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