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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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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
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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
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English actor and director (born 1962)
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/ rayf FYNEZ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor and director. Recognised for his work
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Cyber security specialist
Ralph (Rafael) Echemendia is a cyber security specialist, who is known as "The Ethical Hacker." He specialises in protecting intellectual property in
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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
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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
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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 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 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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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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American fashion company
Ralph Lauren Corporation is a publicly traded American fashion and lifestyle brand founded in 1967 by American businessman Ralph Lauren in New York City
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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. Directed by Rich Moore and written by Phil Johnston
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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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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 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 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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Ralph Earle may refer to: Ralph Earle (ambassador) (1928–2020), American diplomat and arms control negotiator Ralph Earle (American naval officer) (1874–1939)
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Ralph Carr may refer to: Ralph Carr (merchant) (1711–1806), British merchant and banker of Newcastle upon Tyne Ralph Lawrence Carr (1887–1950), American
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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
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American musical artist (born 1968)
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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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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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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American historian
Ralph Edlin Luker (March 1, 1940 – August 8, 2015) was an American historian, teacher, and the author of several books about race, religion and the Civil
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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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Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon characters
Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are a duo of fictional animated characters in a series of animated cartoons in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
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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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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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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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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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British politician (1923–2008)
Sir Ralph Frederic Howell (25 May 1923 – 14 February 2008) was a British farmer and Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament (MP)
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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
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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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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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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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Ralph Green may refer to: Ralph Green (footballer) (1911–1991), Australian rules footballer Ralph Green (alpine skier), American Paralympian in 2011 IPC
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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
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Ralph Grey may refer to: Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton (1910–1999), last governor of Northern Ireland Ralph Grey (MP) (1819–1869), British Whig politician
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American actor
Michael Ralph is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his recurring roles as Spencer Boyer on the sitcom A Different World, Tyrell Livingston
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Independent record label active between 1972 and 1989
Ralph Records was an American independent record label active between 1972 and 1989, best known for being initially run by avant-garde art collective
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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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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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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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Ralph Allen (1693–1764) was an English entrepreneur and philanthropist, notable for his reforms to the UK postal system. Ralph Allen may also refer to:
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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
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Ralph Johnson may refer to: Ralph Johnson (basketball) (1921–2005), American professional basketball player Ralph Johnson (footballer) (1922–2013), English
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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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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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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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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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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, Laurence
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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 journalist and educator
Ralph J. Begleiter (born 1949 in New York City) is a retired American journalist and educator who taught courses in communication, political science and
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English military campaigner novelist and critic
Sir Ralph Vane (also Ralph Fane, died 26 February 1552) was a supporter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. He was hanged on Tower Hill as a result
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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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Ralph Paine may refer to: Ralph Delahaye Paine (1871–1925), American journalist and author Ralph Paine Jr. (1906–1991), his son, American editor and publisher
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British mathematical physicist (1889–1944)
Sir Ralph Howard Fowler (17 January 1889 – 28 July 1944) was a British mathematical physicist. Ralph Howard Fowler was born on 17 January 1889 in Roydon
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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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American journalist (1920–2006)
Ralph Story (born Ralph Bernard Snyder; August 19, 1920 – September 26, 2006) was an American television and radio personality. He was best known as the
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English statesman (1507–1587)
Sir Ralph Sadler or Sadleir (1507 – 30 March 1587) was an English statesman, who served Henry VIII as Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and ambassador
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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 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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Australian men's magazine
Ralph was an Australian men's magazine that was published monthly by ACP Magazines, a division of PBL Media between August 1997 and July 2010. The format
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Ralph Pomeroy may refer to: Ralph Pomeroy (gynecologist) (1867–1925), American gynecologist Ralph Pomeroy (poet) (1926–1999), American poet Ralph E. Pomeroy
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American festival organizer (1934–1994)
Ralph Rinzler (July 20, 1934 – July 2, 1994) was an American mandolin player, folksinger, and the co-founder of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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American psychology professor (1910–1974)
Ralph Franklin Hefferline (15 February 1910 in Muncie, Indiana – 16 March 1974) was a psychology professor at Columbia University. Hefferline became a
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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 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 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
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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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Luxembourgish footballer
national-football-teams.com. Ralph Ferron at National-Football-Teams.com Ralph Ferron at FBref.com Ralph Ferron at Kicker (in German) Ralph Ferron at EU-Football
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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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Ralph I may refer to: Rudolph of France (c. 890 – 936) Ralph I of Périgord (d. 975) Ralph I, Count of Vermandois (1085–1152) Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c
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Musical artist
Raffaela Weyman, known professionally as Ralph (often stylised as RALPH), is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. Weyman was born in
Ralph_(singer)
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
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Norman nobleman
Ralph of Gacé (French: Ralph de Gacé; died 1051) was a member of the House of Normandy who played an influential role during the minority of William the
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Italian-American Chicago mobster (1894–1974)
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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Ralph Alan Griffiths is a historian and an emeritus professor at Swansea University. Griffiths was born and brought up in a mining valley between Glamorgan
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American football player and coach (born 1947)
Ralph Harry Friedgen (born April 4, 1947) is an American former football coach. He was most recently the special assistant coach for Rutgers in 2015 after
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Ralph Metcalf may refer to: Ralph Metcalf (New Hampshire politician) (1796–1858), American lawyer and politician from New Hampshire Ralph Metcalf (North
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South African businessman
Ralph Simon, FRSA, is a business executive, first in the music industry, and now in the mobile entertainment industry. He was raised in Johannesburg,
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American physician and politician
Ralph A. Alvarado (born April 30, 1970) is an American physician and politician who most recently served as the 15th Commissioner of the Tennessee Department
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16th-century English politician
further record of a Ralph Perne, but he may be the glover, Ralph Peryn, who was a bailiff and constable in Dorchester. "PERNE, Ralph. - History of Parliament
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American actress (1864–1944)
Jessie Ralph Patton (née Chambers; November 5, 1864[citation needed] – May 30, 1944), was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly
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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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Ralph Williams may refer to: Ralph Williams (author) (1914–1959), American science fiction author Ralph Williams (actor), a Broadway and film actor who
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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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English peer (born 1956)
Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland, DL (born 16 November 1956), styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is a British hereditary peer
Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
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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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Topics referred to by the same term
More than one Ralph held the title and rank of earl. They include: Ralph the Timid, Earl of Hereford (d. 1057) Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia (d. c
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English actor (1904–1951)
Ralph Forbes (born Ralph Forbes Taylor; 30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor active in Britain and the United States
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American pediatrician (1938–2008)
Ralph David Feigin (April 3, 1938 – August 14, 2008) was an American pediatrician whose influential book Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases was
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English ecclesiastical chancellor and university chancellor
Ralph de Heyham was an English medieval ecclesiastical chancellor and university chancellor. Ralph de Heyham was Chancellor of Salisbury. Between 1240
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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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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 : patronymic from Ralph.
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English : probably a variant spelling of Ralph.
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English form of Norman French Raulf, RALPH means "wise wolf."
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Pet form of English Ralph, RALPHIE means "wise wolf."
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Powerful; ruler. Famous Bearer: philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1832). Abbreviation of...
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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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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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Feminine form of English Ralph, RALPHINA means "wise wolf."
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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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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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English : patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.
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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 : 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 : 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 : 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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A name sometimes given to the raven.
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