Modern
Modern may refer to:
History
* Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
Phil ...
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
origin, popularized by the biblical figure
Rachel
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her a ...
, the wife of
Israelite
The Israelites (; , , ) were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.
The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele o ...
patriarch
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ...
.
Ashkenazi Jew
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
Rokhlin
Rokhlin is a Slavic language-influenced Jewish surname of matronymic derivation. It literally means "Rokhl's", where "Rokhl" is a transcription of ''Rochl'', a Yiddish form of the name Rachel. Variants include Rohlin, Rochlin and (via French) Ro ...
(variants: Rochlin, Rohlin),
Raskin Raskin (and the feminine variant Raskina) is a surname of Yiddish origin, a matronymic from "Raske", nickname for Rachel.
Notable people with this name include:
In arts and entertainment
* Allison Raskin (born 1989), American writer and content cr ...
,
Raskine
The Rankine scale () is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.
History
Similar to the Kelvin scale, which was first proposed in 18 ...
Rashkind
William J. Rashkind (February 12, 1922 - July 6, 1986) was an American cardiologist. Rashkind worked at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is best known for his contributions to the treatment of congenital heart defects. He introduced the ...
are derived from variants of the name. The Jewish version of the surname Ruskin is an Americanized form of Raskin.
Sixteenth century
The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 ( MDI) and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 ( MDC) (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).
The 16th century ...
baptismal
Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost inv ...
records from
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
show that Rachel was first used by English
Christians
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
in the mid-1500s, becoming popular during the
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and i ...
along with other names from the
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts o ...
.
Usage
The name has been among the five hundred most commonly used names in recent years for newborn girls in France, Ireland, Israel, United Kingdom and the United States.
Ashkenazi Jew
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
ish Yiddish-language, diminutive
* Recha, a diminutive; an example is Rachel (Recha), the daughter of the protagonist of the 1779 play ''
Nathan the Wise
''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: ', ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsch ...
''.
In various languages
* Rachael, Rachelle, Racquel Lansky, Bruce, 100,000+ Baby Names: The most helpful, complete, & up-to-date name book Da Capo Lifelong Books; Revised edition (July 9, 2019), ISBN 978-0-306-922985
* Rachela (
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
)
* Rachele (
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
)
* Rachelle (
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...
)
* Racquela (
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
,
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
,
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
,
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
,
Indonesian
Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to:
* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesia ...
)
* Rahela (
Hawaiian
Hawaiian may refer to:
* Native Hawaiians, the current term for the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants
* Hawaii state residents, regardless of ancestry (only used outside of Hawaii)
* Hawaiian language
Historic uses
* ...
,
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
,
Croatian
Croatian may refer to:
* Croatia
*Croatian language
*Croatian people
*Croatians (demonym)
See also
*
*
* Croatan (disambiguation)
* Croatia (disambiguation)
* Croatoan (disambiguation)
* Hrvatski (disambiguation)
* Hrvatsko (disambiguation)
* S ...
)
* راحله (Raheleh) (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
)
* Ráichéal (
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
)
* Raahel (
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...
)
* Ραχήλ (Rachíl) (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
)
* Raakel (
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
)
* Rakel (
Scandinavian
A Scandinavian is a resident of Scandinavia or something associated with the region, including:
Culture
* Scandinavianism, political and cultural movement
* Scandinavian design, a design movement of the 1950s
* Scandinavian folklore
* Scandinavi ...
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
)
* రాహేలు Raahélu (
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
)
* Raheli (
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
)
* Rakeli (
Yoruba
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba consti ...
Raquel
Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel (given name), Rachel. Notable people with the name include:
Raquel
*Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler
*Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model
*Raquel ...
(
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
,
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
)
* Rahel/Racha (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva
The wife of Rabbi Akiva ( he, אשת רבי עקיבא) was a late 1st-century CE Jewish resident of Judea who is cited by the Talmud and Aggadah as a paragon of the Jewish wife who encourages her husband to pursue Torah study and is willing to mak ...
(1st century)
*
Rachel
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her a ...
(born 1942), French singer of the 1960s
* Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695), American slave murdered by her owner
*
Rachel Aaron
Rachel Aaron is an American author of fantasy and (under the pen name Rachel Bach) science fiction.
Work
The first book in the Paradox Series, ''Fortune's Pawn'' (2013), is a type of space opera which was called "lots of fun" by '' Kirkus Revie ...
, American author
*
Rachel Aberlin
Rachel Aberlin or ''Rachel ha-Ashkenaziah'' (fl. 1582–1609), was a Jewish mystic. She is described in the '' Sefer ha-Ḥezyonot'' ("The Book of Visions") by Hayyim Vital. She was an influential figure of the early Sabbateanism and a spiritua ...
, 16th-century Jewish mystic
*
Rachel Alejandro
Rachel Jingco Alejandro (born February 18, 1974) is a Filipino singer and actress.
Biography Early life
Alejandro's mother and father separated when she was four. Her mother then remarried and moved to the United States. Together with her fat ...
(born 1974), Filipino singer and actress
*
Rachel Allen
Rachel Allen (née O'Neill) is an Irish celebrity chef, known for her work on television and as a writer. She has often appeared on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
Career as chef and writer
Allen went to the Ballymaloe Cookery School at t ...
(born 1972), Irish celebrity chef
*
Rachel Amanda
Rachel Amanda Aurora or better known as Rachel Amanda (born 1 January 1995) is an Indonesian actress and singer of Javanese descent.
Career
After her debut in the soap opera ''Candy'', Amanda was given parts in other soap operas, such as ''Li ...
(born 1995), Indonesian actress, singer and model
*
Rachel Ames
Rachel Kay Foulger (born November 2, 1929), known professionally as Rachel Ames, is an American film and television actress.
The daughter of actors Byron Foulger and Dorothy Adams, she was raised in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, California. ...
(born 1929), American actress
*
Rachel Anderson
Rachel Anderson (born 1943) is an English journalist and author best known for her children's books. Her work often features the positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilities, and themes of social injustice and alienation. She wa ...
Rachel Ankeny
Rachel Ankeny is a professor of history and philosophy of science at University of Adelaide. In 2020, she was elected as a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) "for her contributions to our understanding of th ...
, professor of history and philosophy of science at University of Adelaide
*
Rachel Antonoff
Rachel Antonoff is an American fashion designer based in New York City. She is known for presenting her designs in creative ways, including in the form of a murder mystery, as a "sock hop," and in a dollhouse. In 2015, director and actress Lena D ...
(born 1981), American fashion designer
* Rachel Attas (1934–2004), Israeli actress and singer
*
Rokhl Auerbakh
Rokhl Auerbakh ( he, רחל אוירבך, also spelled Rokhl Oyerbakh and Rachel Auerbach) (18 December 1903 – 31 May 1976) was an Israeli writer, essayist, historian, Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor. She wrote prolifically in both Pol ...
Rachel Azaria
Rachel Azaria ( he, רחל עזריה, born 21 December 1977), is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu. She previously served as deputy mayor and member of the Jerusalem City Council.
Biography
Rachel Azaria wa ...
(born 1977), Israeli politician
*
Rachel Tzvia Back
Rachel Tzvia Back is an English-language American-Israeli poet, translator and professor of literature.
Biography
Born in Buffalo, New York, Rachel Tzvia Back was raised in the US and Israel. The seventh generation of her family in Israel, Ba ...
, Israeli poet and translator
* Rachel Balkovec (born 1987), American baseball manager
*
Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi ( he, רחל ינאית בן-צבי; 1886 – 16 November 1979) was an Israeli author and educator, and a leading Labor Zionist. Ben-Zvi was the wife of the second President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
Biography
Rachel Yanait ...
(1886–1979), Israeli author and first lady of Israel
*
Rachel Bess
Rachel Bess (born c. 1979) is an American artist working out of Phoenix, Arizona.
Background
She got her BFA in painting from the Honors College at Arizona State University in 2001. She taught life drawing and painting at New School for the Arts ...
, American artist
*
Rachel Bilson
Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a Californian show-business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series ''The O.C.'' Bi ...
Rachel Bloom
Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series '' Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2015� ...
(born 1987), American actress
*
Rachel Bluwstein
Rachel Bluwstein Sela (20 September (Julian calendar) 1890 – 16 April 1931) was a Hebrew-language poet who immigrated to Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1909.
She is known by her first name, Rachel ( he, רחל ), or as Rach ...
(1890–1931), usually referred to simply as "Rachel", Hebrew-language poet from Palestine
*
Rachel Bolan
Rachel Bolan (born February 9, 1964), born James Richard Southworth, is an American musician, best known as the bassist and main songwriter of the metal band Skid Row.
Career
Bolan was born in 1964 to Aida and Hubert Southworth. He grew up in To ...
, born James Southworth in 1966, American bassist of
Skid Row
A skid row or skid road is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people "on the skids". This specifically refers to poor or homeless, considered disreputable, downtrodden or fo ...
*
Rachel Boston
Rachel Elizabeth Boston (born May 9, 1982) is an American actress and producer. Boston has had leading roles in a number of independent films, and was a regular cast member in several television series. She starred in the NBC drama series, ''Amer ...
(born 1982), American actress and producer
*
Rachel Brand
Rachel Lee Brand (born May 1, 1973) is an American lawyer, academic, and former government official. She served as the United States Associate Attorney General from May 22, 2017, until February 20, 2018, when she resigned to take a job as head of ...
