Randolph (given name)
Randolph is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old Norse Rannúlfr which is composed of two elements: "shield" or "rim" + "wolf". Cognates of the name include Randolf, Randulph, and Wandolfin. A pet form of Randolf is Randy.
People with the given name include:
A-F
- Randolph Greenfield Adams, American librarian and historian
- Randolph Alles, American law enforcement officer and government official
- Randolph Aston, English rugby union centre
- Randolph Barlow, Anglican archbishop
- Randolph A. Beales, Attorney General of Virginia and judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals
- Randolph Beazer, Barbudan politician
- Randolph Bedford, Australian writer and politician
- Randolph M. Bell, American diplomat
- Randolph C. Berkeley, U.S. Marine Corps major general
- Randolph Blackwell, American civil rights activist
- Randolph Blake, American psychologist
- Randolph Bourne, American progressive writer and intellectual
- Randolph Bowe, American Negro league baseball pitcher
- Randolph Bracy, American politician
- Randolph L. Braham, American historian and political scientist
- Randolph Bresnik U.S. Marine Corps officer and NASA astronaut
- Randolph Bromery, American educator and geologist
- Randolph Bryant, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- Randolph Burton, Antiguan footballer
- Randolph Caldecott, British artist and illustrator
- Randolph Roque Calvo, America prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Randolph Carpenter, U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Randolph Carter, fictional character present in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos
- Randolph Childress, American basketball player
- Randolph Chitwood, American surgeon
- Lord Randolph Churchill, British statesman
- Randolph Churchill, British politician
- Randolph Claiborne, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
- Randolph Cohen, American financial economist
- Randolph Coleman, American composer and educator
- Randolph Collier, member of the California State Senate
- Randolph Colville, Scottish jazz swing clarinettist, saxophonist, bandleader and arranger
- Randolph Crew (cartographer), English amateur cartographer
- Randolph George Croome, Canadian railway conductor and politician
- Randolph Crossley, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and the Hawaii Senate
- Randolph De Battista, Maltese progressive politician
- Randolph Osborne Douglas, British silversmith, artist, and amateur escapologist
- Randolph Fields, Anglo-American lawyer who founded British Atlantic Airways
- Randolph Frank Ollive Foote, British Royal Navy officer
- Randolph Foster (athlete), Costa Rican sprinter
- Randolph Sinks Foster, American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
F-M
- Randolph Galloway, English footballer and football manager
- Randolph George, Bishop of Guyana
- Randolph Glasgow, Trinidadian cricketer
- Randolph Gohi, French footballer
- Randolph Guggenheimer, American lawyer and philanthropist
- Randolph Guggenheimer (politician), New York City politician
- Randolph H. Guthrie, American lawyer and businessman
- Randolph Harding, Canadian politician
- Randolph Edgar Haugan, American writer, editor, and publisher
- Randolph Healy, Irish poet and publisher
- Randolph Apperson Hearst, American newspaper publisher
- William Randolph Hearst, American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications
- Randolph T. Hester, landscape architect and professor of landscape architecture
- Randolph Hewton, Canadian artist
- Randolph Hezekiah, Trinidadian cricketer
- Randolph Hodgson, English Anglican vicar and writer
- Randolph Hokanson, American pianist and professor
- Randolph M. Holder, United States Navy officer killed in the Battle of Midway
- Randolph Hollerith, American Episcopal priest
- Randolph Jackson, attorney, author and justice of the New York Supreme Court
- Randolph Jefferson, younger brother of Thomas Jefferson
- Randolph Jenkins, Irish footballer
- Randolph Jerome, Guyanese soccer player
- Randolph Jewett, English organist and composer
- Randolph K. Jones, Canadian lawyer and political figure
- Randolph Keys, American basketball player
- Randolph Kirkpatrick, British spongiologist, cnidariologist and bryozoologist
- Randolph Lycett, British tennis player
- Randolph M. Medley, American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator
- Randolph Mahaffey, American basketball player
