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Rudolph (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
Famous wolf

Word/name
  
German

Related names
  
Rodolfo, Rolf

Rudolph (name)

Pronunciation
  
/ruːdɒlf/ German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf]

Rudolph or Rudolf (French: Rodolphe, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from two stems: Rod or Hrōð, meaning "fame", and olf meaning "wolf" (see also Hroðulf; cf. Adolf).

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In other languages

  • Albanian: Rudolf
  • Armenian: Ռուդոլֆ (Rudolf)
  • Catalan: Rodolf
  • Croatian: Rudolf
  • Czech: Rudolf
  • Danish: Rudolf
  • Dutch: Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud
  • English: Rudolf, Rudolph
  • French: Rodolphe, Raoul
  • Georgian: რუდოლფ (Rudolp)
  • German: Rudolf, diminutive: Rudi
  • Greek: Ροδόλφος (Rhodólphos), Ράλλης (Rhálles)
  • Hebrew רודולף (Rudolf)
  • Hungarian: Rudolf
  • Italian: Rodolfo
  • Latin: Rudolphus
  • Latvian: Rūdolfs
  • Norwegian: Rudolf
  • Polish: Rudolf
  • Portuguese: Rodolfo
  • Russian: Рудольф (Rudolf)
  • Serbian: Rudolf (Рудолф)
  • Slovak: Rudolf
  • Slovene: Rudolf
  • Spanish: Rodolfo
  • Swedish: Rudolf

    • Athletes

  • Ernie Rudolph (1909–2003), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gergely Rudolf (born 1985), Hungarian soccer player
  • Jacques Rudolph (born 1981), South African cricketer who plays for Surrey CCC
  • Kyle Rudolph (born 1989), National Football League player
  • Nils Rudolph (born 1965), German freestyle swimmer
  • Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American Olympic athlete

    • In film and television

  • Alan Rudolph (born 1943), film director and screenwriter
  • Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress and comedian
  • William Rudolph (died 1975), American film technician

    • In science and technology

  • Arthur Rudolph (1906–1996), rocket scientist who helped develop the V-2 and the Saturn V, Operation Paperclip

    • In music

  • Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), composer
  • Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902–1995), German conductor who spent most of his career in the United States
  • Kevin Rudolf (born 1983), American musician, singer-songwriter and music producer.

    • Other

  • Albert Rudolph, birth name of Swami Rudrananda, American entrepreneur and spiritual teacher
  • Eric Rudolph (born 1966), serial murderer and terrorist
  • Julia Ann Rudolph (c. 1820–c. 1890), American photographer
  • Paul Rudolph (architect) (1918–1997), American architect
  • Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), founder of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc

    • Royalty

  • Rudolph of France (r. 923–936)
  • Rudolf I of Germany (1218–1291)
  • Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612)
  • Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–1889), son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died at Mayerling)
  • Rudolph I of Bohemia (1281–1307)
  • Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270–1290)
  • Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365)

    • Religious figures

  • Rudolf of Fulda, 9th century monk, writer and theologian
  • Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788–1831), Archbishop of Olomouc and member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine

    • Dancers

  • Rudolf Laban (1879–1958)
  • Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993)

    • In film and television

  • Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), legendary silent film actor
  • Rudolph Walker (born 1939), British actor
  • Rudy Wurlitzer (born 1937), American novelist and screenwriter.
  • Rudolf Bernhard (1901–1962), Swiss actor and theater director
  • Rudolf Hrušínský (born 1920), Czech actor
  • Ruedi Walter, (1916–1990) Swiss comedian and actor

    • In science and technology

  • Ralph H. Baer (Rudolf Heinrich Baer) (1922–2014), German-American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer.
  • Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the diesel engine
  • Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923), Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist
  • Rudolf Wolf (1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician
  • Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914) German American immigrant, who was founder of The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
  • Rudolph Boysen (1895–1950), creator of the boysenberry
  • Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Germanist and Philologian

    • In music

  • Sir Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario
  • Rudolf Friml (1879–1972), composer of operettas, musicals, songs and piano pieces, and a pianist
  • Rodolfo "Fito" Páez (born 1963), Argentine singer-songwriter
  • Rudolph Isley (born 1939), American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.
  • Rudolf Schenker (born 1948), German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions.

    • Political figures

  • Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born 1944), American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
  • Rudolph (Rudy) Perpich, former governor of Minnesota

    • Other

  • Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
  • Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), German businessman
  • Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Deputy Führer in Nazi Germany
  • Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp
  • Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), Austrian-Jewish chess player
  • Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), Slovak-Canadian professor of pharmacology and Jewish escapee of the Auschwitz concentration camp
  • Rudolf Völler (born 1960), German football player
  • Rudolph Berthold (1891–1920), German World War I air ace
  • Rudolf Straeuli (born 1963), South African rugby player and coach
  • Charles Rudolph Walgreen (1873–1939), American businessman who founded Walgreens.
  • Rudolf Abel, the alias of Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903–1971), a Russian spy
  • Rudolph Arvid Peterson (1904–2003), former president and CEO of Bank of America.
  • Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1939), fictional character

    • References

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