Raoul

Raoul is a French variant of the male given name Ralph or Rudolph, and a cognate of Raul.

Raoul may also refer to:

Given name

 * Raoul André (1916–1992), French director and screenwriter
 * Raoul Anglès (1887–1967), French politician
 * Raoul Aragon, Filipino film actor
 * Raoul Aslan (1886–1958), Austrian theater actor of Greek-Armenian ancestry
 * Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948), Austrian jurist and writer
 * Raoul Baicu (born 2000), Romanian footballer
 * Raoul Bardac (1881–1950), French classical composer and pianist
 * Raoul Barouch (1916–2006), Tunisian fencer
 * Raoul Barré (1874–1932), Canadian/American cartoonist, animator, and painter
 * Raoul Barrière (1928–2019), French rugby union player and coach
 * Raoul de Beauvais, 13th-century French poet
 * Raoul Bedoc, French table tennis player
 * Raoul Bellanova (born 2000), Italian footballer
 * Raoul Bénard (1881–1961), French sculptor
 * Raoul Bensaude (1866–1938), French-Portuguese physician
 * Raoul Berger (1901–2000), American legal scholar
 * Raoul Bhaneja (born 1974), English-Canadian actor, musician, writer and producer
 * Raoul Billerey (1920–2010), French actor and stuntman
 * Raoul Biltgen (born 1974), Luxembourgish actor and writer.
 * Raoul Björkenheim (born 1956), Finnish-American jazz guitarist
 * Raoul Blanchard (1877–1965), French geographer
 * Raoul Bleuse (1895–1984), French politician
 * Raoul de Boigne (1862–1949), French sport shooter
 * Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre (1839–1919), French Army general
 * Raoul Borra (1896–1988), French politician
 * Raoul Bortoletto (1925–2003), Italian footballer
 * Raoul Bossy (1894–1975), Romanian diplomat
 * Raoul Bott (1923–2005), Hungarian-American mathematician
 * Raoul Boucher, French racing cyclist
 * Raoul Boucke (born 1975), Surinamese-Dutch civil servant and politician
 * Raoul Bova (born 1971), Italian actor
 * Raoul le Breton (c. 1270–1320), grammarian and philosopher
 * Raoul Bricard (1870–1943), French engineer and mathematician
 * Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu (died 1344), French Constable
 * Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu (1315–1350), French Constable
 * Raoul Cabrol (1895–1956), French caricaturist
 * Raoul Calas (1899–1978), French politician
 * Raoul G. Cantero III (born 1960), Spanish-born American lawyer and judge
 * Raoul de Caours (died 1354), Breton knight
 * Raoul Carton (1879–1934), French philosopher
 * Raoul Casadei (1937–2021), Italian bandleader, composer and musician
 * Raoul Castex (1878–1968), French Navy admiral and military theorist
 * Raoul Caudron (1883–1958), French football coach
 * Raoul Cauvin (1938–2021), Belgian comics author
 * Raoul Cédras (born 1949), Haitian military officer
 * Raoul I of Clermont (bef. 1140—1191), French nobleman
 * Raoul II of Clermont (c. 1245–1302), Constable of France
 * Raoul Clifford, pseudonym of English composer Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
 * Raoul Combes (1883–1964), French botanist, plant physiologist, and science historian
 * Raoul A. Cortez (1905–1971), Mexican–American media executive
 * Raoul I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134–1191), French nobleman and Crusader
 * Raoul II, Lord of Coucy (died 1250), French nobleman and Crusader
 * Raoul Coulon (born 1995), Vanuatuan footballer
 * Raoul Courbin (1926–1950s), French footballer
 * Raoul Coutard (1924–2016), French cinematographer
 * Raoul Couvert (1903–1983), French ice hockey player
 * Raoul Curiel (1913–2000), French archaeologist, Egyptologist and orientalist
 * Raoul da Luz (1892–1988), Hong Kong lawn bowler
 * Raoul Daddo-Langlois (1922–1943), British World War II flying ace
 * Raoul Dandurand (1861–1942), Canadian politician
 * Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie (1881–1967), Belgian sportsman and soldier
 * Raoul Dautry (1880–1951), French engineer, business leader and politician
 * Raoul d'Avranches (died 1006), French bishop
 * Raoul Degryse (1912–1993), Belgian boxer
 * Raoul De Keyser (1930–2012), Belgian painter
 * Raoul de Navery, pseudonym of French novelist Madame Chervet (1829–1885)
 * Raoul de Thuin (1890–1975), Belgian-Mexican stamp forger and dealer
 * Raoul de Vitry (1895–1977), French aristocrat and business executive
 * Raoul de Warren (1905–1992), French writer, historian, genealogist and lawyer
 * Raoul del Mar (born 1965), Filipino physician and former politician
 * Raoul Desribes (1856–1940), French Jesuit archaeologist
 * Raoul Dgvareli (born 1965), Tajikistani wrestler
 * Raoul Diagne (1910–2002), French footballer
 * Raoul du Bisson (1812–1890), French aristocrat and adventurer
 * Raoul Pene Du Bois (1914–1985), American costume and set designer
 * Raoul du Gardier (1871–1952), French painter
 * Raoul du Roveray (1879–1940), English badminton player
 * Raoul du Toit, Zimbabwean environmentalist
 * Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), French painter
 * Raôul Duguay (born 1939), Canadian artist, poet, musician, and political activist
 * Raoul Echard (1883–1922), French World War I flying ace
 * Raoul Esseboom (born 1992), Dutch footballer
 * Raoul Fahlin (born 1966), Swedish cyclist
 * Raoul Felder (born 1944), American divorce lawyer and writer
 * Raoul Fernandes, Canadian poet
 * Raoul de Ferrières, Norman nobleman and poet
 * Raoul Auger Feuillet (c. 1660–1710), French dance notator, publisher and choreographer
 * Raoul of France (c. 890–936), King of West Francia
 * Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874–1943), Austro-Hungarian botanist, microbiologist and philosopher
 * Raoul Franklin (1935–2021), British physicist
 * Raoul Fristeau (1888–1964), French fencer
 * Raoul Garrard (1897–1977), New Zealand cricketer
 * Raoul de Gaucourt (c. 1370–1461), French soldier and statesman
 * Raoul Gehringer (1971–2018), Austrian choir director and composer
 * Raoul Girardet (1917–2013), French historian
 * Raoul Giraudo (1932–1995), French footballer
 * Raoul Glaber (985–1047), Benedictine chronicler
 * Raoul de Godewaersvelde (1928–1977), French singer
 * Raoul Got (1900–1955), French rugby union player
 * Raoul Gradis (1861–1943), French painter, composer and shipowner
 * Raoul Grassilli (1924–2010), Italian actor
 * Raoul Grimoin-Sanson (1860–1941), French inventor, engineer, and cinema pioneer
 * Raoul Gueguen (born 1947), French modern pentathlete
 * Raoul de Guînes (c. 992–1036), French nobleman
 * Raoul Gunsbourg (1860–1955), Romanian opera director and composer
 * Raoul Hafner (1905–1980), Austrian-born British helicopter pioneer and engineer
 * Raoul Hausmann (1886–1971), Austrian artist and writer
 * Raoul Hedebouw (born 1977), Belgian politician
 * Raoul Heertje (born 1963), Dutch stand-up comedian
 * Raoul Heide (1888–1978), Norwegian fencer
 * Raoul Heilbronner (died 1941), German art dealer
 * Raoul Henar (born 1972), Dutch footballer
 * Raoul Henkart (1907–1955), Belgian fencer
 * Raoul Hoffman, Hungarian-American aerospace engineer
 * Raoul de Houdenc (c. 1165–c. 1230), French author
 * Raoul Hunter (1926–2018), Canadian sculptor and caricaturist
 * Raoul Hurtubise (1882–1955), Canadian politician
 * Raoul Hyman (born 1996), South African racing driver
 * Raoul Hynckes (1893–1973), Dutch painter
 * Raoul Jarry (1885–1930), Canadian politician
 * Raoul Jobin (1906–1974), Canadian operatic tenor
 * Raoul Josset (1892–1957), French-born American sculptor
 * Raoul Kenne (born 1994), Cameroonian footballer
 * Raoul Koczalski (1884–1948), Polish pianist and composer
 * Raoul Kopelman (1933–2023), American chemist and nanotechnologist
 * Raoul Korner (born 1974), Austrian basketball coach
 * Raoul Korty (1889–1944), Austrian-Jewish journalist and photography collector
 * Raoul Kouakou (born 1980), Ivorian former footballer
 * Raoul Kraushaar (1908–2001), American composer
 * Raoul Kurvitz (born 1961), Estonian artist, musician and actor
 * Raoul Weston La Barre (1911–1996), American anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and drug researcher
 * Raoul Albert La Roche (1889–1965), Swiss banker and art collector
 * Raoul Lachenal (1885–1956), French potter
 * Raoul Lambert (born 1944), Belgian footballer
 * Raoul Lamourdedieu (1877–1953), French sculptor and medalist
 * Raoul Larson (born 1984), Namibian rugby union player
 * Raoul Last (born 2000), Dutch footballer
 * Raoul Laparra (1876–1943), French composer
 * Raoul Lefèvre, 15th-century French writer
 * Raoul Le Mat (1875–1947), American film director and ice hockey coach
 * Raoul Lesueur (1912–1981), French cyclist
 * Raoul Lévy (1922–1966), French film producer, writer and director
 * Raoul Lignon (1894–1973), French modern pentathlete
 * Raoul Loé (born 1989), Cameroonian-French footballer
 * Raoul Lufbery (1885–1918), French flying ace in World War I
 * Raoul I of Lusignan (1160s–1219), French nobleman and Crusader
 * Raoul II of Lusignan (1200–1246), French nobleman
 * Raoul Magrin-Vernerey (1892–1964), French general
 * Raoul Mal (born 2000), Romanian footballer
 * Raoul Manselli (1917–1984), Italian historian
 * Raoul Manuel (born 1994), Filipino youth activist and politician
 * Raoul Marco (1892–1971), French actor
 * Raoul Martinez (1876–1974), French artist
 * Raoul of Mérencourt (died 1225), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
 * Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard (1848–1914), Portuguese engineer
 * Raoul Meyer (1892–1970), French businessman and Resistance fighter
 * Raoul Middleman (1935–2021), American painter
 * Raoul Millais (1901–1999), English painter and sportsman
 * Raoul Moat (1973–2010), English fugitive and gunman at the centre of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
 * Raoul Mollet (1912–2002), Belgian modern pentathlete
