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 cartoonist, 1 game designer
Hal Foster (middle name Rudolf) 1892-1982
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 (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name Rudolf) 1912; 1920 discus throw - both hands; discus throw
(bronze) Rudolf Harbig 1936 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Ruud van Feggelen 1948 water polo
(bronze) Rudolf Povarnitsyn 1988 high jump
(gold) Dániel Varga (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name Rudolf) 1894
Rudolf Minger 1935
Rudolf Gnägi 1971; 1976
Hans-Rudolf Merz 2009