Top Celebrity Names Starting With Rafael

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   Rafael Nadal

   Age 25 Male
   

   Tennis Player

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   Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. As of 23 April 2012 (2012 -04-23), he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time.… read more

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   Rafael Correa

   Age 49 Male
   

   Ecuadorian Politician and Economist

   
   

   Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and was the president pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007. In December 2008, he declared Ecuador's national debt illegitimate, based on the argument that it had been contracted by corrupt/despotic prior regimes.… read more

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   Rafael Benítez

   Age 52 Male
   

   Association Football Manager

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   Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes is a football manager, and former player. He is currently unemployed, after leaving as manager of Internazionale in December 2010. Born in Madrid, Benítez played football throughout his youth and joined the Real Madrid academy. He mixed his university studies with his football career at lower division Spanish teams.… read more

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   Rafael Caldera

   1916 - 2009 Male
   

   Politician, Lawyer, Senator

   
   

   Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999. Caldera taught sociology and law at various universities before entering politics. He was a founding member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party.… read more

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   Rafael van der Vaart

   Age 29 Male
   

   Dutch Footballer

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   Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker. Van der Vaart began his career at AFC Ajax' famous youth academy and worked his way into the first team, debuting as a 17-year-old. So stunning was his impact he was hailed as the new Johan Cruyff.… read more

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   Rafael Maroto

   1783 - 1853 Male
   

   General, Military Person

   
   

   Rafael Maroto Yserns was a Spanish general, known both for his involvement on the Spanish side in the wars of independence in South America and on the Carlist side in the First Carlist War.

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   Rafael Eitan

   1929 - 2004 Male
   

   Politician, General, Chief of Staff

   
   

   Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member government minister. Born in Afula during the Mandate era, Eitan was raised in Tel Adashim, where he spent most of his life. In 2005, he was voted the 24th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.… read more

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   Rafael Kubelík

   1914 - 1996 Male
   

   Conductor, Composer, Golfer

   
   

   Rafael Jeroným Kubelík was a Czech conductor and composer.

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   Rafael Trujillo

   1891 - 1961 Male
   

   Politician, Strongman, President

   
   

   Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed El Jefe (The Chief or The Boss), ruled the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. He officially served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, otherwise ruling as an unelected military strongman.… read more

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    Rafael Cordero Santiago

    1942 - 2004 Male
    

    Mayor, Politician

    
    

    Rafael Cordero Santiago – better known as Churumba – was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as the Greatest Lion (or, El León Mayor in Spanish) in reference to the city's nickname of The Lion City of Ponce. Mayor Cordero was a firm believer in the government decentralization process.… read more

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    Rafael Márquez

    Age 33 Male
    

    Footballer

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    Rafael Hernández Colón

    Age 75 Male
    

    Governor, Politician, Lawyer

    
    

    Rafael Hernández Colón is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fourth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for three terms, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1985 to 1993. An experienced politician, Hernández holds the record for being the youngest Governor of Puerto Rico, having won his first term at the age of 36. Hernández is also the person who has run for Governor the most times, a total of five.… read more

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    Rafael Moreira

    Age 37 Male
    

    Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

    
    

    Rafael Moreira is a Brazilian-American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist / vocalist on the hit CBS television shows Rock Star: INXS and Rock Star: Supernova, and most recently on MTV'S Rock the Cradle.… read more

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    Rafael Coronel

    Age 80 Male
    

    Painter

    
    

    Rafael Coronel is a painter from Mexico. He was the son-in-law of Diego Rivera. His representational paintings have a melancholic sobriety, and include faces from the past great masters, often floating in a diffuse haze. There are some paintings of his own in Mexico and in other countries.… read more

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    Rafael Cancel Miranda

    Age 82 Male
    

    Militant, Counsel, Shot

    
    

    Rafael Cancel Miranda, political activist, is a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and an advocate of Puerto Rican independence. On March 1, 1954, Cancel Miranda together with fellow Nationalists Lolita Lebron, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodriguez entered the United States Capitol building armed with automatic pistols and fired 30 shots.… read more

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    Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier

    Age 63 Male
    

    Lawyer, Politician, Campaigner

    
    

    Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier served as President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994. He was the presidential candidate of the Social Christian Unity Party for the national elections held in February 2010, but resigned his candidacy on 5 October 2009, when he was sentenced to five years in prison for two counts of corruption.… read more

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    Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

    Age 45 Male
    

    
    

    Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montréal and Madrid.… read more

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    Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero

    Age 68 Male
    

    Politician, Scientist, Social Scientist

    
    

    Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero was born on 14 November 1943 in Tegucigalpa in Honduras, and was the President of Honduras from 27 January 1990 to 27 January 1994, representing the National Party of Honduras.… read more

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    Rafael Escalona

    1927 - 2009 Male
    

    Diplomat, Composer, Folk Singer

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    Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the genre and for being the co-founder of the Vallenato Legend Festival, along with Consuelo Araújo and Alfonso López Michelsen.… read more

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    Rafael Buenaventura

    1938 - 2006 Male
    

    Philippine Central Bank Governor

    
    

    Rafael Carlos Baltazar Buenaventura was a prominent banker in the Philippines and one-time governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (from 1999 to 2005); he served under two Philippine presidents during one of the most tumultuous political transitions in the country’s history. Known for his fierce independence, Buenaventura was often targeted for removal from public office throughout his six-year term.… read more