 * Raoul Moretti (1893–1954), French film score composer
 * Raoul Mulder, Australian ornithologist and evolutionary ecologist
 * Raoul Naroll (1920–1985), Canadian-American anthropologist
 * Raoul Nehme (born 1956), Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade
 * Raoul II de Nesle (died 1160), French nobleman
 * Raoul III de Nesle (died 1235), French nobleman
 * Raoul de Neuville (died 1221), French cardinal, bishop, and diplomat
 * Raoul Ngadrira (born 1989), Belgian footballer
 * Raoul Nordling (1882–1962), Swedish-French businessman and diplomat
 * Raoul Owens (born 1994), British racing driver
 * Raoul Palmer (1904–1985), French gynecologist
 * Raoul Palmgren (1912–1995), Finnish writer
 * Raoul Pantin (1943–2015), Trinidad and Tobago journalist, editor, poet and playwright
 * Raoul Paoli (1887–1960), French athlete and actor
 * Raoul Peeters (born 1947), Belgian football manager
 * Raoul Peck (born 1953), Haitian filmmaker
 * Raoul Péret (1870–1942), French lawyer and politician
 * Raoul Petouille (1894–1978), French racing cyclist
 * Raoul Petretta (born 1997), German/Italian footballer
 * Raoul-Pierre Pictet (1846–1929), Swiss physicist
 * Raoul Pleskow (1930–2022), Austrian-born American composer
 * Raoul Ploquin (1900–1992), French film producer, production manager and screenwriter
 * Raoul Plus (1882–1958), French Jesuit priest and author
 * Raoul Poliakin (1917–1981), Egyptian-American orchestral arranger and conductor
 * Raoul Ponchon (1848–1937), French poet
 * Raoul Poulin (1900–1975), Canadian politician
 * Raoul Prandi (born 1969), French handball player
 * Raoul Pugno (1852–1914), French composer, teacher, organist and pianist
 * Raoul Rémy (1919–2002), French cyclist
 * Raoul Retzer (1919–1974), Austrian actor
 * Raoul Rigault (1846–1871), French journalist and revolutionary
 * Raoul A. Robinson (1928–2014), British-Canadian botanist
 * Raoul Rodriguez (born 1963), American rower
 * Raoul Ronsmans (born 1950), Belgian field hockey player
 * Raoul Roussel (1389–1452), French churchman and Archbishop of Rouen
 * Raoul de Saint-Omer (died 1220), Prince of Galilee
 * Raoul Salan (1899–1984), French Army general
 * Raoul Sarrazin (1938–2020), Canadian boxer
 * Raoul Savoy (born 1973), Spanish-Swiss football coach
 * Raoul Schrott (born 1964), Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality
 * Raoul Serres (1881–1971), French illustrator and printmaker
 * Raoul Servais (1928–2023), Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist
 * Raoul Shungu (born 1958), Congolese football manager
 * Raoul Sinier, French graphic designer and musician
 * Raoul de Soissons (c. 1210–1270), French nobleman and Crusader
 * Raoul Șorban (1912–2006), Romanian writer and artist
 * Raoul II Sores (died 1282), French Marshal and Crusader
 * Raoul Stojsavljevic (1887–1930), Austro-Hungarian World War I flying ace
 * Raoul Suhaimi (born 2005), Singaporean footballer
 * Raoul Taisson, 10th-century Norman warrior
 * Raoul Thiercelin (1898–1988), French rugby union player
 * Raoul Toché (1850–1895), French playwright and journalist
 * Raoul II of Tosny (1027–1102), Norman nobleman
 * Raoul III of Tosny (1079–1126), Norman nobleman
 * Raoul Tranchirer, pseudonym of German writer, poet, and artist Ror Wolf (1932–2020)
 * Raoul Trujillo (born 1955), American actor, dancer, choreographer and theater director
 * Raoul of Turenne or Saint-Raoul, archbishop of Bourges, 840–866
 * Raoul Ubac (1910–1985), French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver
 * Raoul Üksvärav (1928–2016), Estonian economist and politician
 * Raoul III of Valois (died 1038), French count
 * Raoul IV of Valois (c. 1025–1074), French count
 * Raoul Van Caenegem (1927–2018), Belgian legal historian
 * Raoul Van Overstraeten (1885–1977), Belgian general
 * Raoul Vaneigem (born 1934), Belgian writer
 * Raoul de Varneville (died 1191), Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Lisieux
 * Raoul Vazquez (born 1997), Spanish singer-songwriter and musician
 * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) or Saint Raoul
 * Raoul Verlet (1857–1923), French sculptor and art professor
 * Raoul I of Vermandois (died 1152), French count
 * Raoul Villain (1885–1936), French nationalist and assassin of Jean Jaurès
 * Raoul Gregory Vitale (1928–2003), Syrian musicologist
 * Raoul Voss (born 1983), German football coach
 * Raoul Wallenberg (1912–disappeared 1945), Swedish humanitarian
 * Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), American film director
 * Raoul Warocqué (1870–1917), Belgian industrialist
 * Raoul Weckbecker (1898–1978), Luxembourgian bobsledder and skier
 * Raoul Weil (born 1959), Swiss banker
 * Raoul Weiler (1938–2019), Belgian engineer
 * Raoul White (born 1972), Dutch politician
 * Raoul Whitfield (1896–1945), American fiction writer
 * Raoul, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Surname

