Rudolph (name)

For other uses, see Rudolph.

Rudolph

Rudolf the First of the German Habsburg Dynasty
Pronunciation	/ruːdɒlf/ German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	German
Meaning	"fame-wolf"
Region of origin	Germanic countries (Germany, England, Scotland, Scandinavian region), also Ireland
Other names
Related names	Rudy (Nickname), Rodolfo, Rolf

Rudolph or Rudolf (French: Rodolphe, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory" , and olf meaning "wolf". It is a common name in many germanic-language speaking countries in Europe, but in the North-American countries it is rare.

In other languages

• Afrikaans: Roelof, Rudolf
• Albanian: Rudolf
• Armenian: Ռուդոլֆ (Rudolf)
• Catalan: Rodolf
• Croatian: Rudolf
• Czech: Rudolf
• Danish: Rudolf
• Dutch: Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud
• English: Rudolph
• French: Rodolphe, Raoul
• Georgian: რუდოლფ (Rudolp)
• German: Rudolf, diminutive: Rudi
• Greek: Ροδόλφος (Rhodólphos), Ράλλης (Rhálles)
• Hebrew רודולף (Rudolf)
• Hungarian: Rudolf
• Italian: Rodolfo
• Japanese:ルドルフ (Rudorufu)
• Latin: Rudolphus
• Latvian: Rūdolfs
• Norwegian: Rudolf
• Polish: Rudolf
• Portuguese: Rodolfo
• Russian: Рудольф (Rudolf)
• Serbian: Rudolf (Рудолф)
• Slovak: Rudolf
• Slovene: Rudolf
• Spanish: Rodolfo
• Swedish: Rudolf

Given Name

Royalty

• Rudolph of France (r. 923–936)
• Rudolf I of Germany (1218–1291)
• Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–1889), son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died at Mayerling)
• Rudolph I of Bohemia (1281–1307)
• Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270–1290)
• Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365)
• Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg (????-1232)

Religious figures

• Rudolf of Fulda, 9th century monk, writer and theologian
• Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788–1831), Archbishop of Olomouc and member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Dancers

• Rudolf Laban (1879–1958)
• Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993)

In film and television

• Rudolph Anders, American actor
• Rudolf Buitendach, South African born film director and editor
• Rudolph Cartier, Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exclusively for the BBC
• Rudolf Carl, Austrian actor
• Rudolf Christians, German actor
• Rodolfo "Rudy" Mancuso, American actor, Internet personality and musician most notable for his comedic videos on YouTube and previously on Vine
• Rudolf Martin, German actor working mainly in the United States
• Rudolph Mate, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, film director and film producer
• Rudolf Ising, member of the American animation team Harman and Ising
• Rudolf Jugert, German film director
• Rudolf Prack, Austrian actor
• Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), legendary silent film actor
• Rudolph Walker (born 1939), British actor
• Rudolf Mestdagh, Belgian film director
• Rudolf Noelte, German film director, theater director and opera director
• Rudy Wurlitzer (born 1937), American novelist and screenwriter.
• Rudolf Bernhard (1901–1962), Swiss actor and theater director
• Rudolf Meinert, Austrian screenwriter, film producer and director
• Rudolf Hrušínský (born 1920), Czech actor
• Rudolf Zehetgruber, Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor
• Ruedi Walter, (1916–1990) Swiss comedian and actor

In science and technology

• Ralph H. Baer (Rudolf Heinrich Baer) (1922–2014), German-American video game pioneer, inventor, engineer
• Rudolf Rudy Ballieux, Dutch immunologist
• Rudolph Boysen (1895–1950), creator of the boysenberry
• Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the diesel engine
• Rudolf Hauschka, Austrian chemist, author, inventor, entrepreneur and anthroposophist
• Rudolph A. Marcus (born 1923), Canadian Nobel Prize-winning chemist
• Rudolf Robert Maier, German pathologist
• Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Germanist and Philologian
• Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), German physician and biologist
• Rudolf Wolf (1816–1893), Swiss astronomer and mathematician

In music

• Rudolf Baumgartner Swiss conductor and violinist
• Sir Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario
• Rodolphe Burger, French composer
• Rudolf Friml (1879–1972), composer of operettas, musicals songs and piano pieces, and a pianist
• Rudolph Ganz Swiss-born American pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator
• Rudolf Nordström real name of the Swedish DJ and electronic music producer Mr. Tophat
• Rodolfo "Fito" Páez (born 1963), Argentine singer-songwriter
• Rudolph Isley (born 1939), American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.
• Rudolf Schenker (born 1948), German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions.
• Rudolf Fischer German musician
• Wage Rudolf Supratman (born 1903), Indonesian songwriter and the composer both the music and lyrics for the song Indonesia Raya.
• Rudolph "Rudy" Wiedoeft, American saxophonist.

