Rafael
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Rafael may refer to:
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People
- Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina 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, ruling for the rest of his tenure in office as an unelected military strongman. His tyranny, historically known as "La Era de Trujillo" or "The, former Dominican president (dictator)
- Rafael Correa Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is the President of the Republic of Ecuador and the current President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations. An economist educated in Ecuador, Belgium and the United States, he briefly served as his country's Finance Minister in 2005. He was elected President in late 2006 and took office in January 2007, president of Ecuador
- Rafael Guizar Valencia, Mexican saint
- Rafael Castillo, Movie Director, Texas
Arts
- Rafael Arevalo, Mexican-American Composer
- Rafael Bittencourt, Brazilian power metal composer and song writer
- Raffaello da Urbino (1483 – 1520), known as Raphael, Italian painter
Sports
- Rafael Alarçón, Brazilian squash player
- Rafael Álvarez, Spanish diver
- Rafael Arevalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
- Rafael Carbonell, Cuban flyweight boxer
- Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
- Rafael Mea Vitali, Venezuelan football defender
- Rafael Montiel, Colombian road cyclist
- Rafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 in the world. Nadal has won eight Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 18 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments and also was part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008 and 2009. He is, Spanish tennis player
- Rafael Nepomuceno, Filipino bowler
- Rafael Palmeiro, Major League Baseball player
- Rafael Pascual, Spanish volleyball player
- Rafael Ramos, Puerto Rican boxer
- Rafael Romero, Venezuelan track and field athlete
- Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
- Rafael Zuñiga, Colombian boxer
Brazilian footballers
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1980), currently playing for Fluminense
- Rafael Schmitz (1980), currently playing for Valenciennes
- Rafael Godoi Pereira (1985), currently playing for FK Laktaši
- Renato Rafael Bondi (1981), currently playing for Arezzo
- Rafael Pereira da Silva (footballer born 1990), currently playing for Manchester United
- Rafael Vágner Dias Silva (1983), currently playing for Náutico
- Rafael Araújo Silva (1988), currently playing for Corinthians
- Rafael Silva Nascimento (1984), currently playing for Vasco
- Rafael Pires Vieira (1978), currently playing for FC Lahti
Other
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Israeli authority for development of weapons and military technology
- San Rafael, for various places named for the Archangel Raphael in Spanish
- Rafael, California, former name of Rafael Village, California
See also
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