(born 1973), American lawyer and government official
*
Rachel Brosnahan
Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She stars as aspiring stand-up comedian Miriam "Midge" Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2017–present), for which she ...
(born 1990), American actress
*
Rachel Brown
Rachel Brown (born 2 July 1980) is an English former football goalkeeper who played for Liverpool from 1995 to 1998 and Everton from 2003 until 2014. A product of the American college system, Brown spent five years playing varsity soccer f ...
(born 1980), English footballer
*
Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (April 27, 1962 – November 1, 2020) who was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels.
Personal life
Conrad grew up in West Texas and gra ...
(1962–2020), American writer
*
Rachel Cameron
Rachel Cameron (27 March 1924—6 March 2011) was an Australian ballet dancer and teacher. She was one of the leading dancers in early Australian ballet in the 1940s, performing with the Borovansky and Kirsova ballet companies, and was one of ...
(1924–2011), American ballet dancer and teacher
*
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Rachel Campos-DuffyCampos-Duffy, Rachel (December 19, 2007)"I'm Expecting My 5th: What To Make Of The Trend In Bigger Families" Parent Dish. (born October 22, 1971) is a conservative American television personality. She first appeared on televisi ...
(born 1971), American television personality
*
Rachel Carns
Rachel Carns (born August 13, 1969) is an American musician, composer, artist and performer living in Olympia, Washington, U.S. Raised in small-town Wisconsin, she went on to study painting and drawing at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Sc ...
(born 1969), American musician and artist
*
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservation movement, conservationist whose influential book ''Silent Spring'' (1962) and other writings are credited with advancing the ...
(1907–1964), American environmentalist, scientist
*
Rachel Chalkowski
Rachel Chalkowski ( he, רחל שלקובסקי; born 1939) is an Israeli midwife and a gemach organizer. Widely known as Bambi, she is a Haredi Jew, and is married to Rabbi Moshe Chalkowski, founding principal of Neve Yerushalayim College for Wo ...
(born 1939), Israeli midwife and
gemach
Gemach ( he, גמ"ח, plural, , ''gemachim'', an abbreviation for , ''gemilut chasadim'', "acts of kindness") is a Jewish free-loan fund that subscribes to both the positive Torah commandment of lending money and the Torah prohibition against cha ...
organiser
*
Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange
Rachel Chiesley (baptised 4 February 1679 – 12 May 1745), usually known as Lady Grange, was the wife of Lord Grange, a Scottish lawyer with Jacobite sympathies. After 25 years of marriage and nine children, the Granges separated ac ...
(1679–1745), Scottish woman kidnapped by her husband
*
Rachel Corrie
Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American activist and diarist. A member of the pro-Palestinian group International Solidarity Movement (ISM), she was crushed to death by an armored bulldozer of the Israe ...
(1973–2003), American political activist
*
Rachel Corsie
Rachel Louise Corsie (born 17 August 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Aston Villa W.F.C in the FA Women’s Super League (WSL). She is also the captain of the Scotland national team.
She previously play ...
(born 1989), Scottish footballer
*
Rachel Cosgrove Payes
Rachel Ruth Cosgrove Payes, also known as E.L. Arch and Joanne Kaye (11 December 1922, Westernport, Maryland – 10 October 1998, Brick Township, New Jersey) was an American genre novelist, and author of books on the Land of Oz.
Biography
Born ...
(1922–1998), American author
*
Rachel Covey
Rachel Covey (born June 15, 1998) is an American actress, playwright, and composer.
She is known for her roles in the 2005 film ''Duane Hopwood'' alongside David Schwimmer and the 2007 Disney movie '' Enchanted'' alongside Patrick Dempsey and A ...
(born 1998), American actress
*
Rachel Crow
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her au ...
(born 1998), American actress and singer
*
Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk (born 8 February 1967) is a British novelist and writer.
Childhood and education
Cusk was born in Saskatoon to British parents in 1967, the second of four children with an older sister and two younger brothers, and spent much of h ...
(born 1967), Canadian-born novelist
*
Rachel Daly
Rachel Ann Daly (born 6 December 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aston Villa in the FA Women's Super League and the England national team. Since 2019 she has played in defence, midfield, and attack. Previously, she pla ...
(born 1991), English footballer
*
Rachel Anne Daquis
Rachel Anne Lopez Daquis (born December 13, 1987) is a Filipino volleyball player. She graduated from the Far Eastern University where she took up Business Management. She was also the team captain of the PLDT HOME TVolution women's team that ...
(born 1987), Filipino volleyball player
*
Rachel David
Rachel David is an Indian actress, who works in Malayalam and Kannada cinema. She is known for her role in ''Love Mocktail 2''.
She debuted in the 2019 Malayalam film ''Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu'' alongside Pranav Mohanlal.
Personal life
...
(born 1996), Indian actress
*
Rachel de Montmorency
Rachel de Montmorency, née Rachel Marion Tancock (15 July 1891 – 15 November 1961), was an English painter and artist working in stained glass. She learned about stained glass when she worked for artist Christopher Whall in the 1910s and 1 ...
(1891–1961), English painter and stained glass artist
*
Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (, November 17, 1910 – November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author, translator and journalist.
Biography
Rachel de Queiroz was born on 17 November 1910 in Fortaleza, capital of the northeastern state of Ceará. During her chi ...
(1910–2003), Brazilian author, translator, and journalist
* Rachel Lilian Alfreda de Silva (1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter
*
Rachel Dolezal
Nkechi Amare Diallo (; born Rachel Anne Dolezal, November 12, 1977) () is an American former college instructor and activist known for identifying as a transracial black woman. In addition to claiming black ancestry, she also claimed Native Ame ...
(born 1977), American former civil rights activist known for falsely claiming to be African American
* Rachel Don (1866–1941), New Zealand preacher and activist
*
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic.
Her breakthrough r ...
(born 1966), American actress
*
Rachel Dror
Rachel Zipora Dror (''née'' Lewin; he, רחל ציפורה דרור; 19 January 1921) is a German Jewish teacher and Holocaust survivor. After returning from Israel to live in Germany (for health reasons) in 1957, and more intensively since her ...
(born 1921), German holocaust survivor
*
Rachel Eckroth
Rachel Eckroth is a Grammy nominated American singer-songwriter and keyboardist from Phoenix, Arizona.Regen, Jo“Talent Scout – Rachel Eckroth” " Keyboard", San Francisco, May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018. She is currently the keyboardi ...
, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
*
Rachel Ehrenfeld Rachel Ehrenfeld is an expert on terrorism and corruption-related topics. These include terror financing, economic warfare, and narcoterrorism. She has lectured on these issues in many countries, and has advised banking communities, law enforcement ...
, American terrorism expert
*
Rachel Elior
Rachel Elior (born 28 December 1949) is an Israeli professor of Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel. Her principal subjects of research has been Hasidism and the history of early Jewish mysticism.
Acade ...
(born 1949), Israeli historian and philosopher
*
Rachel Elkind-Tourre
Rachel Elkind (born February 23, 1939) is an American classical musician, record producer and composer. She produced the work of Wendy Carlos, most notably the bestselling 1968 album '' Switched-On Bach''.
Elkind grew up in San Francisco. She mo ...
(born 1939), American musician and record producer
*
Rachel Elnaugh
Rachel Elnaugh (born 12 December 1964) is a British entrepreneur who founded the UK gift company Red Letter Days. She was one of the investors participating in the first two series of BBC Two's TV show '' Dragons' Den''.
Early life
When she ...
(born 1964), British entrepreneur
* Rachel Entwistle née Souza (1980–2006), American murder victim
*
Rachel Erickson
Rachel Erickson (born January 9, 1999) is a Canadian curler from Maryfield, Saskatchewan. She is currently the lead on Team Chelsea Carey. She was the alternate for the Mackenzie Zacharias rink that won the 2020 World Junior Curling Championshi ...
(born 1999), Canadian curler
*
Rachel Evans
Rachel Claire Evans FLSW is a Welsh chemist based at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She works on photoactive polymer-hybrid materials for solar devices, including organic photovoltaics and stimuli-res ...
, Welsh chemist
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Rachel Held Evans
Rachel Held Evans (née Rachel Grace Held; June 8, 1981 – May 4, 2019) was an American Christian columnist, blogger and author. Her book ''A Year of Biblical Womanhood'' was a ''New York Times'' bestseller in e-book non-fiction, and ''Searchi ...
(1981–2019), American writer
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Rachel Fabri
Rachel Fabri (born 12 September 1985) is an Maltese singer-songwriter, who has been a member of the musical group All Angels since July 2010.
Personal life
Raised in Malta, Fabri trained at the Masquerade Theatre Arts School, also privately und ...
(born 1985), Maltese singer-songwriter
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Rachel Fannan
Rachel Fannan (born March 20, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and poet from Los Angeles, California. She made her musical debut in 2008, with the release of a solo album entitled ''Deeper Lurking'', under the moniker Birds Fled ...
(born 1986), American singer, songwriter, and poet
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Rachel Feinstein (artist)
Rachel Feinstein (born May 25, 1971) is an American artist who specializes in sculpture. She is best known for baroque, fantasy-inspired sculptures like "The Snow Queen", which was drawn from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. There have be ...
(born 1971), American artist
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Rachel Feinstein (comedian)
Rachel Feinstein is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Feinstein was a finalist on Season 7 of ''Last Comic Standing''. Rachel plays a comedian performing as herself in the feature film ''Her Composition''.
