Rauf is usually a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban cleric), citizen of Afghanistan and an anti-Taliban cleric
Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor), Taliban politician
Abdur Rauf (cricketer) (born 1978), international cricketer from Pakistan
Asad Rauf (born 1956), Pakistani former first-class cricketer and a Test cricket umpire
Atif Rauf (born 1964), former Pakistani cricketer
Bulent Rauf (1911–1987), Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and author
Faiza Rauf (1923–1994), Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty
Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), American Sufi imam, author, and activist
Javeria Rauf, female Pakistani cricketer
John Rauf (fl.1388), English politician
Rana Abdul Rauf (born 1953), member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in Pakistan
Rashid Rauf (1981–2008), alleged Al-Qaeda operative
Shero Rauf (born 1979), Kurdish-Iraqi actor and stuntman
Zana Rauf (born 1970), Kurdish Television News reader
Rauf Taoheed (born 1985), civil engineer at Oduduwa University Ipetumodu, Osun State, Nigeria
