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Look up Ralph or ralph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ralph (pronounced /rælf/ or /reɪf/) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph is a masculine given name and a surname. It may also refer to: Ralph, South Dakota, an unincorporated community Ralph, West Virginia, an unincorporated
Ralph_(disambiguation)
English actor and director (born 1962)
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor and director. Recognised for his work on stage and
Ralph_Fiennes
American fashion designer and executive (born 1939)
Ralph Lauren (/ˈlɔːrən/ LOR-ən; né Lifshitz; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best
Ralph_Lauren
American actor (born 1961)
Ralph George Macchio Jr. (/ˈmɑːtʃioʊ/ MAH-chee-oh; Italian: [ˈmakkjo]; born November 4, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Daniel
Ralph_Macchio
American lawyer and activist (born 1934)
Ralph Nader (/ˈneɪdər/; born February 27, 1934) is an American lawyer and political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government
Ralph_Nader
2018 animated Disney film
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a 2018 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film was directed by Rich Moore and Phil
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English actor and narrator (born 1969)
Ralph Michael Ineson (/ˈaɪnsən/ EIN-sən; born 15 December 1969) is an English actor, narrator and writer. His film roles include Amycus Carrow in the
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American film and stage actor (born 1986)
Jason Ralph (born April 7, 1986) is an American actor and theater producer. Ralph began his career in theater, most notably performing in Peter and the
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American fashion company
Ralph Lauren Corporation is a publicly traded American fashion and lifestyle brand founded in 1967 by Ralph Lauren in New York City. The company markets
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American actor (1928–2014)
Ralph Waite (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his lead role as John Walton Sr. on The Waltons (1972–1981), which
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American philosopher (1803–1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist
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American racing driver (1951–2001)
Ralph Dale Earnhardt (/ˈɜːrnhɑːrt/; April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) was an American professional stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced
Dale_Earnhardt
American supermarket chain owned by Kroger
California. Ralphs Grocery Company was founded in 1873 in Los Angeles by George Albert Ralphs and his brother, Walter Benjamin Ralphs. Ralphs teamed with
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American television sitcom (1955–1956)
follows the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden (Gleason), his wife Alice (Audrey Meadows), Ralph's best friend Ed Norton (Art Carney) and Ed's
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2012 animated film by Rich Moore
Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was directed by Rich Moore and produced by Clark
Wreck-It_Ralph
Australian-British fashion designer
Tamara Miguel Ralph (born 29 November 1981) is an Australian fashion designer who is the former Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo. She
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American politician (born 1953)
Ralph Warren Norman Jr. (born June 20, 1953) is an American politician and real estate developer who has served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's
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Film and television director (1961–2026)
Ralph William Hemecker (June 12, 1961 – July 10, 2026) was an American film and television director, writer and producer. He directed episodes of the
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Ralph Fiennes is an English actor and director who has worked extensively on stage and screen. Regarded as one of the finest performers of his generation
Ralph Fiennes on screen and stage
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American actress and singer (born 1956)
Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (Hon.) (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she earned acclaim
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American actor (1904–1991)
Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 65 years on stage, film, and television. During his
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1954 novel by William Golding
fair-haired boy named Ralph meets a pudgy boy named Piggy. They find a conch shell, which Ralph uses as a horn to gather the survivors. Ralph immediately commands
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Welsh illustrator and cartoonist (born 1936)
Ralph Idris Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a Welsh illustrator and was a collaborator with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005). Steadman
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American actor (1921–2000)
Ralph Manza (December 1, 1921 – January 31, 2000) was an American character actor who made over 160 appearances in American film and television shows
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American actor
Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 – August 5, 1988) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He first rose to prominence
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Scottish actor
Nicholas Ralph (born 13 April 1990 in Cape Town) is a Scottish actor. He plays James Herriot in the Channel 5 and PBS Masterpiece television series All