Early life
Feinstein grew up in ...
, American actress and stand-up comedian
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Rachel Félix
Elisabeth Félix (21 February 1821 – 3 January 1858), better known only as Mademoiselle Rachel or simply Rachel, was a French actress. She became a prominent figure in French society, and was the mistress of, among others, Napoleon III, Prin ...
(1821–1858), French actress (born Elisabeth Rachel Félix, better known as Mademoiselle Rachel)
* Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942), American poet, novelist and children's fiction writer
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Rachel G. Fox
Rachel Giana Fox (born July 23, 1996) is an American actress best known for playing Kayla Huntington Scavo in the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''.
Career Acting career
Fox has also appeared on '' Alias'', ''That's So Raven'', '' ...
(born 1996), American actress and singer
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Rachel Freier
Rachel "Ruchie" Freier (born April 2, 1965) is an acting New York Supreme Court judge.
In 2016, she campaigned and was elected as a Civil Court judge for the Kings County 5th judicial district in New York State, thereby becoming the first Has ...
(born 1965), American judge
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Rachel Fuller
Rachel Fuller (born 24 July 1973) is a British musician. She is a successful independent pop music artist, a composer, and occasional collaborator with her husband rock musician Pete Townshend.
Early life
Born in Ipswich, England, Fuller la ...
(born 1973), British singer-songwriter
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Rachel Furness
Rachel Furness (born 19 June 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for FA Women's Championship club Liverpool and the Northern Ireland national team. A powerful central midfielder, she featured as a winger or striker earlier in her care ...
(born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
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Rachel Garcia
Rachel Lauren Garcia (born March 30, 1997) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American softball pitcher and current volunteer assistant head coach for San Diego State. She played for the UCLA Bruins and led the Bruins to the 2019 W ...
(born 1997), American softball player
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Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (born 1982) is an American essayist. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2018 for her profile of white supremacist and mass murderer Dylann Roof, as well as a National Magazine Award. She was also a National M ...
(born 1981), American essayist
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Rachel Goswell
Rachel Ann Goswell (born 16 May 1971) is an English singer-songwriter and musician who rose to prominence as vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band Slowdive, which formed in 1989. Goswell, along with Neil Halstead, Ian McCutcheon and form ...
(born 1971), English singer-songwriter
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Rachel Grant
Rachel Louise Grant de Longueuil (born 25 September 1977) is an English actress and TV presenter.
Early life
Grant was born on the island of Luzon in the Philippines to Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil, and Isabel Padua; her family moved t ...
(born 1977), English actress and TV presenter
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Rachel Griffith
Dame Rachel Susan Griffith (born 16 May 1963) is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Griffith was president of t ...
(born 1963), British-American economist
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Rachel Griffiths
Rachel Anne Griffiths (born in 1968) is an Australian actress. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series ''Secrets'' before being cast in a supporting role in the comedy '' Muriel's Wedding'' ...
(born 1968), Australian actress and director
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Lady Rushdie (born 1978) is an American poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist, who is the author of five published collections of poems. In ''Seeing the Body'' (2020), she "pairs poetry with photography, exploring ...
(born 1978), American poet, novelist, and photographer
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Rachel Gurney
Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television a ...
(1920–2001), English actress
* Rachel Hardiman (born 1961), Irish cricketer
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Rachel Harris
Rachel Amanda Harris (born 15 March 1979) is an Australian freestyle and medley swimmer who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in twelfth position in the women's 800-metre fr ...
(born 1979), Australian swimmer
* Rachel M. Harter, American statistician
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Rachel Haugh
Rachel Haugh is an English architect who co-founded SimpsonHaugh and Partners with Ian Simpson in 1987. Her practice operates in Manchester and London. Haugh was shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year Award in 2015.
Rachel Jane Haugh at ...
, English architect
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Rachel Hill
Rachel Morgan Hill (born April 17, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for San Diego Wave FC in the NWSL.
Early life
Hill has two brothers, Zach and Jake, and played indoor soccer with them on a team coached ...
(born 1995), American soccer player
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Rachel Hilson
Rachel Naomi Hilson (born October 30, 1995) is an American actress. She started her career in 2010 with a recurring role on the CBS legal drama ''The Good Wife'' as Nisa Dalmar. She has also had recurring roles on NBC's '' Rise'' and ''This Is Us ...
(born 1995), American actress
* Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American murder victim
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Rachel Hofstetter
Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992), better known as Valkyrae, is an American Internet personality. She has been YouTube's most-watched female streamer since 2020, and appeared on ''Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022. She was named "Gamin ...
(born 1992), American video game streamer
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Rachel Hollis
Rachel Hollis (; born January 9, 1983) is an American author, motivational speaker, and blogger. She is the author of three self-help books, including '' Girl, Wash Your Face'' and '' Girl, Stop Apologizing''. She faced backlash in 2021 after po ...
(born 1983), American author and motivational speaker
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Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...
(born 1989), Canadian curler
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Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Louise Hopkins (born 30 March 1972) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South since 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she has been a Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2021.
Hopki ...
(born 1972), British Labour MP
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Rachel Hopkins (cricketer)
Rachel Hannah Marie Hopkins (born 19 July 1992) is an English cricketer who currently plays for North East Warriors. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler. Sh ...
(born 1992), English cricketer
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Rachel House (actress)
Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress, comedian, director and acting coach.
Early life
House was born in 1971 in Auckland and was raised in Kamo, Whangarei, by her adoptive Scottish parents John ...
(born 1971), New Zealand actress and director
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Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter (born 8 September 1969) is a New Zealand model, actress and the host of Imagination Television's ''Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty''. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including '' Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Rolling Stone'', ...
(born 1969), New Zealand supermodel and actress
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Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood (born 17 August 1990) is an English actress, best known for her film roles as Wendy Darling in '' Peter Pan'' (2003) and more recently for her television role as Rachel Maddox in '' Clique'' (2017–2018).
Early life Ba ...
(born 1990), British actress
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Rachel Ikemeh
Rachel Ashegbofe Ikemeh is a Nigerian conservationist who won a Whitley award in 2020. She is the director
of South West and Niger Delta Forest Project, a conservation program for endangered primates as the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, Red c ...
, Nigerian conservationist
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Rachel Imison
Rachel Anne Imison (born 16 December 1978) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII ...
(born 1978), Australian field hockey player
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Rachel Ingalls
Rachel Holmes Ingalls (13 May 1940 – 6 March 2019) was an American-born author who had lived in the United Kingdom from 1965 onwards.Rachel Isaacs, American rabbi
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Rachel Isadora
Rachel Isadora (born 1953) is an American illustrator, children's book author, specializing in picture books, and painter. She is most famous for the book ''Ben's Trumpet,'' runner-up for the 1980 Caldecott Medal, or Caldecott Honor Book, and wi ...
(born 1953), American children's author, illustrator, and painter
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Rachel Jackson
Rachel Jackson ( ''née'' Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States.
(1767–1828), wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson
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Rachel Jacobs
Rachel Jacobs (October 3, 1975 – May 12, 2015) was an American businesswoman and social entrepreneur. She was killed at age 39 in the 2015 Philadelphia train derailment while commuting between her home in New York and the Philadelphia offices o ...
(1975–2015), American businesswoman
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Rachel Jarry
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her au ...
(born 1991), Australian basketball player
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Rachel Jewkes
Rachel Jewkes is Executive Scientist: Research Strategy in Office of the President and former Unit Director of the Gender and Health Unit of the South Africa Medical Research Council, based in Pretoria, South Africa. She also serves as Director o ...
, South African scientist
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Rachel Johnson
Rachel Sabiha Johnson (born 3 September 1965) is a British journalist, television presenter, and author who has appeared frequently on political discussion panels, including ''The Pledge'' on Sky News and BBC One's debate programme, '' Questi ...
(born 1965), British journalist, television presenter, and author
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Rachel Johnson (athlete)
Rachel (Johnson) Tomajczyk (born April 30, 1993) is an American distance running athlete.
High school
Rachel ran for the Plano Senior High School cross country and track team in Plano, Texas. She trained with the Dallas Metroplex Striders club ...
(born 1993), American track and field athlete
* Rachel Jones, multiple people
* Rachel Joyce, multiple people
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Rachel Keller
Rachel Keller is a fictional character in ''The Ring'' film series. The character, created by writer-producer Ehren Kruger and portrayed by Naomi Watts, serves as the protagonist of '' The Ring'' and ''The Ring Two'', sharing similarities with ...
(born 1992), American actress
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Rachel Kempson
Rachel, Lady Redgrave (28 May 1910 – 24 May 2003), known primarily by her birth name Rachel Kempson, was an English actress. She married Sir Michael Redgrave, and was the matriarch of the famous acting dynasty.
Career
Kempson trained at RADA ...
(1910–2003), English actress
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Rachel Kerr
Rachel Charmaine Kerr is a British singer/songwriter, celebrity vocal coach and entrepreneur from Walsall, England. She is also the CEO and founder of Singercise. She is a member of the Grammy Award Association and a BET Music Matters endorsed ...
, British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Rachel Khoo
Rachel Khoo (Chinese: 邱瑞秋; born 28 August 1980.) is a British cook, author, and broadcaster who has hosted and co-hosted television cooking shows on the BBC, Food Network, and Netflix.