 * Raoul (Byzantine family), Byzantine aristocratic family of Norman descent
 * Alexios Raoul (died c. 1258), Byzantine general
 * John Raoul Petraliphas (died c. 1274), Byzantine noble and military commander
 * Manuel Raoul, Byzantine official
 * Manuel Komnenos Raoul, Byzantine aristocrat and official, son of Alexios Raoul
 * Theodora Raoulaina (c. 1240–1300), Byzantine noblewoman, nun and scholar
 * Alfred Raoul (1938–1999), President of the Republic of the Congo
 * Dale Raoul (born 1955), American actress
 * Daniel Raoul (born 1941), French politician
 * Émilienne Raoul (born 1945), Congolese politician, wife of Alfred Raoul
 * Étienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852), French naval surgeon and naturalist
 * Fanny Raoul (1771–1833), French feminist writer, journalist, philosopher and essayist; sister of Jean-Marie Raoul
 * Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837), French lawyer, musician
 * Kwame Raoul (born 1964), American politician and 42nd Attorney General of Illinois
 * Max Raoul (c.1770–1839), French playwright
 * Ménaïc Raoul, Canadian film and commercial producer

Fictional characters

 * Bushman (character) (full name Raoul Bushman), a Marvel Comics character
 * Raoul de Cambrai, title character of a French epic poem
 * Raoul CaRoule from the 2011 animated film Cars 2
 * Viscount Raoul de Chagny, character in The Phantom of the Opera
 * Raoul Courvosier, character in the Honorverse
 * Raoul Diop, son of protagonist Assane Diop in the Netflix French TV series Lupin
 * Raoul Duke, a recurring character and author surrogate of writer Hunter S. Thompson
 * Raoul of Goldenlake, a character in the works of Tamora Pierce
 * Raoul Robideux, one of the main characters of the French–Canadian web series Tetes a Claques
 * Raoul Silva, the main antagonist in the 2012 film Skyfall, played by Javier Bardem
 * Raoul, one of the main characters of the 2010 animation A Monster in Paris

Places

 * Raoul, Georgia, United States
 * Raoul Island in the Pacific Ocean
 * Cape Raoul, Tasmania

Other

 * Raoul and the Kings of Spain, a 1995 studio album by British group Tears for Fears
 * "Raoul and the Kings of Spain" (song), the title track from the album
 * Super Raoul, an LP by Fishtank Ensemble
 * "Raoul" (song), a 2006 single by indie band The Automatic
 * Raoul (EP), an EP by The Automatic
 * Eating Raoul, 1982 American black comedy film
 * Eating Raoul (musical), a 1992 musical
 * An Evening with Raoul, Philippine variety/talk show hosted by Raoul Imbach
 * An Evening with Raoul, Philippine variety/talk show hosted by Raoul Imbach