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Harris may refer to: Ralph Harris, Baron Harris of High Cross (1924–2006), British economist Ralph Harris (comedian), American comedian, actor, and
Ralph_Harris
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which
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Musical artist
Ralph Edward Tresvant (born May 16, 1968) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of R&B group New Edition
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English actor (1902–1983)
Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and
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Australian politician (born 1983)
Ralph Emmanuel Didier "Deej" Babet (/bəˈbɛt/ bə-BET; born 29 June 1983) is an Australian politician. He has been a senator for Victoria in the Australian
Ralph_Babet
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Quezon City
Ralph Wendel Pua Tulfo (born July 12, 1996) is a Filipino politician who serves as the representative for Quezon City's 2nd district since 2022. He is
Ralph_Tulfo
American sculptor
Ralph Helmick (born 1952) is an American sculptor and public artist. Helmick was born in Pittsburgh, PA, the middle of three sons of an electrical engineer
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American animator and filmmaker (born 1938)
Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator and filmmaker, known for his fantastical animated films. In the 1970s, he established an
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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Ralph is an unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. Ralph is located near U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 43, 16.4 miles (26
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American mobster (1928–1993)
Ralph "Little Ralphie" Scopo Sr. (November 21, 1928 – March 9, 1993) was a New York mobster with the Colombo crime family who became a powerful labor
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American basketball player (born 1960)
Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. (born July 7, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
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American political scientist (1904–1971)
Ralph Johnson Bunche (/bʌntʃ/ BUNCH; August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace
Ralph_Bunche
Fictional character from ''Happy Days''
Ralph Hector Malph is a character on Happy Days played by Donny Most. He usually had two things on his mind, girls and jokes. His jokes usually got little
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American bluegrass musician and singer (1927–2016)
Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began
Ralph_Stanley
Film by Mark Mylod
written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith
The_Menu_(2022_film)
American baseball player and broadcaster (1922–2014)
Ralph McPherran Kiner (October 27, 1922 – February 6, 2014) was an American professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) and later
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American actor
Ralph Garman (born November 17) is an American actor and journalist best known as the host of The Joe Schmo Show, for his voice work on the Fox animated
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American actor (born 1961)
Ralph David Carter (born May 30, 1961) is an American actor and singer, best remembered as Michael Evans, the youngest child of Florida and James Evans
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American comedian (born 1996)
Ralph Barbosa (born October 3, 1996) is an American stand-up comedian. His career began gaining traction in 2019 when he was named the Funniest Comic
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Wallace may refer to: Ralph Wallace (Texas politician) Ralph W. Wallace, member of the California legislature Ralph Wallis (died 1669), nonconformist
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1977 novel by Colleen McCullough
Drogheda. Ralph has befriended Mary Carson, hoping a hefty bequest from her to the Catholic Church might liberate him from his exile. Ralph is "a beautiful
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Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
Ralph Wiggum is a recurring character in the animated series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright. Ralph is characterized largely by his frequent
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American mobster (1935–2022)
Ralph Samuel Natale (March 6, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American mobster. He was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1995 until 1999
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British fashion house
Ralph & Russo is a European privately held company founded by Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo. Ralph & Russo is a high fashion house that specializes in
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American superhero television series (1981–1983)
education teacher Ralph Hinkley, Robert Culp as FBI agent Bill Maxwell, and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson. The series chronicles Ralph's adventures
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American outlaw biker (1938–2022)
Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr. (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was an American outlaw biker who was a founding member of the Oakland, California charter
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2004 comedy-drama film
