Namesakes
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents:
1 chancellor, 1 president
(chancellor) Rudolf Ramek 1924-1926 
(president) Rudolf Kirchschläger 1974-1986
Austrian Dukes and Emperors:
4 dukes, 1 archduke
Duke Rudolf I 1278-1282
Duke Rudolf II 1282-1283
Duke Rudolf III 1298-1307
Duke Rudolf IV the Founder 1358-1365
Archduke Rudolf II 1576-1608
Bohemian Kings:
2 kings
King Rudolf I 1306-1307
King Rudolf II 1576-1611
Frankish and French Kings:
1 king
King Rudolf Duke of Burgundy 923-936
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors:
1 king, 1 king-emperor
King Rudolf I 1273-1291
King-Emperor Rudolf II 1575-1612
Hungarian Kings and Queens:
1 king
King Rudolf II 1576-1608
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature, 1 medicine, 1 physics
(literature) Rudolf Christoph Eucken 1908
(medicine) Walter Rudolf Hess 1949
(physics) Rudolf Mössbauer 1961
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors, 1 dancer, 1 presenter
Rudi Falkenhagen 1933-2005
Rudi Carrell 1934-2006
Rudolf Nureyev 1938-1993
Rudolf Martin 1967-
Notable Artists:
1 game designer
Ralph Henry Baer (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1922-2014
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer
(soccer) Ruud Krol 1949-
(soccer) Rudi Völler 1960-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Rudolf Dassler 1898-1974
Notable Journalists:
1 journalist
(journalist) Peter R. de Vries (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1956-2021
Notable Musicians:
1 singer
Rudi Carrell 1934-2006
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
2 philosophers
Rudolf Christoph Eucken 1846-1926
Rudolf Steiner 1861-1925
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
3 politicians
Rudolf Hess 1894-1987
Rudolf de Korte 1936-2020
Ben Bot (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1937-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists, 1 inventor, 1 physician
Rudolf Virchow 1821-1902
Rudolf Clausius 1822-1888
Rudolf Diesel 1858-1913
Rudolf Mössbauer 1929-2011
Notable Writers:
1 author
Dolf Verroen 1928-
Olympic Medalists:
3 bronze, 3 gold, 1 gold/silver
(gold) Rudolf Bauer 1900 discus throw
(gold/silver) Armas Taipale (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1912; 1920 discus throw; discus throw - both hands
(bronze) Rudolf Harbig 1936 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Ruud van Feggelen 1948 water polo
(bronze) Rudolf Povarnitsyn 1988 high jump
(gold) Dániel Varga (a.k.a. Rudolf) 2008 water polo
(gold) Rudolf Dombi 2012 canoe sprint
Other Leaders:
1 president, 1 prime minister/president
Prime Minister/President Henk Chin A Sen (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1980-1982 Suriname
President Rudolf Schuster 1999-2004 Slovakia
Other Royalty:
2 princes
Rudolf of Austria 1858-1889 Austria-Hungary
Rudolf Ferdinand of Liechtenstein 1975- Liechtenstein
Saints:
1 blessed, 1 saint
Saint Rudolph (a.k.a. Rudolf) ?-1066
Blessed Rodolfo Acquaviva (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1550-1583
Swiss Presidents:
4 presidents
Emil Frey (a.k.a. Rudolf) 1894
Rudolf Minger 1935
Rudolf Gnägi 1971; 1976
Hans-Rudolf Merz 2009