Early life
Khoo was born in Croydon, South London. S ...
(born 1980), British cook and writer
* Rachel Klamer (born 1990), Dutch triathlete
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Rachel E. Klevit
Rachel E. Klevit is professor of biochemistry, adjunct professor of chemistry, and adjunct professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington. She holds the Edmond H. Fischer-Washington Research Foundation Endowed Chair in Biochemistry. ...
, American biochemist
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Rachel Kolly d'Alba
Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 21 May 1981 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss violinist. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of five.
Early life
Kolly d'Alba took her first violin and piano lessons at the age of ...
(born 1981), Swiss soloist violinist
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Rachel Korine
Rachel Anna Korine (née Simon) is an American former actress. Married to director Harmony Korine, she is best known for starring as Cotty in the 2013 crime film ''Spring Breakers'' and Betsy in ''Men Go to Battle'' (2015), Junia in ''The Knick'' ...
(born 1986), American actress
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Rachel Kushner
Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is an American writer, known for her novels '' Telex from Cuba'' (2008), '' The Flamethrowers'' (2013), and ''The Mars Room'' (2018).
Early life
Kushner was born in Eugene, Oregon, the daughter of two Communist scientist ...
(born 1968), American novelist
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Rachel Leah Jones
Rachel Leah Jones (born 1970) is an American-Israeli documentary film director and producer. Her documentary film '' Advocate'' about the controversial human rights lawyer Leah Tsemel, which she co-directed and co-produced with cinematographer ...
(born 1970), American-Israeli documentary film director and producer
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Rachel Levine
Rachel Leland Levine (; born October 28, 1957) is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. She is also a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Co ...
(born 1957), transgender American assistant secretary of health
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Gertrude Rachel Levy
Gertrude Rachel Levy (5 November 1883 – 10 October 1966) was a British author and cultural historian writing about comparative mythology, matriarchy, epic poetry and archaeology. She published many of her works under the name "G. Rachel Levy". ...
(1884–1966), British author and cultural historian writing as G. Rachel Levy
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Rachel Lindsay (television personality)
Rachel Lynn Lindsay-Abasolo (born April 21, 1985) is an American media personality and attorney. She is best known for her role as a contestant on the twenty-first season of ABC's '' The Bachelor'' and as the lead of its spinoff, '' The Bachelo ...
(born 1985), American television personality
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Rachel Llanes
Rachel Llanes (born April 29, 1991), also known by the Chinese name Lin Ni (), is an American ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team. She most recently played in the 2021–22 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey Leag ...
(born 1991), American ice hockey player
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Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Elizabeth Lloyd (born 1975) is a British anti-trafficking advocate, author and the founder of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. She is known for her work on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking ...
(born 1975), British activist
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Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Elizabeth Lloyd (born 1975) is a British anti-trafficking advocate, author and the founder of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. She is known for her work on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking ...
(1839–1900), American chemist
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Rachel Luttrell
Rachel Zawadi Luttrell (born 19 January 1971) is a Tanzanian-Canadian actress best known for her role as Teyla Emmagan, an Athosian warrior leader on ''Stargate Atlantis''.
Early life
Luttrell was born 19 January 1971, in Dar Es Salaam, T ...
(born 1971), Tanzanian-Canadian actress
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Rachel MacNair
Rachel M. MacNair (born November 4, 1958) is an American sociologist and psychologist who adheres to the consistent life ethic. She is an activist against abortion and war, and has written against the culture of violence and the eating of meat ...
(born 1958), American sociologist and psychologist
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Rachel Maddow
Rachel Anne Maddow (, ; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. Maddow hosts '' The Rachel Maddow Show'', a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special e ...
(born 1973), American journalist
* Rachel Meghan Markle (born 1981), Duchess of Sussex and former American actress
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Rachel Marsden
Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a Canadian conservative political columnist, television commentator and university lecturer, based in Paris. She is also the CEO of Rachel Marsden Associates, a PR and media consultancy firm. As of Ma ...
(born 1974), Canadian political columnist
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Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film '' Perfect Pie'' (20 ...
(born 1978), Canadian actress
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Rachel McAlpine
Rachel Phyllis McAlpine (; born 1940) is a New Zealand poet, novelist and playwright. She is the author of 30 books including poetry, plays, novels, and books about writing and writing for the internet.
Early life, family and education
McAlpine ...
(born 1940), New Zealand poet, novelist, and playwright
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Rachel McCann
Rachel McCann (born 29 April 1993) is a New Zealand field hockey midfielder and part of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team.
With the national youth team she won the bronze medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 ...
(born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player
* Rachel McLean (1971–1991), British murder victim
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Rachel McLish
Rachel Livia Elizondo McLish (born 21 June 1955) is an American female bodybuilding champion, actress, and author.
Early life and education
McLish was born as Raquel Livia Elizondo in 1955 in Harlingen, Texas, the second-youngest daughter born. ...
(born 1955), American bodybuilder, actress, and author
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Rachel Lambert Mellon
Rachel Lambert Mellon (August 9, 1910 – March 17, 2014), often known as Bunny Mellon, was an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector. She designed and planted a number of significant gardens, including the Whi ...
(1910–2014), American horticulturalist, philanthropist, and art collector
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Rachel Miner
Rachel Anne Miner is an American actress. She first came to prominence for her portrayal of Michelle Bauer on the television soap opera ''Guiding Light'' (1990–95). She made her film debut in Woody Allen's ''Alice'' (1990), and later earned cr ...
(born 1980), American actress
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Rachel Mitchell
Rachel Hope Mitchell (born 1967) is an American attorney serving as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona since April 2022. She was appointed to the position following the resignation of Allister Adel and won the 2022 special electi ...
(born 1967), American attorney
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Rachel Morrison
Rachel Morrison (born April 27, 1978) is an American cinematographer and director. For her work on '' Mudbound'' (2017), Morrison earned a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, making her the first woman ever nominated in that ...
(born 1978), American cinematographer and director
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Rachel Newton
Rachel Newton is a Scottish singer and harpist. As well as playing both acoustic and electric harp she also plays viola, fiddle, piano and harmonium. She performs solo as well as in the bands The Shee, The Furrow Collective and Boreas and was ...
(born 1985), Scottish singer and harpist
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Rachel Neylan
Rachel Neylan (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Cofidis. She won a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships in the women's road race event. She won the inaugural wo ...
(born 1982), Australian cyclist
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Rachel Nicholls
Rachel Nicholls is an English soprano in opera and concert.
Career
Born in Bedford, England, Nicholls studied French at the University of York, and from 1998 voice at the Royal College of Music with Kathleen Livingstone. In 2001, she won se ...
Rachel Noerdlinger
Rachel Noerdlinger (born November 14, 1970) is an American publicist and longtime communications advisor to National Action Network and national civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton. She served as chief of staff to New York City First Lady Chirlan ...
(born 1970), American publicist
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Rachel Nordlinger
Rachel Nordlinger is an Australian linguist and a professor at The University of Melbourne.
Education
After completing a master's degree at The University of Melbourne, she received her PhD in linguistics in 1997 from Stanford University.
Rese ...
, Australian linguist
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Rachel Notley
Rachel Anne Notley (born April 17, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019, and has been the leader of the Opposition since 2019. She sits as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for ...
(born 1964), Canadian politician
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Rachel O'Reilly
Rachel O'Reilly is a British chemist and Professor at the University of Birmingham. She works at the interface of biology and materials, creating polymers that can mimic natural nanomaterials such as viruses and cells. She is a Fellow of the Ro ...
, British chemist
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Rachel O'Riordan
Rachel O'Riordan (born 1974) is an Irish theatre director. She is currently the artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith, London.
Early life and education
Born in Cork, Ireland to poet and novelist Robert Anthony Welch and Angela O'Riorda ...
(born 1974), Irish theatre director
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Rachel Oakes Preston
Rachel (Harris) Oakes Preston (March 2, 1809 – February 1, 1868) was a Seventh Day Baptist who persuaded a group of Adventist Millerites to accept Saturday, instead of Sunday, as Sabbath. This Sabbatarian group organised as the Seventh-day A ...
(1809–1868), American religious figure
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Rachel Oliver Rachel Oliver may refer to:
* Rachel Oliver (footballer) (born 1971), New Zealand footballer
* Rachel Oliver (scientist)
Rachel Angharad Oliver is a Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Robinson Colleg ...
(born 1971), New Zealand footballer
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Rachel Oliver (scientist)
Rachel Angharad Oliver is a Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. She works on characterisation techniques for gallium nitride materials for dark-emitting diodes and laser dio ...
, British material scientist
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Rachel Ong
Rachel Ong Sin Yen (; born 1972) is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Telok Blangah division of West Coast GRC since 2020 ...
(born 1972), Singaporean politician
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Rachel Oniga
Rachel Oniga (23 May 1957 – 31 July 2021) was a Nigerian film actress.
Early life and career
Originally from Eku, Delta State in Southern Nigeria, although she was born on 23 May 1957 in Ebute Metta, Lagos State.
She began her acting car ...
(1957–2021), Nigerian actress
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Rachel Owen
Rachel Mary Owen (30 November 1968 – 18 December 2016) was a Welsh photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature. She was married to Radiohead singer Thom Yorke.
Life and career
Owen was born in Cardiff, Wales. She ...
