Ratcliffe or Ratcliff may refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

Ratcliff Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames between Limehouse (to the east), and Shadwell (to the west). The place name is no longer commonly used. History Etymol ...

or Ratcliffe, former hamlet, Tower Hamlets, London *

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Ratcliffe-on-Soar, sometimes written Ratcliffe-upon-Soar or Radcliffe-on-Soar, is a village#United Kingdom, village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Nottinghamshire on the River Soar. Geography It is part of the Rushcliffe distri ...

, a village in Nottinghamshire * Ratcliffe on the Wreake, a village in Leicestershire **

Ratcliffe College Ratcliffe College is a coeducational Catholic private boarding and day school near the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire, approximately from Leicester, England. The college, situated in of parkland on the Fosse Way about si ...

, a school in Leicestershire *

Ratcliffe Culey Ratcliffe Culey is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherley, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England, near the county boundary with Warwickshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 184. The ...

, a village in Leicestershire

United States

Ratcliff, Arkansas Ratcliff is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 202 at the 2010 census. Geography Ratcliff is located in northwestern Logan County and is bordered to the east by the town of Caulksville. Arkansas Highway 22 pass ...

, a city *

Ratcliff, Texas Ratcliff is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, in East Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 106 in 2000. History When a Georgia wagon train brought a group of immigrants ...

, an unincorporated community *

Ratcliffe Manor Ratcliffe Manor, occasionally misspelled as "Radcliffe Manor", is a Georgian colonial home in Maryland completed around 1762 by Henry Hollyday. It gets its name from the "Mannour of Ratcliffe", which is one of the Maryland Eastern Shore's oldes ...

, a former plantation house in Easton, Maryland

People

* Arthur Ratcliffe (1882–1963), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Leek 1931–1935 * David Ratcliff (born 1970), American painter * David Ratcliff (priest) (1937–2024), British Anglican priest *

David Ratcliffe David Ratcliffe (born 9 March 1957) is a former professional footballer. Born in England, he represented Australia at international level. Career Born in Dewsbury, Ratcliffe joined Bradford City as an amateur in July 1972,Frost, p. 405 joini ...

(born 1957), English-born footballer * David Ratcliffe (cricketer) (1939–2021), English cricketer *

Derek Ratcliffe Derek Almey Ratcliffe (9 July 1929 – 23 May 2005) was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Rip ...

(1929–2005), British ecologist *

Don Ratcliffe Donald Ratcliffe (13 November 1934 – 19 October 2014) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Stoke City. Career Ratcliffe was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and joined S ...

(1934–2014), English footballer *

Francis Ratcliffe Francis Noble Ratcliffe OBE (11 January 1904 – 8 December 1970) was an Australian zoologist and conservationist. Ratcliffe was born a British citizen in Calcutta, India. He was educated at Berkhamsted School and the University of Oxford in ...

(1904–1970), Australian zoologist * Henry Butler Ratcliffe (1845–1929), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Bradford Central 1918–1922 * J. A. Ratcliffe (1902–1987), British ionospheric physicist and academic *

Jack Ratcliffe (footballer) Jack Ratcliffe (10 March 1880–1948) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County and Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorksh ...

(1880–1948), English footballer *

Jim Ratcliffe Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe (born 18 October 1952) is a British billionaire, chemical engineer, and businessman. Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the INEOS chemicals group, which he founded in 1998. In May 2018, Rat ...

(born 1952), British billionaire, chemical engineer and financier * Jo Ratcliffe, British artist *

John Ratcliffe (governor) John Ratcliffe (born John Sicklemore; 1549 – December 1609) was an early Jamestown colonist, governor, and sea captain. Ratcliffe became the second president of the colony of Jamestown. He was tortured to death by the Pamunkey (indigeno ...

(1549–1609), governor of the original Jamestown, Virginia, US *

John Ratcliff (cricketer) John Ratcliff (31 December 1848 – 11 August 1925) was an English cricketer. Ratcliff was a right-handed batsman who occasionally played as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey. Ratcliff made his first-class debut ...

(1848–1925), English cricketer *

John Ratcliffe (American politician) John Lee Ratcliffe (born October 20, 1965) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the ninth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2025. He previously served as the sixth director of national intelligence from ...

(born 1965), US Congressman from Texas, Director of National Intelligence * Jordan Ratcliffe, English teenager who went missing in 2008 *

Kevin Ratcliffe Kevin Ratcliffe (born 12 November 1960) is a Welsh former professional footballer who spent most of his career playing for Everton. Club career Ratcliffe was born in Mancot, near Queensferry in Flintshire, Wales. He joined Everton as an appre ...

(born 1960), Welsh footballer *

Mary Curtis Ratcliff Mary Curtis Ratcliff (born 1942) is an American visual artist. Early life Mary Curtis Ratcliff was born in Chicago and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts deg ...

(born 1942), American artist *

Melissa Ratcliff Melissa Amy Ratcliff (' Larsen; born November 1976) is an American Democratic politician from Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 16th Senate district since 2025. She previously served in ...

(born 1976), Wisconsin politician *

Mildred Ratcliffe Mildred Mary Ratcliffe FSSI (1899–1988) was an English painter, commercial artist & calligrapher, known for her poster designs for the Post Office Savings Bank. Biography Ratcliffe was born on 17 October 1899 in Rochester, Kent as the sec ...

(1899–1988), English painter, commercial artist and calligrapher *

Paddy Ratcliffe Patrick Christopher Ratcliffe (31 December 1919 – March 1986) was an Irish footballer who played as a full back. His career as a professional started later than most because of the Second World War. He was injured in combat while serving fo ...

(1919–1986), Irish footballer * Peter J. Ratcliffe (born 1954), physician-scientist * Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the Iranian-British detainee

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (; ; born 26 December 1978) is an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 to 16 March 2022 as part of a long-running dispute between Britain and Iran. In early September 2016, she was sent ...

Richard Ratcliffe Sir Richard Ratcliffe, KG (died 22 August 1485) was a close confidant of Richard III of England. Life Ratcliffe came from a gentry family in the Lake District, and became a companion of Richard when the latter was still Duke of Gloucester (1461 ...

(died 1485), English nobleman * Richard Ratcliffe (1751–1825), American public official considered to be the founder of the city of

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, in 1805 * Sandy Ratcliff (1948–2019), English actress * Simon Ratcliffe, of house music duo

Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton (born 30 April 1970) and Simon Ratcliffe (born 28 November 1969). The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first ros ...

Fiction

* Governor Ratcliffe (Disney), a fictionalized representation in the animated film ''Pocahontas'' of John Ratcliffe of the Jamestown colony

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