Political figures

• Rudolf "Rudy" Andeweg, Dutch political scientist
• Rudolph Blankenburg, businessman and manufacturer, who became a politician and elected mayor of Philadelphia.
• Rudolf Buttmann, German politician and diplomat
• Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (born 1944), American lawyer, businessman, former politician, and public speaker. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
• Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian diplomat, politician and judge, who served as the eighth President of Austria.
• Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., president of Walgreens and the chairman of the board
• Rudolf E. A. Havenstein, German lawyer and president of the Reichsbank (German central bank) during the hyperinflation of 1921-1923
• Rudolph K. Hynicka, American politician who led the Republican party in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Rudolf Scharping, German politician (SPD) and sports official.
• Rudolf Seiters, German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party.
• Rudolph (Rudy) Perpich, former governor of Minnesota.
• Rudolf Maister (1874-1934) Slovene military officer, poet and political activist.
• Rudolf "Rudi" Vis, Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament.

Other

• Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer, German football manager and player
• Rudolf Abel, the alias of Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (1903–1971), a Russian spy
• Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
• Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician
• Rudolf Dreikurs, Austrian psychiatrist and educator
• Rudolf "Rudi" Dutschke, spokesperson of the 1960s German student movement
• Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer, Swiss racing driver
• Rudolf E. Kalman Hungarian-born American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor
• Rudolf Berthold, German flying ace of World War I
• 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 Robert Maier, German pathologist
• Rudolf "Rudi" Hess, American fine art painter, sculptor and art critic, who was based in Northern California
• Rudolph Hass, developer of the Hass avocado, the source of 95% of California avocados grown commercially today
• Rudolf Fischer German writer
• Rudolf Fischer Romanian historian
• Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
• Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974), German businessman
• Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer
• Rudolf Molleker, German tennis player
• Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian retired footballer
• Rudolph Koenig, German physicist
• Rudolf Geiger, German meteorologist and climatologist
• Rudolf Ziegler, German rowing coxswain
• Rudolph Nickolsburger, Hungarian footballer
• Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich, American fashion designer
• Rudolf Holzapfel, Polish-born Austrian psychologist and philosopher
• Rudolf Meroni, Swiss attorney practicing in the areas of international commerce, banking, arbitration and litigation
• 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
• Rudolph "Rudy" Hatfield, American-Filipino retired professional basketball player
• 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
• Rudolph "Rudy" Sikich, American National Football League player
• 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 "Rudi" Skácel, Czech footballer
• Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist
• Rudolph Fisher, African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator
• Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Deputy Führer in Nazi Germany
• Rudolf Höss (1900–1947), German Nazi first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp
• Rudolph "Rudy" Johnson, former American football player who played for San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Nebraska
• 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
• Rodolphe Lemieux, Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
• Rudolf Pleil, German serial killer
• Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), Austrian-Jewish chess player
• Rudolf Straeuli (born 1963), South African rugby player and coach
• Rudolf Völler (born 1960), German football player
• Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), Slovak-Canadian professor of pharmacology and Jewish escapee of the Auschwitz concentration camp
• Rudolf Poch, Austrian doctor, anthropologist, and ethnologist
• Rudolph Berthold (1891–1920), German World War I air ace
• Rudolph "Rudy" LaRusso (1927–2004), American basketball player
• Rudolph Arvid Peterson (1904–2003), former president and CEO of Bank of America
• Rudolf Zwirner, German art kurator
• Rudolf Zistler, Austro-Hungarian socialist and lawyer
• Preston Rudolph "Rudy" York, American Major League Baseball player
• Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914) German American businessman, founder of The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company
• Rudolf Wacker, Austrian painter
• Rudolf Koch (1876-1934) German type designer.

Fictional

• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1939), fictional character
• Rudolf, a character from 2016 animated film Rudolf the Black Cat

Surname

Athletes

• Ernie Rudolph (1909–2003), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Gergely Rudolf (born 1985), Hungarian football player
• Jacques Rudolph (born 1981), South African cricketer who plays for Surrey CCC
• Kyle Rudolph (born 1989), National Football League player
• Mason Rudolph (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Mason Rudolph (golfer) (1934–2011) American professional golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.
• Nils Rudolph (born 1965), German freestyle swimmer
• Travis Rudolph (born 1995), American football player
• Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994), American Olympic athlete

In film and television

• Alan Rudolph (born 1943), film director and screenwriter
• Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress and comedian
• William Rudolph (died 1975), American film technician

In science and technology

• Arthur Rudolph (1906–1996), rocket scientist who helped develop the V-2 and the Saturn V, Operation Paperclip

In music

• Jean-Joseph Rodolphe (1730–1812), composer
• Max Rudolf (conductor) (1902–1995), German conductor who spent most of his career in the United States
• Kevin Rudolf (born 1983), American musician, singer-songwriter and music producer.

Other

• Albert Rudolph, birth name of Swami Rudrananda, American entrepreneur and spiritual teacher
• Eric Robert Rudolph (born 1966), serial murderer and terrorist
• Julia Ann Rudolph (c. 1820–c. 1890), American photographer
• Paul Rudolph (architect) (1918–1997), American architect
• Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), founder of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc

See Also

• Rudy
• Rodolfo
• Rolf

References

• http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?act=zoeken&id=16253