(1968–2016), Welsh photographer, printmaker, and lecturer
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Rachel Owens
Rachel Owens (born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1972) is an American artist. She is best known for her multi-media sculptures and installations, which often incorporate a social component. Many of her works are made from crushed glass. She lives ...
(born 1972), American sculptor
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Rachel Parish
Rachel Parish (born 21 May 1981) is an English international sportswoman who won a shooting gold medal and silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Before going to university, she went to Wellington College in Berkshire. Already h ...
(born 1981), British sportswoman
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Rachel Parris
Rachel Sarah Parris (born 27 May 1984) is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosts the satirical news show '' Late Night Mash'' (formerly ''The Mash Report'').
Early life
Parris attended Loughborough High School. She holds ...
(born 1984), English comedian and actress
* Rachel Parsons, multiple people
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Rachel Paulose
Rachel Kunjummen Paulose (born March 12, 1973, Kerala, India) is an American attorney. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a United States Attorney. She was the younges ...
(born 1973), American attorney
*Florence
Jane Short
Florence Jane Short (aka Rachel Peace) (born 25 April 1881 – after 1932) was a British feminist and suffragette, who was imprisoned and force-fed.
Early life
Florence Jane Short was born in 1881 in Lewisham, the daughter of Mary ''n� ...
(aka Rachel Peace) (1881 – ''died after'' 1932), British feminist and suffragette
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Rachel Perkins
Rachel Perkins (born 1970) is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the films '' Radiance'' (1998), '' One Night the Moon'' (2001), '' Bran Nue Dae'' (2010), and ''Jasper Jones'' (2017). Perkins is ...
(born 1970), Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
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Rachel Peters
Rachel Louise Obregon Peters-Villafuerte (born 20 October 1991) is a Filipino model, host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2017. She represented the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant and fin ...
(born 1991), Miss Universe Philippines 2017
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Rachel Platten
Rachel Ashley Platten (born May 20, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and author. After releasing two albums independently in 2003 and 2011, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015 and released her mainstream debut single, " Fight Song", w ...
(born 1981), American singer and songwriter
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Rachel Pollack
Rachel Grace Pollack (born August 17, 1945 as Richard Pollack) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. She is involved in the women's spirituality movement.
Career
Tarot reading
Pollack has w ...
(born 1945), American science fiction writer, comic book writer, and tarot expert
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Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, FilmReference.com
Rachel Potter
Rachel Lindsey Potter (born August 21, 1984) is an American singer and actress. She is most known for her performances on Broadway as Wednesday Addams in ''The Addams Family'', the Mistress in the Tony-nominated revival of '' Evita'', and being ...
(born 1984), American singer and actress
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Rachel Justine Pries
Rachel Justine Pries is an American mathematician whose research focuses on arithmetic geometry and number theory. She is a professor at Colorado State University and both a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a Fellow of the Asso ...
, American mathematician
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Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Rachel Attituq Qitsualik-Tinsley is a Canadian writer. She was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for ''Skraelings'', which she cowrote with her husband Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley. The book was also a s ...
, Canadian writer
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Rachel Quon
Rachel Moy Quon (born May 21, 1991) is an American-Canadian former soccer defender. She played for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League and for the Canada women's national soccer team.
Early life
Quon was born in Los ...
(born 1991), American-Canadian soccer player
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Rachel Rath
Rachel Rath (born 2 October 1976, Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish film, television and theatre actress.
She has appeared in the films ''The Actors'' (2003), '' Laws of Attraction'' (2004), ''Ella Enchanted'' (2004) and ''Anton'' (2 ...
(born 1976), Irish actress
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Rachel Reeves
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician and economist serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.
Born in Lewis ...
(born 1979), British MP for the Labour Party
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Rachel Reilly
Rachel Eileen Reilly Villegas (born October 16, 1984) is an American television personality, fashion designer, talk show host, actress, and reality show winner. Reilly appeared in two seasons of the U.S. edition of the reality TV series '' Big ...
(born 1984), American television personality and actress
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Rachel Reinert
Rachel Reinert (born March 10, 1989) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician from Santa Ana, California. Reinert began her career as a recording artist in 2008 as a member of the country group Gloriana, contributing to gold ...
(born 1989), American country singer and songwriter
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Rachel Riley
Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is a British television presenter. She co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show ''Countdown'' and its comedy spin-off ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''. She is a mathematics graduate.
Her t ...
(born 1986), British television presenter
* Rachel Roberts, multiple people
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Rachel Robinson
Rachel Annetta Robinson (née Isum; born July 19, 1922) is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson, as well as an American former professor and registered nurse.
Life and work
Rachel Isum was born in Pasadena, California, a ...
(born 1922), American professor and nurse
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Rachel Rodriguez-Williams
Rachel Rodriguez-Williams is an American Republican politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 50th district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 4, 2021.
Early life and ...
, American politician
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Rachel Rose
Rachel Rose (born September 20, 1970) is a Canadian/American poet, essayist and short story writer. She has published three collections of poetry, ''Giving My Body to Science'', ''Notes on Arrival and Departure'', and ''Song and Spectacle''. Her ...
(born 1970), Canadian poet, essayist, and short story writer
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Rachel Rose (artist)
Rachel Rose (born 1986) is an American visual artist known for her video installations. Her work explores how our changing relationship to landscape has shaped storytelling and belief systems. She draws from, and contributes to, a long history of ...
(born 1986), American artist
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Rachel Rossi
Rachel Rossi (born 1983) is an American lawyer and public official. She is the Director of the Office for Access to Justice at the United States Department of Justice. Rossi has worked as a public defender in Los Angeles County, and as criminal ...
(born 1983), American criminal justice lawyer
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Rachel Roy
Rachel Irene Roy (born January 15, 1974) is an American fashion designer.
Early life and education
Roy was born in San Bernardino County, California, and raised in Seaside, California, as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She grad ...
(born 1974), American fashion designer
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Rachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, in which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who th ...
(1981–1999), a victim in the Columbine High School massacre
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Rachel Scott (women's education reformer)
Rachel Scott, born Rachel Cook (8 March 1848 – 27 November 1905), was a British women's education reformer, based in Manchester, who organised and promoted equality for women.
Early life and personal education
Rachel Susan Cook came from ...
née Cook (1848–1905), British women's education reformer, promoted equality for women
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Rachel Sebati
Rachel Raesetja Sebati (born 3 February 1993) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fatih Vatan Spor. She has represented South Africa at under-17 and senior levels.
Early ...
(born 1993), South African footballer
* Rachel Irene Seibert (1876–1967), American clubwoman
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Rachel Sennott
Rachel Anne Sennott (born September 19, 1995) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her online comedy television series ''Ayo and Rachel Are Single'' with Ayo Edebiri and for starring roles in the films ''Shiva Baby'' (2020) ...
(born 1995), American actress and comedian
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Rachel Shelley
Rachel Shelley (born 25 August 1969) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Helena Peabody in the Showtime series '' The L Word'' and Elizabeth Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood epic ''Lagaan''.
Early life
Rachel ...
(born 1969), English actress and model
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Rachel Shenton
Rachel Joy Shenton (born 21 December 1987) is an English actress, screenwriter, and activist. She is known for her roles as Mitzeee Minniver in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2010–2013), Lily Summers in the ABC Family drama '' Switch ...
, English actress and screenwriter
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Rachel Shoaf
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...
(born 1996), American convicted of murder in 2013
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Rachel Smith
Rachel Renee Smith (born April 18, 1985) is an American actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss USA 2007 and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant. She represented the United States at Mis ...
(born 1985), Miss USA 2007
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Rachel Smith (gymnast)
Rachel Smith (born 3 January 1993) is a rhythmic gymnast. She has competed for Great Britain at European and World championships for rhythmic gymnastics as an individual gymnast and the GBR RG team and also captained the team which competed for ...
(born 1993), British rhythmic gymnast
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Rachel Stephens
Rachel Stephens (October 29, 1930 – December 14, 2018) was an American television, stage, and motion picture actress.
Education
Born in Fairfield, Illinois, Stephens had a master's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in theatre arts. P ...
(1930–2011), American actress
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Rachel Stevens
Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April 1978) is an English singer, television personality, actress and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. She released her solo debut studio album '' Funky Dory'' in S ...
(born 1978), English pop singer, best known as a member of the band S Club 7
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Rachel Stevens (sculptor)
Rachel Stevens is a sculptor, emeritus professor of art at New Mexico State University and a Fulbright Scholar. Stevens has exhibited both in the United States and internationally.
Exhibitions and installations
Stevens's public sculpture, "Yo ...
, American sculptor
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Rachel Stuart Rachel Stuart (born 1972) is a Jamaican-Canadian model, actress and television personality.
Personal life
Stuart attended Mohawk College. Rachel Stuart is married to Paxton Baker, former vice president of BET Digital Networks and has three child ...
(born 1972), Jamaican-Canadian model and actress
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Rachel Sutherland
Rachel Anne Sutherland (born 3 August 1976 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆνα ...
(born 1976), New Zealand field hockey player
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Rachel Sweet
Rachel Sweet (born July 28, 1962) accessed May 2, 2014. is an American singer, television writer and actres ...
(born 1962), American producer, singer, and actress
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Rachel Talalay
Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958) is a British-American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor.
Early life and education
Talalay was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Paul ...
