Namesakes
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) René Viviani (a.k.a. Raphaël) 1914-1915 
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Raphael Sbarge 1964-
Rafi Gavron 1989-
Notable Artists:
1 architect/painter, 1 painter
Raphael 1483-1520
Anton Raphael Mengs 1728-1779
Notable Athletes:
3 soccer
(soccer) Jean (a.k.a. Raphael) 1986-
(soccer) Raphaël Varane 1993-
(soccer) Raphaël Guerreiro 1993-
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze, 1 gold
(gold) Walt Hazzard (a.k.a. Raphael) 1964 basketball
(bronze) Raphael Holzdeppe 2012 pole vault
Other Royalty:
1 prince
Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (a.k.a. Raphael) 1947- Liechtenstein
Saints:
2 saints, 1 blessed
Saint Raphael the Archangel
Blessed Rafal Chylinski (a.k.a. Raphael) 1694-1741
Saint Rafał Kalinowski (a.k.a. Raphael) 1835-1907