Rudolph or Rudolf (French: Rodolphe or Raoul, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is an ancient Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod, Hróðr or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory" "honour", "renown", and olf meaning "wolf" (Hrōþiwulfaz).
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Rodolfo Graziani, prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Regio Esercito (Royal Army) and the Minister of National Defence of the Italian Social Republic
Rudolph B. Davila, United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in the European theatre during World War II
Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German army officer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bombing on 21 March 1943, leader of the unit, soldiers of which discovered the mass graves of the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre
Rudolf Schmundt, German officer in the Wehrmacht and adjutant to Adolf Hitler during World War II, later tried to unsuccessfully assassinate Hitler
Rudolf Viest, Slovak military leader, commander of the 1st Czechoslovak army during the Slovak National Uprising
Rudolf Frank, German Luftwaffe military aviator and night fighter ace during World War II
Rudolf von Eschwege, German World War I flying ace who was the German Empire's only fighter pilot operating on the Macedonian Front
Rudolf Veiel, German Panzer general during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Greece
Rudolf Sieckenius, German Generalmajor during World War II, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Berlin
Rudolf von Slatin, Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in Sudan
Rudolf Jordan, Nazi Gauleiter in Halle-Merseburg and Magdeburg-Anhalt
Rudolf Perešin, Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during Croatian War of Independence
Rudolf Toussaint, German army officer, one of the principal commanders of Prague uprising
Rudolf Meister, German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II
Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) Slovene military officer, poet and political activist, one of the leading perpetrators of Marburg's Bloody Sunday, one of the principal commanders of Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
Nazis
Rudolf Diels, German Nazi SS official and Director of German secret police Gestapo from 1933 to 1934
Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Deputy Führer in Nazi Germany, one of the leaders of Beer Hall Putsch, best known for his solo flight to Scotland
Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), German Nazi first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp
Rudolf Lange, Nazi German SS officer and one of the major perpetrators of the Holocaust, commander of Salaspils concentration camp, one of the leading perpetrators of Jelgava massacre and Rumbula massacre
Rudolf Spanner, Director of the Danzig Anatomical Institute during World War II who set up a process to produce soap made from human corpses
Rudolf Rahn, Nazi German politician and Plenipotentiary to the Italian Social Republic
Multi-fields
Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist
Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Latvian writer, journalist and playwright, considered one of the greatest writers in Latvian history and particularly a master of realism
Rudolph Cartier, Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC
Rudolf Ising, member of the American animation team Harman and Ising, known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios and creating the Looney Tunes
Rudolph Walton, American merchant after whom was named Rudolph Walton School in Philadelphia
Rudolph A. Peterson, American banker who served as the President and CEO of Bank of America and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems
Rudolf Holzapfel, Polish-born Austrian psychologist and philosopher
Rudolph Fentz, focal character of "I'm Scared", a 1952 science fiction short story by Jack Finney, which was later reported as a real person in an urban legend
Rudulph Evans, sculptor from Washington, D.C., who grew up in Virginia
Rudolph Emmerich, German bacteriologist noted for his advances against cholera and his co-invention of the first antibiotic drug Pyocyanase with Oscar Löw
Rudolf von Alt, Austrian landscape and architectural painter
Rudolf Otto, German Lutheran theologian, philosopher, and comparative religionist
Rudolph Edward Torrini, American artist best known for his sculptures, wood carvings and bronze public monuments in the St. Louis area, including "The Immigrants", "The Union Soldier," and "Martin Luther King"
Rudolf Wanderone, American professional billiards player, also known as "Minnesota Fats"
Rudolph A. Peterson, American banker who served as the President and CEO of Bank of America and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
Rodolfo Walsh, Argentine writer and journalist of Irish descent, considered the founder of investigative journalism, known for his Open Letter from a Writer to the Military Junta
Rodolphe Lemieux, Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
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