(born 1958), American director and producer
* Rachel Talbot Ross (born 1961), American politician and activist
* Rachel Thomas, multiple people
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Rachel Ticotin
Rachel Ticotin Strauss is an American film and television actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Fort Apache, The Bronx''; '' Total Recall'', ''Falling Down'', and ''Con Air''. She has appeared in the NBC legal drama '' Law & Order: LA'' as ...
(born 1958), American film and television actress
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Rachel Trachtenburg
Rachel Sage Piña-Trachtenburg (born December 10, 1993), professionally known as Rachel Trachtenburg, is an American musician and singer. She is most notable for her key role as drummer and backup vocalist of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Pl ...
(born 1993), American rock singer and drummer
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Rachel Treweek
Rachel Treweek (née Montgomery; born 4 February 1963 at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) is an Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual.
Since June 2015, she has served as Bishop of Gloucester, the first female diocesan b ...
(born 1963), British Anglican bishop
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Rachel True
Rachel India True (born November 15, 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in such films as '' The Craft'' (1996), '' Nowhere'' (1997), and ''Half Baked'' (1998). True is also known for her role as Mona Thorne on the UPN ...
(born 1968), American actress
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Rachel Tucker
Rachel Kelly Tucker (born 29 May 1981) is a Northern Irish West End and Broadway actress, best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the hit musical '' Wicked''. She most recently starred in Come from Away on Broadway, having originated the role ...
(born 1981), Northern Irish musical theatre actress, and singer
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Rachel Uchitel
Rachel Uchitel (; born January 29, 1975) is an American nightclub manager, hostess, and TV correspondent. She first encountered publicity when,
following the September 11 attacks, a photo of her holding a picture of her fiancé, who worked in th ...
(born 1975), American nightclub manager and television personality
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Rachel Unitt
Rachel Elizabeth Unitt (born 5 June 1982) is a former English footballer who last played for FA Women's Championship club London Bees. After beginning her club career with Wolves, Unitt began a long association with Everton in 2000. This was inte ...
(born 1982), English footballer
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Rachel Vail
Rachel Vail (born July 25, 1966) is an American author of children's and young adult books.
Life
She was born in Manhattan, grew up in New Rochelle, New York, and is a graduate of Georgetown University. Her debut novel ''Wonder'' won an Edito ...
(born 1966), American author
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Rachel Vallarelli
Rachel Vallarelli is an American lacrosse player. In 2019, she became the first woman in history to be invited to the NLL U.S. Elite Combine.
Career
From 2012 to 2015, she attended the University of Massachusetts. In her final season at the ...
, American lacrosse player
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Rachel van Cutsen
Rachel van Cutsen (born 8 July 1984) is a right-handed Dutch badminton player. A native of Spijkenisse, she can play either in singles or in doubles matches. She was part of the Dutch national women's team that won silver at the 2006 Uber Cup.
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(born 1984), Dutch badminton player
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Rachel van Dantzig
Rachel Margaretha van Dantzig (1878–1949) was a Dutch sculptor.
Biography
Van Dantzig was born on 12 November 1878 in Rotterdam. She studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Rotterdam) and the Académie Colarossi (Paris). She was a stu ...
(1878–1949), Dutch sculptor
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Rachel Van Hollebeke
Rachel Marie Buehler Van Hollebeke ( ; ; born August 26, 1985) is an American former soccer player who last played as a defender for the Portland Thorns FC and the United States women's national soccer team. In 2015, Van Hollebeke retired f ...
(born 1985), American soccer player
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Rachel Veltri
Rachel Veltri (born February 26, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress and model. Veltri came to prominence on the television show, '' For Love or Money''. To coincide with the release of '' American Pie Presents: Band Camp'', she ...
(born 1978), American actress
* Rachel Viollet (born 1972), British tennis player
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Rachel Wacholder
Rachel (Wacholder) Scott (born 1975) is a model and professional beach volleyball player who won eight beach volleyball championships with three partners. Scott was named Best Defensive Player 2005 and Most Improved Player on the AVP Tour in 20 ...
(born 1975), American professional beach volleyball player
* Rachel Wade (born 1990), American teenager convicted of murder
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Rachel Walker (disambiguation) Rachel Walker may refer to:
* Rachel Walker (singer) (born 1976), English-born singer of Gaelic folk music
* Rachel Walker (field hockey) (born 1979), English field hockey international
* Rachel Walker Turner (1868–1943), American soprano singer ...
, several people
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Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian
(born 1957), English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter
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Rachel Ward (mathematician) Rachel Ward is an American applied mathematician at the University of Texas at Austin. She is known for work on machine learning, optimization, and signal processing.
At the University of Texas, she is W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Distinguished Professor i ...
, American applied mathematician
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Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz (; born 7 March 1970 ) is an English actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a BAFTA Award.
Weisz began acting in British stage and television in th ...
(born 1970), British actress
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Rachel Whetstone
Rachel Marjorie Joan Whetstone (born 22 February 1968) is a British public relations executive. Whetstone was in charge of communications and public policy for Google for nearly 10 years. She was senior vice-president of communications and publ ...
(born 1968), British public relations executive
* Rachel White, multiple people
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Rachel Whiteread
Dame Rachel Whiteread (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.
Whiteread was one of the Young British ...
(born 1963), English sculptor
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Rachel Williams
Rachel Williams (born April 29, 1967) is an American model, TV presenter, and landscape designer.
Early life
Williams is the daughter of architect Tod Williams and Patricia Agnes Jones, a dancer. Her parents divorced when she was five ye ...
(born 1967), American model and television presenter
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Rachel Williams (footballer)
Rachel Louise Williams (born 10 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United of the English Women's Super League.
Before rejoining Birmingham City in May 2017, Williams spent 2 years at Nott ...
(born 1988), English footballer
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Rachel DeLoache Williams
Rachel DeLoache Williams (born January 29, 1988) is an American writer, photographer, and editor. She worked as a photo editor and producer for '' Vanity Fair'' until 2019. Williams is known for being the former friend of Anna Sorokin, who preten ...
Rachel Yakar
Rachel Yakar (born 3 March 1938) is a French soprano.
Yakar was born in Lyon, France. She studied under Germaine Lubin at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1963, she made her debut at Strasbourg. For the next twenty years, she was associated with the D ...
(born 1938), French opera singer
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Rachel Yang
Rachel Isabel Yang Bingjie (Chinese: 杨冰洁,born 28 February 1982) is a Singaporean pole vaulter.
Career
Yang started pole vaulting in 2006 but suffered a career ending spinal injury in 2009. In 2010, she make an unexpected return, break ...
(born 1982), Singaporean pole vaulter
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Rachel Yankey
Rachel Aba Yankey, OBE (born 1 November 1979) is an English former footballer who played for the England national team. She played as a left winger or forward. She left Arsenal after 13 years in December 2016 at the end of her contract. She is r ...
(born 1979), English footballer
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Rachel Yehuda
Rachel Yehuda (born 1959) is a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience, the Vice Chair for Veterans Affairs in the Psychiatry Department, and the Director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She also lea ...
(born 1959), American psychiatrist and neuroscientist
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Rachel Yeoh
Rachel Yeoh is a Malaysian socialite, heiress, model, and fashion influencer.
Early life and family
Rachel Yeoh was born in Kuala Lumpur and has a fraternal twin sister, Michelle. A member of a wealthy Malaysian Chinese family, she is the daug ...
, Malaysian socialite and model
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Rachel York
Rachel York (born August 7, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is known for stage roles in '' City of Angels'', ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', ''Les Misérables'', '' Victor/Victoria'', ''Kiss Me, Kate'', ''Sly Fox'', '' Dirty Rotten Scoun ...
(born 1971), American actress and singer
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Rachel Yurkovich
Rachel Yurkovich (born October 10, 1986) is an American javelin thrower. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Yurkovich graduated from Newberg High School in Newberg, Oregon in 2005.USATF profile fo USATF profile for Rachel Yurko ...
(born 1986), American javelin thrower
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Rachel Z
Rachel Carmel Hakim (née Nicolazzo), better known as Rachel Z, is a jazz and rock pianist and keyboardist. She has recorded 10 solo albums as a jazz musician. Her musical style, especially her improvisation, has been described as adjacent to Her ...
, American pianist and keyboardist
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Rachel Zadok
Rachel Zadok is a South African writer and a Whitbread First Novel Award nominee (2005). She is the author of the novels ''Gem Squash Tokoloshe'' and ''Sister-Sister''.
Life
Zadok was born in South Africa in 1972 to a South African mother and a ...
(born 1972), South African writer
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Rachel Zajac
Rachel Zajac is a New Zealand forensic psychologist and professor at the University of Otago in Dunedin.
Academic career
Zajac graduated from the University of Otago in 2002 with a PhD titled "The effect of cross-examination on the reliabil ...
, New Zealand forensic psychologist
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Rachel Zeffira
Rachel Zeffira (born Rachel Anne Santesso) is a Canadian soprano, composer and multi-instrumentalist, currently based in London, England. She is also one half of the duo Cat's Eyes, the other being Faris Badwan of the Horrors.
Life and wo ...
, Canadian singer
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Rachel Zegler
Rachel Anne Zegler (; born May 3, 2001) is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut playing Maria Vasquez in the 2021 musical drama ''West Side Story'', for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Pictur ...