Saint Ralph is a 2004 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael McGowan. Its central character is a teenage boy who trains for the 1954
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American outlaw (1911–1993)
Ralph Smith Fults (January 23, 1911 – March 16, 1993) was a Depression-era outlaw and escape artist associated with Raymond Hamilton, Bonnie Parker and
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Defunct football stadium in Orchard Park, New York
Ralph Wilson Stadium, colloquially known as The Ralph, was a stadium in Orchard Park, New York, in the Southtowns of the Buffalo metropolitan area. It
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American drummer
Ralph Randolph Johnson (born July 4, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Johnson is a member and percussionist of the funk/soul/disco
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English composer (1872–1958)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (/ˌreɪf vɔːn ˈwɪljəmz/ RAYF vawn WIL-yəmz; 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas
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American racing driver (1928–1973)
Ralph Lee Earnhardt (February 23, 1928 – September 26, 1973) was an American stock car racer and patriarch of the Earnhardt racing family. He was the
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2011 American horror film sequel
from Los Angeles to Kansas City, passenger Ralph Bundt becomes violent and attempts to enter the cockpit. Ralph had been bitten by a lab rat, brought onto
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American inventor (1890–1982)
Ralph Teetor (August 17, 1890 – February 15, 1982) was a prolific inventor who invented cruise control. He was the longtime president of the automotive
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Monuments in North Yorkshire, England
Old Ralph and Young Ralph are two nearby historic monuments at Rosedale Head on the North York Moors, England. Old Ralph stands near the top of Ledging
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German-born Australian philologist, and runologist
Ralph Warren Victor Elliott, AM FAHA (born Rudolf W. H. V. Ehrenberg; 14 August 1921 – 24 June 2012) was a German-born Australian professor of English
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English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer
Alastair John Litttle". gov.UK. Retrieved 15 January 2023. "Face of the Day: Ralph Little; Nice work if you can get it". Herald Scotland. 31 August 2001. Retrieved
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2021 film by John Michael McDonagh
McDonagh and based on the 2012 novel by Lawrence Osborne. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Ismael Kanater, Caleb Landry Jones
The_Forgiven_(2021_film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Green may refer to: Ralph Green (footballer) (1911–1991), Australian rules footballer Ralph Green (alpine skier), American Paralympian in 2011 IPC
Ralph_Green
American basketball player (born 1949)
Ralph Derek Simpson (born August 10, 1949) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA)
Ralph_Simpson
American actor
Ralph Taeger (July 30, 1936 – March 11, 2015) was an American actor who starred in three short-lived television series during the 1960s: Klondike (1960–61)
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American police sergeant and demonologist
Ralph Sarchie (born June 14, 1962) is an American paranormal investigator, retired NYPD sergeant and traditionalist Catholic demonologist. He has written
Ralph_Sarchie
Cast of American crime drama TV series
more of Ralph's masochistic inclinations, she breaks up with Ralph and begins dating Tony exclusively, which Tony later reveals to Ralph. As Ralph is rather
List of The Sopranos characters
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Governor of Virginia from 2018 to 2022
Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and former politician who served as the 73rd governor of Virginia from 2018 to
Ralph_Northam
Disney media franchise
Wreck-It Ralph is a Disney media franchise primarily consisting of an animated comedy film series produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released
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Italian-American Chicago mobster
Ralph James Capone (/kəˈpoʊn/ kə-POHN; born Raffaele James Capone, Italian: [raffaˈɛːle kaˈpoːne]; January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was an Italian-American
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English film and television actor (1940–1991)
Ralph Bates (12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991) was an English film and television actor. His credits included The Caesars (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula
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American musician, composer and arranger (1940–2026)
Ralph Towner (March 1, 1940 – January 18, 2026) was an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He played the twelve-string
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Johnson may refer to: Ralph Johnson (basketball) (1921–2005), American professional basketball player Ralph Johnson (footballer) (1922–2013), English
Ralph_Johnson
Executive Secretary of the Philippines
Ralph Gonzalez Recto (Tagalog pronunciation: [gonˈsalɛs ˈrɛktɔ]; born January 11, 1964) is a Filipino politician who has served as the executive secretary
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English actor
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard
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English clergyman (1826–1895)
Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache-Tollemache JP (19 October 1826 – 5 October 1895) was an English priest in the Church of England. He is best known for
