List of Famous people named Rafael

Rafael Simancas Simancas is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), former Secretary-General of the PSOE Madrid branch.

Rafael de Faria Cortez is a Brazilian journalist, actor and comedian. He graduated in journalism from PUC-SP and between 2008 and 2012 was a reporter of Custe o Que Custar.

Rafael Pardo Rueda is a Colombian politician. A Liberal party politician and economist, he has previously served as the 1st Minister of Labour of Colombia serving in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, Minister of National Defence, and was elected Senator of Colombia for the 2002-2006 legislative period.

Rafael Lima Pereira, commonly known as Rafinha is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Mexican club Cafetaleros as a winger.

Rafael Gordillo Vázquez is a Spanish retired footballer. A tremendously attacking left wingback, equally at ease as defender and midfielder and with a good effort rate, he had an unmistakable style of playing with his socks down.

Rafael Luis Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN. Rafael Araneda is married to the hostess Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry and they have three children, Martina, Florencia and Vicente.

Rafael Arutyunyan is an Armenian-American figure skating coach. He has coached in Armenia, Russia and the United States.

Rafael ledes Carrascal Ávilez is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Rafael Hui Si-yan is a former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and career civil servant. Hui has been dubbed "Old Master Hui" (許老爺) and "Fat Dragon" (肥龍). Hui was appointed as a Justice of the Peace on 1986 and received the honour of Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998. On 19 December 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for misconduct in public office and bribery, and then stripped of the honour in March 2018. He was released in December 2019.

Rafael Forster is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Juventude, on loan from Botafogo. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back.