argentine footballer
*Rafael Montiel, Colombian road cyclist
*Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
*Rafael Natal, Brazilian mixed martial artists
*Rafael Nepomuceno, Filipino bowler
*Rafael Oramas, Spanish footballer
*Rafael Ortega (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player
*Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball player
*Rafael Pascual, Spanish volleyball player
*Rafael Pérez (baseball), Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Ramos (boxer), Rafael Ramos, Puerto Rican boxer
*Rafael Ramos (footballer), Rafael Ramos, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael Rebello, Brazilian mixed martial artist
*Rafael Robayo, Colombian footballer
*Rafael Romero, Venezuelan track and field athlete
*Rafael Ruelas, Mexican boxer
*Rafael Santana, Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer
*Rafael Silva (cyclist), Portuguese cyclist
*Rafael Silva (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
*Rafael Silva (judoka), Brazilian judoka
*Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
*Rafael Struick, Indonesian footballer
*Rafael Suzuki, Brazilian racing driver
*Rafael Uiterloo, Dutch footballer
*Rafael Urazbakhtin, Kazakhstani footballer
*Rafael Usín Guisado, Spanish futsal player
*Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
*Rafael Veloso, Portuguese footballer
*Rafael Villagómez, Mexican racing driver
*Rafael Wellington, Spanish footballer
*Rafael Ynoa, Dominican baseball player
*Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
*Rafael Zuviría, Argentine footballer
Brazilian footballers
*Rafael (footballer, born 1990), a Brazilian football player who played for Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
*Rafael Cabral Barbosa (1990), currently playing for Napoli
*Rafael Godoi Pereira (1985), currently playing for FK Laktaši
*Rafael Pires Vieira (1978), currently playing for Mikkelin Kissat
*Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980), retired former footballer
*Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990), currently playing for Lyon
*Rafael Schmitz (1980), currently playing for Valenciennes
*Rafael Silva Nascimento (1984), currently playing for Vasco
*Rafael Sóbis (1985), currently playing for Internacional
*Rafael Vágner Dias Silva (1983), currently playing for Náutico
Saints
*Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Spanish saint
*Rafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint
Fictional characters
* Rafael Barba, (Raúl Esparza) appearing on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''
* Rafael Cuevas, the main protagonist appeared in Benjamin Pascual's novel ''Lalaki sa Dilim'' (lit. A Man In The Dark)
* List of Jane the Virgin characters#Rafael Solano, Rafael Solano, (Justin Baldoni), a principal character on Jane the Virgin
* Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio (2011 film), ''Rio'', played by George Lopez
*List of Generator Rex characters#Rafael Salazar, Dr. Rafael Salazar, the late Argentina, Argentinian father of the titular character of the 2010-2013 Cartoon Network show ''Generator Rex''.
Raphiael
*Raphiael Putney (born 1990), American basketball player for Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League
See also
*Raphael (surname)
*Raphael (disambiguation)
*Rafael (disambiguation)
*Saint Raphael (disambiguation)
References
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