, American actress and singer
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Rachel Zilberberg
Rachel (Sarenka) Zylberberg (5 January 1920 – 8 May 1943; 3 Iyar 5703 in Hebrew calendar) was an underground activist and participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. She held a key role in rousing the rebellion. Zylberberg was a member of Hash ...
(1920–1943), Polish resistance fighter during World War II
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Rachel Zimmerman
Rachel Zimmerman Brachman (born Zimmerman; 1972) is a Canadian-born space scientist and inventor. She invented the "Blissymbol Printer" in 1984, making it simple for users with physical disabilities to communicate. A user can choose various Blis ...
(born 1972), Canadian space scientist and inventor
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Rachel Zoe
Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig (born September 1, 1971) is an American fashion designer, businesswoman and author who rose to prominence as a celebrity wardrobe stylist. She has been credited with the creation of "the boho-meets-rock chic look that came ...
(born 1971), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and writer
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Rachel Zolf
Syd Zolf (born December 14, 1968), formerly known as Rachel Zolf, is a Canadian-American poet and theorist. They are the author of five poetry collections: ''Janey's Arcadia''(2014), which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, a Raymond Souste ...
(born 1968), Canadian-American poet
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Rachel Zucker
Rachel Zucker is an American poet born in New York City in 1971. She is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, ''SoundMachine'' ( Wave Books 2019). She also co-edited the book ''Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections'' ...
(born 1971), American poet
People named Rachael
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Hecate (musician)
Rachael Lynn Gabriela Kozak-Salmi (born May 26, 1976), better known by her stage name Hecate, is an American-Austrian experimental industrial and breakcore musician currently based in Vienna. Her stage name originates from Hecate, the Gre ...
(born 1976), born Rachael Kozak, Swiss music producer
* Rachael Anderson (died 2018), American female murder victim
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Rachael Bella
Rachael Bella Zvagelsky (née Kneeland, born March 13, 1984) known professionally as Rachael Bella, is an American retired actress.
Career
Bella is best known for her role as Becca Kotler in the movie '' The Ring''. She has also appeared in oth ...
(born 1984), American actress, best known for her role in the 2002 film ''The Ring''
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Rachael Blackmore
Rachael Blackmore (born 11 July 1989) is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. In 2021, she became the first female jockey to win the Grand National in the 182-year history of the race. She also became the first woman to be l ...
(born 1989), Irish jockey
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Rachael Blake
Rachael Morelle Blake (born May 26, 1971) is an Australian actress.
Early life
Blake was born in Perth, Western Australia. At the age of 18 months, she moved to England with her English parents, only to return to Perth at age 11. Blake was b ...
(born 1971), Australian actress
* Rachael Bland (1978–2018), Welsh BBC newsreader
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Rachael Boyle
Rachael Boyle (née Small; born 20 December 1991) is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays as midfielder for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Career
Boyle grew up in Aberdeen and represented Scotland at schoo ...
(born 1991), Scottish footballer
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Rachael Carpani
Rachael Ann Carpani (born 24 August 1980) is an Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain in ''McLeod's Daughters''.
Biography
Carpani grew up on a property near Dural, in Sydney's Hills District. Carpani has twice been nominated at the ...
(born 1980), Australian actress
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Rachael Denhollander
Rachael Joy Denhollander (née Moxon; born December 8, 1984) is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, of sexual assault. ...
(born 1984), American lawyer, former gymnast and survivor
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Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook (born October 4, 1979) is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films '' The Baby-Sitters Club'' (1995), ''She's All That'' (1999), and '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), and in the television series '' Into ...
(born 1979), American actress
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Rachael Finch
Rachael Finch (born 8 July 1988) is an Australian TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was awarded the 'People's Choice Award' for the 2006 Miss Teen Australia and finished as 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009.
Career Modelling ...
(born 1988), Miss Universe Australia 2009, 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009
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Rachael Flatt
Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 World Junior champion, a winner of four silver medals on the Grand Prix series, and the 2010 U.S. national champion.
She was nomina ...
(born 1992), American figure skater
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Rachael Grinham
Rachael Margaret Grinham (born 22 January 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian professional squash player. She won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2009. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in Aug ...
(born 1977), Australian squash player
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Rachael Harris
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her numerous acting roles, such as starring as Dr. Linda Martin in ''Lucifer'', her role in the '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series, and as a ...
(born 1968), American actress and comedian
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Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English women's cricket, cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being English national cricket captains, captain of En ...
(1939–2017), English cricketer
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Rachael Lampa
Rachael Maureen Lampa (born January 8, 1985) is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter and record producer. At age 15, she rose to fame and critical acclaim in 2000 with the release of her debut album, ''Live for You''.
Early l ...
(born 1985), American singer/songwriter best known for her work in the anime series ''
Revolutionary Girl Utena
is a series created by Be-Papas, an artist collective founded by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The primary entries in the series include a 1996 manga written by Chiho Saito, a 1997 anime television series directed by Ikuhara, and '' Adolescence of ...
''
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Rachael MacFarlane
Rachael Ann MacFarlane Laudiero (born March 21, 1976) is an American voice actress and singer. Her voice credits include Hayley Smith on the animated television show ''American Dad!'', Supreme Leader Numbuh 362 in the television series '' Code ...
(born 1976), American voice actress and sister of Seth MacFarlane
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Rachael McLaren
Rachael McLaren is a Canadian dancer who performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Early life
McLaren was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was the youngest of four children. She started ballet at age five, at the Royal Winnipeg Bal ...
, Canadian dancer
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Rachael Price
Rachael Price (born August 30, 1985) is an American jazz and blues singer, known for her work as the lead singer for the band Lake Street Dive. She was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up in Tennessee, graduating from the New England Conser ...
(born 1985), American jazz vocalist and lead vocalist of the band
Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive is a multi-genre band that was formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The band's founding members are Rachael Price, Mike "McDuck" Olson, Bridget Kearney, and Mike Calabrese. Keyboardist Akie Bermiss ...
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Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosts the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program '' Rachael Ray'', and the Food Network series ''30 Minute Meals''. ...
(born 1968), American celebrity chef and television personality
* Rachael Runyan (1979–1982), American murder victim
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Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage (born Karen Rachael Weitzman in 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. She is the founder of indie label MPress Records. Sage has released fourteen solo studio albums. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independe ...
, American songwriter
* Rachael Scdoris (born 1985), blind American dog musher and cross country runner
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Rachael Sporn
Rachael Pamela Sporn (born 26 May 1968, in Murrayville) is an Australian former basketball player and three time Olympian. Sporn was Development Executive for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation but has since left the organisation.
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(born 1968), Australian female basketball player
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Rachael Stirling
Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 30 May 1977).. is an English stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for her stage work. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama '' Tipping the Velvet'', an ...
(born 1977), British actress best known for the BBC drama ''Tipping the Velvet''
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Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon
Rachael Zoe Stolzenberg-Solomon is an American epidemiologist and dietitian. She is a senior investigator and head of the metabolic epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Life
Stolzenberg-Solomon received a B.S. in nutrition and ...
, American epidemiologist and dietitian
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Rachael Taylor
Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first lead role was in the Australian series ''headLand'' (2005–2006). She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including '' Man-Thing'' (200 ...
(born 1984), Australian actress
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Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata (born September 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing five EPs and four studio albums. Her ...
(born 1977), American singer-songwriter
People named Rachelle
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Rachelle Leah
Rachel ( he, רָחֵל, Modern: Raḥel, Tiberian: Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl), meaning " ewe", is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, popularized by the biblical figure Rachel, the wife of Israelite patriarch Jacob.
Ashkenazi Jewish matronymic ...
(born 1984), American model
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Rachelle Lefevre
Rachelle Marie Lefèvre (, ; born February 1, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She has starred in the television series ''Big Wolf on Campus'' and had recurring roles in '' What About Brian'', ''Boston Legal'', and ''Swingtown''. She played the vamp ...
(born 1979), Canadian actress
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Rachelle Ann Go
Rachelle Ann Villalobos Go-Spies (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer and actress. She began her career by participating in and winning several singing competitions, the first of which was in the long-running Philippine variety show ''E ...
(born 1986), Filipina singer
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Rachelle Ferrell
Rachelle Ferrell (born May 21, 1961) is an American vocalist and musician. Although she has had some success in the mainstream R&B, pop, gospel and classical music scenes, she is noted for her talents as a contemporary jazz singer. In contem ...
(born 1964), American vocalist and musician
People named Rahel
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Rahel Graf
Rahel Graf (born 1 February 1989) is a Swiss women's footballer, who has 62 appearances for the national team. At club level, she plays for FC Luzern Frauen.
Personal life
Graf grew up in Pfaffnau, Switzerland, and her father is a Lucerne co ...
(born 1989), Swiss footballer
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Rahel Indermaur
Rahel Ava Indermaur (born 19 July 1980) is a Swiss opera singer and dramatic soprano. She was the first recipient of the Cantonal Prize for Culture of the Canton of St. Gallen. Indermaur, trained classically in Germany, has performed throughout Eu ...
(born 1980), Swiss opera singer
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Rahel Jaeggi
Rahel Jaeggi (born July 19, 1967) is a professor of practical philosophy and social philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research areas are in social philosophy, political philosophy, ethics, philosophical anthropology, social on ...
(born 1967), German philosopher
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Rahel Kiwic
Rahel Marianne Kiwic (born 5 January 1991) is a retired Swiss football defender who last played for FC Zürich
Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a Swiss football club based in Zürich. The club was ...