Ralph_Tollemache
2020 American television miniseries
continuing the series. Ben Mendelsohn as Ralph Anderson, a detective in the Cherokee City police department. Ralph is a recovering alcoholic struggling to
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Radio talk show host (1931–1984)
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr. (January 23, 1931 – January 10, 1984), was an American television and radio talk-show host. A two-time Emmy Award-winner
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Phillips is the name of: Ralph Phillips (Looney Tunes), a Looney Tunes character Ralph Phillips (footballer) (1933–2011), English footballer Ralph
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Hill may refer to: Ralph Hill (runner) (1908–1994), American runner Ralph Hill (politician) (1827–1899), United States representative from Indiana
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Belgian born Polish Marxist theorist (1924–1994)
Ralph Miliband (born Adolphe Miliband; 7 January 1924 – 21 May 1994) was a British sociologist. He has been described as "one of the best known academic
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American disc jockey and television host (1933–2022)
Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022) was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee. Emery
Ralph_Emery
1991 US comedy film by David S. Ward
King Ralph is a 1991 American comedy film written and directed by David S. Ward and starring John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, and John Hurt. The film is about
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American computer scientist
Ralph Kimball (born July 18, 1944) is an author on the subject of data warehousing and business intelligence. He is one of the original architects of
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Irish rugby union player
Ralph Keyes (born March 1, 1961, in Cork, Ireland) is a retired rugby union player who won eight caps playing at fly-half for the Irish rugby union side
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German record producer and songwriter (born 1945)
Ralph Siegel (born 30 September 1945) is a German record producer and songwriter. Siegel is one of the most notable figures at the Eurovision Song Contest
Ralph_Siegel
Natural lake in Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Ralph Lake is a lake located on Vancouver Island. It is an expansion of the Ralph River east of Buttle Lake. List of lakes of British Columbia GeoBC:
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American actor (born 1957)
Steven Ralph Schirripa (/ʃɪˈrɪpə/ shih-RIP-ə; Italian: [skirˈriːpa]; born September 3, 1957) is an American actor. He is regularly credited as Steven
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of proposed new members, he commented to D'Arco, after seeing the name Ralph Desimone "He is a rat.". A sit-down was arranged between the two families
List of Lucchese crime family mobsters
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American activist and minister (1926–1990)
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (/ˈæbərnæθi/; March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Gray may refer to: Ralph Gray (politician) (died 1813), seigneur and politician in Lower Canada Ralph Gray (industrialist) (died 1863), co-founder
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Sheriff of Yorkshire
Ralph Paynel or Paganel (fl. 1089) was an 11th-century Norman, a landowner, partisan of William II of England, and sheriff of Yorkshire. Paynel was probably
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American screenwriter and actor (1900–1977)
Ralph Graves (born Ralph Horsburgh; January 23, 1900 – February 18, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and actor who appeared in more than
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralph Cole may refer to: Ralph Cole (chancellor), English medieval Chancellor of Oxford University Ralph Cole (Ohio representative) (1914–1999), member
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Topics referred to by the same term
Ralf, Rafe or Ralph Martin may refer to: William Ralph Martin Leake (1865–1942), English rugby union forward Ralph Martin Huff (born 1948), American football
Ralph_Martin
filmography of American actress Sheryl Lee Ralph. Yohannes, Alamin (28 February 2024). "Sheryl Lee Ralph shares tales from her storied career: a Barbie
Sheryl_Lee_Ralph_filmography
American actor
Ralph Richeson (July 6, 1952 – October 27, 2015) was an American painter and actor best known for his role of Richardson, the fictional Grand Central
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RALPH
RALPH
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English
English : variant of Ralph.A Francis Rawle from the parish of St. Juliot in Cornwall, England, was recorded as living in Plymouth, MA, in 1660. Devout Quakers seeking to escape persecution, the family emigrated to PA in 1686, bringing with them a deed from William Penn for a tract of 2,500 acres of land, which was subsequently located in Plymouth township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co. His son, who had six sons himself, was a political economist and one of the first people to write on the subject and its local applications in America.
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Pet form of English Ralph, RALPHIE means "wise wolf."
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German
German : nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle High German rave ‘lath’.German : from a personal name, Raffo, as yet unexplained.English : variant of Ralph.
