Rafael (given name)
Rafael is a masculine given name. It is a Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Raphael. It translates to "God has healed" and "God heals" in Hebrew. Notable people with the name include:
People
Arts and entertainment
- Rafael Araneda, Chilean television personality
- Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and songwriter
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer
- Rafael Kayanan, Filipino-American artist
- Rafaël Ouellet, Canadian film director
- Rafael L. Silva, Brazilian-American actor
Politics
- Rafael Aguiñada Carranza, Salvadoran politician
- Rafael Correa, former president of Ecuador
- Rafael Edward Cruz, more commonly known as Ted Cruz, American politician
- Rafael Eitan, Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, and politician
- Rafael Macias, American politician
- Rafael Trujillo, former Dominican president
Sports
Association football
Brazilian
- Rafael Cabral
- Rafael Vágner Dias Silva
- Rafael Godoi Pereira
- Rafael Nascimento
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980)
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990)
- Rafael Pires Vieira
- Rafael Schmitz
- Rafael Sóbis
- Rafael Tolói
Mexican
- Rafael Baca
- Rafael Cuevas, goalkeeper
- Rafael Figueroa
- Rafael Guerrero
- Rafael Márquez, coach and former player
- Rafael Medina
Portuguese
- Rafael Barbosa (footballer, born 1996)
- Rafaël Dias
- Rafael Floro
- Rafael Leão
- Rafael Lopes
- Rafael Ramos (footballer)
- Rafael Veloso, goalkeeper
Spanish
- Rafael Alkorta
- Rafael Benítez, football manager and former player
- Rafael Gordillo
- Rafael Oramas
- Rafael Wellington
Other nationalities
- Rafael Bianchi, Uruguayan footballer
- Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan football manager and former goalkeeper
- Rafael Farfán, Peruvian footballer
- Rafael Guarderas, Peruvian footballer
- Rafael Haller, Uruguayan footballer
- Rafael Kazior, German footballer
- Rafael Mea Vitali, Venezuelan footballer
- Rafael Monti, Argentine footballer
- Rafael Robayo, Colombian footballer
- Rafael Santos Borré, Colombian footballer
- Rafael Struick, Indonesian footballer
- Rafael Uiterloo, Dutch footballer
- Rafael Urazbakhtin, Kazakhstani football manager and former player
- Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
- Rafael Zuviría, Argentine footballer
Baseball
- Rafael Álvarez (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player
- Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Dolis, Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Figarola, Cuban baseball player
- Rafael Furcal, Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Montalvo (baseball), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Rafael Montero (baseball), Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Ortega (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player
- Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American Major League Baseball player
- Rafael Pérez (baseball), Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Santana, Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player
- Rafael Ynoa, Dominican baseball player
Boxing and martial arts
- Rafael Alves (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael dos Anjos, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
- Rafael Carvalho, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Cordeiro, Brazilian mixed martial artist and coach
- Rafael Fiziev, Azerbaijani mixed martial artist
- Rafael Guzmán, Mexican boxer
- Rafael Herrera, Mexican boxer
- Rafael Iglesias (boxer), Argentine boxer
- Rafael Lovera, Paraguayan boxer
- Rafael Natal, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Ramos (boxer), Puerto Rican boxer
- Rafael Rebello, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Ruelas, Mexican boxer
- Rafael Silva (fighter), Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Rafael Silva (judoka), Brazilian judoka
- Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
Car racing
- Rafael Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
- Rafael Daniel, Brazilian racing driver
- Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
- Rafael Suzuki, Brazilian racing driver
- Rafael Villagómez, Mexican racing driver
Cycling
- Rafael Andriato, Brazilian road cyclist
- Rafael Montero (cyclist), Chilean cylcist
- Rafael Montiel, Colombian road cyclist
- Rafael Silva (cyclist), Portuguese cyclist
Other sports
- Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
- Rafael Alarcón (golfer), Mexican golfer
- Rafael Álvarez (diver), Spanish diver
- Rafael Araujo-Lopes, American gridiron football player
- Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- Rafael Cerro (weightlifter), Colombian weightlifter
- Rafael Cerro (bullfighter), Spanish bullfighter
- Rafael Duk, Mexican gridiron football player and coach
- Rafael Hechanova, Filipino basketball player
- Rafael López (handballer), Spanish handballer
- Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player
- Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno, Filipino bowler
- Rafael Pascual (volleyball), Spanish volleyball player
- Rafael Romero, Venezuelan sprinter
- Rafael Usín Guisado, Spanish futsal player
Saints
- Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Spanish saint
- Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop and saint
Other fields
- Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican former drug lord
- Rafael C. Castillo, Mexican-American editor, author, and academician
- Rafael Spósito Balzarini, Uruguayan anarchist, sociologist, and journalist
Fictional characters
- Rafael Barba, appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Rafael Solano,, a principal character on Jane the Virgin
- Rafael, a toucan character in the animated film Rio, played by George Lopez
- Dr. Rafael Salazar, the late Argentinian father of the titular character of the 2010-2013 Cartoon Network show Generator Rex.