List of Famous people named Rafael

Rafael Paulo de Lara Araújo is a Brazilian retired professional basketball player. He played for three years in the National Basketball Association.

Rafael Cordeiro is a Brazilian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) coach and founder of MMA Gym, Kings MMA. He is best known for training multiple MMA world champions.

Rafael Huete da Motta is a Brazilian politician and engineer. He has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Norte, having served in the national legislature since 2015.

Rafael Ferreira Reis is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Antarte–Feirense.

Rafael Aníbal Infantino Abreu is a Dominican-born Colombian former professional cyclist.

Rafael Larco Hoyle, raised at Chiclin, his family's estate, was sent to school in Maryland, United States, at the age of twelve. He later entered Cornell University to study agricultural engineering and by 1923 returned to Peru to work on the family's sugar cane plantation. After spending most of his youth abroad, Larco Hoyle arrived to Peru with the eyes of an outsider. With this foreigner's curiosity he explored the country and discovered an ancient cultural patrimony in the north coast. Larco Hoyle recognized the need to house these objects in a safe place. It was at that point, Larco Hoyle dreamt of a museum, one like he had seen in the United States.