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English
English : from a Middle English personal name composed of Germanic rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was first introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Ráðulfr, and was reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman form Ra(d)ulf. Compare German Rudolf.
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English
English : occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, or a patronymic denoting the child of a parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson).English : many early examples are found with prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson’s house.Irish : usually of English origin (see above), but sometimes a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Phearsain, which is of Highland Scottish origin (see McPherson).Members of an Irish family called Parsons wre twice created earl of Rosse, first in 1718 and again in 1806. They settled in Ireland c.1590, when two brothers, William and Laurence Parsons, were granted large estates. Birr Castle, Parsonstown, became the family seat. Samuel Holden Parsons, born Lyme, CT, in 1737 was a Connecticut legislator and revolutionary war officer. Theophilius Parsons (1750–1813) was born in Byfield, MA, and was chief justice of the MA supreme court (1806–13); his son, also Theophilius, was a professor at Harvard Law School (1848–1869).
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Feminine form of English Ralph, RALPHINA means "wise wolf."
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English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived by or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are various places in England and France named with this word, and the surname may be a habitational name from any of these.German : unexplained.A family by the name of Gorges originated in the village of Gorges near Périers in Normandy, France, where Ralph de Gorges was living in the late 11th century. A branch of the family was established in England when Thomas de Gorges lost his lands to the King of France. He became warden of Henry III’s manor of Powerstock, Devon.
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English
English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.English : topographic name for someone who lived at a row (a hedgerow or a row of houses), from northern Middle English raw ‘row’, Old English rÄw.
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German
German : nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German rūch, rūhe, rouch ‘hairy’, ‘shaggy’, ‘rough’.English : from a medieval personal name, a variant of Ralph.Italian (Sicily) : from a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old form of Ra(o)ul, composed of the Germanic elements rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Ralph.Indian : variant of Rao.
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English
English : patronymic from Ralph.
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English
English : patronymic from the personal name Emery.The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father’s side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, in about 1636.
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English
English : patronymic from Ralph.
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English (Lancashire) and Scottish
English (Lancashire) and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, including those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), Cleveland, Derbyshire, and Shropshire, get the name from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Others, including those in Cumbria and Dorsetshire, have early forms in Hel- and probably have as their first element Old English hielde ‘slope’ or possibly helde ‘tansy’.English : some early examples such as Ralph filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219) point to occasional derivation from a personal name, possibly a Norman name Hildun, composed of the Germanic elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. The English surname is present in Ireland (mostly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).
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Teutonic American Shakespearean Scandinavian English
Strong.
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English
English : probably a variant spelling of Ralph.
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English
English : patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.
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English
Ralph's town. Surname.
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English
English : from northern Middle English Spragge, either a personal name or a byname meaning ‘lively’, a metathesized and voiced form of Spark 1.William Sprague came from England to Salem, MA, in 1628 with his brothers Ralph and Richard. He was one of the founders of Charlestown, MA, and later of Hingham, MA. His descendants include Peleg Sprague, a jurist and MA legislator, who was born in 1793 in Duxbury, MA; William Sprague a textile manufacturer born in 1773 in Cranston, RI; and Yale College educator Homer Baxter Sprague, who was born in 1829 in South Sutton, MA, and whose legacy lives on in Yale’s Sprague concert hall.
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German
Powerful; ruler. Famous Bearer: philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1832). Abbreviation of...
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English
English form of Norman French Raulf, RALPH means "wise wolf."
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Biblical
Stretching.
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Arabic, Muslim
Very Intelligent; Learned; Very Understanding
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Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Fruit
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places, as far apart as Essex, Wiltshire, Cornwall, Northamptonshire, Cheshire, and Roxburghshire, named with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + ford ‘ford’.Thomas Woodford emigrated from Lincolnshire, England, to NY in 1690.
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Worthy; Deserving; Elegant; Capable; Decent
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Collection; Savings
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Welsh
Hera's glory'.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
King of Vidarbha; Rukmini's Father
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African
adversity.
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Indian, Kannada
Star
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n.
A name sometimes given to the raven.