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Rachel Skarsten

Rachel Skarsten (Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten) is a Canadian actress born in 1985 in Toronto, known for playing Tamsin in Lost Girl and Alice in Batwoman.

Rachel Slaybaugh

Rachel Slaybaugh is an American nuclear engineer turned venture capitalist, a General Partner at DCVC investing in climate and energy companies, after careers at UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, and ARPA-E.

Rachel Somerville

Rachel Somerville is an astrophysicist working on galaxy formation and cosmology who leads the Galaxy Formation group at the Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Astrophysics.

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens, also known as Rachel Lauren Stevens, is an English singer and television personality best known as a member of pop group S Club 7 from 1999 to 2003.

Rachel Stubington

Rachel Stubington (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actress, writer, and director, known as Summer on Apple TV's Shrinking, with roles in Generation, Doctor Odyssey, and Lifetime films including A Rose for Her Grave.

Rachel Summers

Rachel Summers (Rachel Anne Summers), Marvel Comics mutant created by Claremont and Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981); daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from the Days of Future Past Earth-811 timeline, an Omega-level telepath, Phoenix Force host, and X-Men/Excalibur member also known as Marvel Girl, Prestige, and Mother Askani.

Rachel Szor

Rachel Szor (Hebrew: רחל שור, born 1994) is an Israeli investigative journalist, film director, cinematographer, and editor based in Jerusalem, known for co-directing the Oscar-winning 2024 documentary No Other Land.

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin, American actress born 1958 in the Bronx, known as Melina in Total Recall (1990) and for Fort Apache, the Bronx, Con Air, and Law & Order: LA; Columbia BA in English, 2019.

Rachel True

Rachel True (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress known for Rochelle in The Craft (1996), Mona Thorne on Half & Half, and her tarot work and True Heart Tarot deck.

Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel, American nightclub VIP concierge, became known in 2009 when the National Enquirer alleged an affair with Tiger Woods; she denied it, settled for a reported $8 million, and confirmed the affair in HBO's 2021 Tiger docuseries.

Rachel Ventura

Rachel Ventura (born 1981) is an American Democratic politician serving in the Illinois Senate from the 43rd district since 2023, after serving on the Will County Board from 2018 to 2022.

Rachel Wade

Rachel Wade, Largo, Florida woman convicted of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing 18-year-old Sarah Ludemann in Pinellas Park on April 15, 2009, after a feud over Joshua Camacho; sentenced to 27 years.

Rachel Walker Revere

Rachel Walker Revere (1745-1813), also called Rachel Walker, was Paul Revere's second wife, married October 10, 1773; she raised six stepchildren, bore eight children, managed the household during the Revolution, and wrote a notable May 1775 siege-of-Boston letter.

Rachel Wallace

Rachel Wallace is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 9th Congressional District in the 2026 election, facing incumbent Republican Dan Meuser.

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward (born 1957) is an English-born Australian actress, director, and former model, best known as Meggie Cleary in The Thorn Birds (1983), wife of Bryan Brown, director of Beautiful Kate and Rachel's Farm, and now a regenerative beef farmer in NSW's Nambucca Valley.

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz, British actress born 1970 in London, Cambridge-trained, known for The Mummy, The Constant Gardener (Oscar winner), The Favourite, Dead Ringers, and the 2026 Netflix series Vladimir.

Rachel Wong

Rachel Wong is a neurobiologist known for her work on retinal waves and the assembly of neuronal circuits in the developing vertebrate retina, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Rachel Wu

Rachel Wu is an American developmental cognitive neuroscientist at UC Riverside who studies attention and learning across the lifespan and received the Presidential Early Career Award in 2025.

Rachel Yehuda

Rachel Yehuda is an American clinical neuroscientist who studies the neurobiology of PTSD. A professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she leads mental health research at the Bronx VA.

Rachel Zegler

Rachel Zegler (born 2001, Hackensack, New Jersey) is a Colombian American actress and singer who won the role of Maria in Spielberg's West Side Story from 30,000 applicants, then starred in Snow White, Romeo + Juliet on Broadway, and Olivier-winning Evita.

Rachel Zoe

Rachel Zoe (Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig, born 1971) is an American celebrity stylist, designer, and entrepreneur who became famous styling Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan, starred in Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project (2008-2013), and built a licensed lifestyle brand across 40+ categories plus The Zoe Report, Curateur, and Rachel Zoe Ventures.

Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too

Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too is the final episode of Black Mirror series five (2019), starring Miley Cyrus as pop star Ashley O, whose consciousness is copied into an AI doll while her aunt-manager drugs her into a coma; it received mixed reviews.

Rachel, Nevada

Rachel, Nevada is an unincorporated Lincoln County town of 48 people on State Route 375, the Extraterrestrial Highway, 27 miles north of Area 51; founded by D.C. Day and home to the Little A'Le'Inn.

Rachel's Tomb (קבר רחל)

Rachel's Tomb, or Kever Rachel, is a shrine on the northern outskirts of Bethlehem identified as the burial place of the biblical matriarch Rachel for over 1,700 years.

Rachele Mussolini

Rachele Mussolini, granddaughter of Benito Mussolini and daughter of Romano, was an Italian politician and Rome city councilor who left Fratelli d'Italia for Forza Italia in 2024; distinct from her grandmother Rachele Guidi.

Rachelle Ann Go

Rachelle Ann Go (Shin), Filipina singer and musical theatre actress, born 1986 in Pasig City. Search for a Star 2004 champion; Gigi in Miss Saigon (West End 2014, Broadway 2017), Fantine in Les Misérables, Eliza in Hamilton West End and international tour.

Rachelle Buchbinder

Rachelle Buchbinder is an Australian rheumatologist and clinical epidemiologist who has directed the Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology since 2001 and led the 2018 Lancet Low Back Pain Series.

Rachelle Lefevre

Rachelle Lefevre (born 1979, Montreal) is a Canadian actress who played vampire Victoria in Twilight (2008) and New Moon (2009), was recast in Eclipse, and starred as Julia Shumway in Under the Dome.

Rachelle S. Doody

Rachelle S. Doody is a neurologist and Distinguished Emeritus Professor at Baylor College of Medicine who led phase 3 trials of Alzheimer's drugs including solanezumab and gantenerumab.

Rachelu

Rachelu (also "Rachel") is a village in Luncavița commune, Tulcea County, Romania, with about 1,030 residents, hosting a Roman quadriburgium fort of the Danube limes tied to Noviodunum, plus prehistoric, Roman, and medieval sites and a denarii hoard.