(born 1991), Swiss footballer
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Rahel Varnhagen
Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen () (née Levin, later Robert; 19 May 1771 – 7 March 1833) was a German writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is the subject of a celebr ...
(1771–1833), German writer
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Rahel Vigdozchik
Rahel "Raheli" Faiga-Vigdorchik (or Vigdozchik, he, רחלי ויגדורצ'יק; born May 1, 1989) is an Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast and a coach of the Israel women's national team.
Biography
Rahel Vigdorchik was born in Holon, Israel. He ...
(born 1989), Israeli rhythmic gymnast
People named Rachele
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Rachele Bruni
Rachele Bruni (born 4 November 1990) is an Italian swimmer, specialising in open water long-distance races.
She won the silver medal in the 10 km marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 10 km op ...
(born 1990), Italian swimmer
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Rachele Fogar
Rachele Fogar (born 31 July 1991 in Milan) is an Italian model, television personality and influencer. She lives in Milan.
Biography
Rachele Fogar is the daughter of Ambrogio Fogar and Katalin Szijarto; her father is Italian and her moth ...
(born 1991), Italian model and television personality
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Rachele Lynae
Rachele Lynae Wurm-Creedon (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as just Rachele Lynae ( ), is an American country rock singer.
Lynae released her self-titled debut album on April 22, 2014, having released the new single "Touch The Stars ...
(born 1988), American country rock singer
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Rachele Mussolini
Rachele Guidi (11 April 1890 – 30 October 1979), also known (particularly in Italy) as Donna Rachele (Italian for "Lady Rachael") and incorrectly as Rachele Mussolini in the English-speaking world, was the second wife of Italian dictator and ...
(1890–1979), wife of Italian dictator
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...
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Rachele Sangiuliano
Rachele Sangiuliano (born 23 June 1981 in Noventa di Piave
Noventa di Piave is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a ...
(born 1981), Italian volleyball player
People named Rakel or Raakel
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Rakel Liehu
Rakel Liehu (born 3 September 1939) is a Finnish poet, dramatist and novelist.
Works
Liehu began writing poetry at the age of 11, inspired by the works of women poets such as Aila Meriluoto, and has since gone on to publish 13 poetry collectio ...
(born 1939), Finnish writer
Fictional characters named Rachel (or variants thereof)
* Rachael, a character in ''
Hard Times
Hard may refer to:
* Hardness, resistance of physical materials to deformation or fracture
* Hard water, water with high mineral content
Arts and entertainment
* ''Hard'' (TV series), a French TV series
* Hard (band), a Hungarian hard rock supe ...
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Rachel
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her a ...
, Biblical figure known for being the wife that Jacob loved
* Rachel, one of the six main characters of ''
Animorphs
''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...
''
*Rachel, a character from the ''
Rhapsody in Blue
''Rhapsody in Blue'' is a 1924 musical composition written by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, the work premiered ...
'' segment of the Disney movie ''
Fantasia 2000
''Fantasia 2000'' is a 1999 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Produced by Roy E. Disney and Donald W. Ernst, it is the 38th Disney animated feature film a ...
''
*Rachael, a replicant in sci-fi movie ''
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick ...
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* Rachel, a friend of Vivian Ward and Kit DeLuca in the romantic movie ''
Pretty Woman
''Pretty Woman'' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), ...
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* Rachel, a character in ''
Pokémon Masters EX
(originally named ''Pokémon Masters'') is a free-to-play mobile game for Android and iOS developed and published by DeNA. It is based on the ''Pokémon'' media franchise. Set on the artificial island of Pasio, the game allows players to battle ...
Ninja Gaiden
is a series of action video games by Tecmo featuring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as its protagonist. The series was originally known as in Japan. The word " gaiden" in the North American ''Ninja Gaiden'' title means "side story" in Japanese. The ...
'' series of video games
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Naughty Rachel
''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy, sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and ...
, in the British TV Series ''
Green Wing
''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and stars Mark Hea ...
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on ...
''
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Rachel Alucard
is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in the fall of 2013.
Playable in ''BlazBlue: Cala ...
, in the ''
BlazBlue
''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1 ...
'' video game series
* Rachel Amber, a side character in ''
Life Is Strange
''Life Is Strange'' (abbreviated ''LIS'') is a series of primarily episodic graphic adventure games published by Square Enix's European subsidiary. Created by Dontnod Entertainment, the series debuted with the eponymous first installment, ...
Rachel Berry
Rachel Barbra Berry is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists, alongside Mr. Schue in the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. The character is portrayed by actress Lea Michele, and appears in ''Glee'' from its pilot e ...
, in the television series ''
Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration geography of Halloween, observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day. ...
'' film series
*Rachel Chu, in the American romantic comedy-drama film ''
Crazy Rich Asians
''Crazy Rich Asians'' is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing the novel was to "introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience". He claimed the novel was loosely based on his ...
''
* Rachel Creed, wife of the main character in Stephen King's 1983 horror novel ''
Pet Sematary
''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019. In November 2013, PS Publishing ...
''
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Rachel Elizabeth Dare
A description of most characters featured in various mythology series by Rick Riordan.
Overview
List indicator(s)
* A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to ...
, in the young adult book series ''
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the '' Camp Half-Blood Chronicles''. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st centu ...
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*Rachel Dalles, a character in the ''
Black Butler
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old ...
'' manga series and anime
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Rachel Dawes
Rachel Dawes is a fictional character who first appeared in Christopher Nolan's 2005 feature film '' Batman Begins''. She was portrayed in that film by Katie Holmes, with Emma Lockhart as a younger version of the character in early scenes. Holmes ...
, Assistant District Attorney in the ''
Batman
Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book '' Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939 ...
'' series of movies
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Rachel Duncan
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aun ...
, in the TV show ''
Orphan Black
''Orphan Black'' is a Canadian science-fiction thriller television series created by screenwriter Graeme Manson and director John Fawcett and starring Tatiana Maslany. The series focuses on Sarah Manning, one of several genetically identical ...
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* Rachel Finer, in the Netflix series '' Grand Army''
*Rachel Gardner, in the ''
Angels of Death
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include ...
One Tree Hill One Tree Hill may refer to:
* "One Tree Hill" (song), a 1987 song by U2 referencing One Tree Hill, New Zealand volcanic peak
* ''One Tree Hill'' (TV series), a 2003–2012 American drama series named for the U2 song
** ''One Tree Hill'' (soundtr ...
Rachel Green
Rachel Karen Green is a fictional character, one of the six main characters who appeared in the American sitcom '' Friends''. Portrayed by Jennifer Aniston, the character was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and appeared in all of ...
, in the TV series '' Friends''
* Rachel Greene, a character in the TV series '' ER'', daughter of
Mark Greene
Mark Greene, M.D. is a fictional character from the American medical drama series '' ER,'' portrayed by actor Anthony Edwards. He first appears in the series' pilot episode, and subsequently appeared as one of the principal characters until t ...
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Rachel Kinski
Rachel Kinski is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Caitlin Stasey. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 18 August 2005. She is the middle child of Alex Kinski and sister to ...
, a character in the Australian TV show '' Neighbours''
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Rachel Lynde
''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...
, a supporting character in
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with '' Anne of Green Gables''. Sh ...
's 1908 novel ''
Anne of Green Gables
''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...
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Rachel Mason
Rachel Mason is an American filmmaker whose work includes performance art, music, films and multimedia projects.
Early life and education
Mason was born in Los Angeles, California, to Karen and Barry Mason. She has an older brother, Micah, and ...
, Headmistress of Waterloo Road in the BBC drama '' Waterloo Road''
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Rachel Menken
Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her au ...
, Don Draper's client's daughter and a love interest in ''
Mad Men
''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its ...
Case Closed
''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its c ...
Raven (DC Comics)
Raven is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in a special insert in ''DC Comics Presents'' #26 (October 1980), and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez. A ca ...
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Rachel Summers
Rachel Anne Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-plotter John Byrne (comics), John Byrne.
In h ...
, a character in the
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...
Jean Grey
Jean Elaine Grey is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix and Dark Phoenix. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack K ...
* Rachel Taub, a supporting character on the TV show ''
House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air ...
'', the wife of Dr. Chris Taub
* Rachel Teller, a character in the '' Need for Speed Underground 2''
* Rachel Tice, a recurring character in the web series ''
The Most Popular Girls in School
''The Most Popular Girls in School'' (abbreviated ''MPGIS'') is an American adult stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fash ...
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* Rachel Walker, a main character in the ''
Rainbow Magic
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number o ...
'' book franchise
* Rachel Wilson, a minor character in the Cartoon Network series ''
The Amazing World of Gumball
''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who atten ...
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Rachel Zane
'' Suits'' is an American legal drama, created by Aaron Korsh. It premiered on USA Network in June 2011. The series revolves around Harvey Specter ( Gabriel Macht), a senior partner at a top law firm in Manhattan, and his recently hired associ ...
Raquel
Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel (given name), Rachel. Notable people with the name include:
Raquel
*Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler
*Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model
*Raquel ...
(includes Racquel)
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Rokhlin
Rokhlin is a Slavic language-influenced Jewish surname of matronymic derivation. It literally means "Rokhl's", where "Rokhl" is a transcription of ''Rochl'', a Yiddish form of the name Rachel. Variants include Rohlin, Rochlin and (via French) Ro ...