- Randolph Mainwaring, English cricketer
- Randolph Mank, Canadian business executive and diplomat
- Randolph Manning, American jurist and politician
- Randolph Mantooth, American actor
- Randolph B. Marcy, U.S. Army officer before, during, and after the American Civil War
- Randolph B. Martine, American lawyer and politician
- Randolph Jewell Francis Mendis, Sri Lankan Sinhala educationist, first indigenous Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force
- Randolph McCoy, patriarch of the McCoy clan in the infamous American Hatfield–McCoy feud
- Randolph Harrison McKim, American Episcopal clergy and writer
- Randolph McKinnon, Canadian provincial politician
- Randolph Miller, African-American freed slave, journalist, and activist
- Randolph Morris, American basketball player
- Randolph Moss, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Randolph Mott, American businessman and Union sympathizer
- Randolph Murdaugh Sr., American attorney, and politician, and circuit solicitor of South Carolina
- Randolph Murdaugh Jr., American attorney who served as the circuit solicitor of South Carolina
- Randolph Murdaugh III, American attorney who served as the circuit solicitor of South Carolina
N-Z
- Randolph Nesbitt, South African-born Rhodesian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Randolph M. Nesse, American physician, scientist and author in the field of evolutionary medicine
- Randolph Nott, Australian politician
- Randolph Oduber, Aruban baseball outfielder
- Randolph Greene Pack, American philanthropist
- Randolph Severn Parker III, one of the creators of the animated series South Park
- Randolph M. Pate, United States Marine Corps general
- Randolph E. Paul, American lawyer
- Randolph Perkins, American politician
- Randolph Peters, Canadian composer
- Randolph W. Peterson, American attorney, politician, and jurist
- Randolph Powell, American actor
- Randolph Prim, Negro league baseball player
- Randolph M. Probstfield, settlers in Clay County, Minnesota
- Randolph Quirk, British linguist and life peer
- Randolph Ramnarace, Guyanese first-class cricketer
- Randolph Ridling, New Zealand soldier
- Randolph Roberts, American actor
- Randolph Rogers, American Neoclassical sculptor
- Randolph Rose, New Zealand athlete
- Randolph Ross, American athlete specializing in the 400 metres
- Randolph Isham Routh, British Army officer
- Randolph H. Runden, American farmer and politician
- Randolph Runnels, American soldier and lawman
- Randolph Schwabe. British draughtsman, painter, and etcher
- Randolph Scott, American actor
- Randolph L. Speight, American jurist and director of the Pioneer Fund
- Randolph Staudenraus, United States Air Force major general
- Randolph Stewart (disambiguation), various people
- Randolph Stone, Austrian-American chiropractor, osteopath and naturopath
- Randolph Stow, Australian-born writer, novelist, and poet
- Randolph Isham Stow, English-born Australian judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia
- Randolph Strickland, American politician
- Randolph Sutton, English singer and comic entertainer
- Randolph Thomas, Church in Wales priest who served as Archdeacon of Brecon
- Randolph W. Thrower, American attorney and government official
- Randolph Thummel, American chemist specializing in organic and inorganic chemistry
- Randolph Ting, Filipino politician
- Randolph Toms, Viking
- Randolph Toussaint, Guyanese cyclist
- Randolph Townsend, American politician
- Randolph Turpin, British boxer
- Randolph Vigne, South African anti-apartheid activist
- Randolph Want, English-born Australian politician
- Randolph W. Washington, American teacher and state legislator in Florida
- Randolph Weatherbee, justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
- Randolph Henry Weber, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Randolph Wemyss, Laird of Wemyss Castle and Chief of Clan Wemyss
- Randolph Lewis White, African-American newspaper publisher, hospital administrator, and civil-rights activist
- Randolph Whitfield Jr., American ophthalmologist
- Randolph Wise, Dean of Peterborough in the Church of England
- Randolph Woolridge, Australian first-class cricket umpire
- Randolph Zane, U.S. Marine Corps officer in World War I
Namesakes of historic houses
- Randolph Bainbridge, of the Randolph Bainbridge House
- Randolph Columbus Barrett, of the Randolph Columbus Barrett House
- Randolph James, of the Randolph James House
- Randolph Mitchell, of the Randolph Mitchell House