Namesakes
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
(m) 1846-1926 
Nobel Prize Winners 1908 (literature)
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Rudolf Diesel
(m) 1858-1913
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Rudolf II
(m) 1552-1612
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1576-1608
Bohemian Kings 1576-1611
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors 1575-1612
Hungarian Kings and Queens 1576-1608
Rudolf Hess
(m) 1894-1987
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Rudolf Clausius
(m) 1822-1888
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Rudolf Mössbauer
(m) 1929-2011
Nobel Prize Winners 1961 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Rudolf I
(m) 1218-1291
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1278-1282
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors 1273-1291
Rudolf Virchow
(m) 1821-1902
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Rudolf Steiner
(m) 1861-1925
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Rudolf Nureyev
(m) 1938-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (dancer)
Walter Rudolf Hess
(m) 1881-1973
Nobel Prize Winners 1949 (medicine)
Rudolf Duke of Burgundy
(m) ?-936
Frankish and French Kings 923-936
Rudolf of Austria
(m) 1858-1889
Other Royalty 1858-1889 Austria-Hungary (prince)
Rudolf IV the Founder
(m) 1339-1365
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1358-1365
Rudi Völler
(m) 1960-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Rudolf III
(m) 1281-1307
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1298-1307
Bohemian Kings (Rudolf I) 1306-1307
Rudolf Kirchschläger
(m) 1915-2000
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1974-1986 (president)
Rudolf Dassler
(m) 1898-1974
Notable Businesspeople
Rudolf Schuster
(m) 1934-
Other Leaders 1999-2004 Slovakia (president)
Ralph Henry Baer
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1922-2014
Notable Artists
Rudolf II
(m) 1270-1290
Austrian Dukes and Emperors 1282-1283
Hans-Rudolf Merz
(m) 1942-
Swiss Presidents 2009
Rudolf Bauer
(m) 1879-1932
Olympic Medalists 1900 discus throw (gold)
Ruud Krol
(m) 1949-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Rudolf Ramek
(m) 1881-1941
Austrian Chancellors and Presidents 1924-1926 (chancellor)
Rudi Carrell
(m) 1934-2006
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Notable Musicians
Armas Taipale
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1890-1976
Olympic Medalists 1912; 1920 discus throw - both hands; discus throw (gold/silver)
Henk Chin A Sen
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1934-1999
Other Leaders 1980-1982 Suriname (prime minister/president)
Peter R. de Vries
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1956-2021
Notable Journalists
Rudolf Harbig
(m) 1913-1944
Olympic Medalists 1936 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Rudolf Povarnitsyn
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1988 high jump (bronze)
Emil Frey
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1838-1922
Swiss Presidents 1894
Rudolf Gnägi
(m) 1917-1985
Swiss Presidents 1971; 1976
Rudolf Dombi
(m) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2012 canoe sprint (gold)
Dániel Varga
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2008 water polo (gold)
Rudolf Minger
(m) 1881-1955
Swiss Presidents 1935
Ben Bot
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1937-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Rudolf Martin
(m) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruud van Feggelen
(m) 1924-2002
Olympic Medalists 1948 water polo (bronze)
Rudolf de Korte
(m) 1936-2020
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Rodolfo Acquaviva
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) 1550-1583
Saints
Dolf Verroen
(m) 1928-
Notable Writers
Rudi Falkenhagen
(m) 1933-2005
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rudolf Ferdinand of Liechtenstein
(m) 1975-
Other Royalty 1975- Liechtenstein (prince)
Rudolph
(a.k.a. Rudolf) (m) ?-1066
Saints