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Rafi Ahmed
Rafi Ahmed is an Indian-born American immunologist and virologist at Emory University, known for defining memory T-cell formation and T-cell exhaustion, work that led to PD-1 checkpoint blockade cancer therapy.
Rafi al-Din Shirazi
Rafi al-Din Shirazi (رفیع الدین شیرازی) was a Persian merchant and historian at Bijapur who wrote the Tazkirat al-Muluk, a key history of the Deccan sultanates.
Rafi Bistritzer
Rafi Bistritzer, born 1974, is an Israeli condensed matter physicist who co-predicted magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene in 2011, founding twistronics, and won the 2020 Wolf Prize.
Rafi Gavron
Rafi Gavron (Raphael Pichey Gavron, born 1989, London) is a British actor known for Breaking and Entering, Inkheart, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, A Star Is Born, Catch-22, and Godfather of Harlem; grandson of Baron Gavron. Distinct from the Israeli entrepreneur Rafi Gavron.
Rafi ibn al-Layth
Rafi ibn al-Layth (رافع بن الليث), apparently the grandson of Nasr ibn Sayyar, led a large-scale rebellion against Abbasid rule centered on Samarkand from 806 until his surrender in 810.
Rafi ibn Layth's revolt
Rafi ibn Layth's revolt was an uprising in Central Asia against Abbasid rule, begun in Samarkand in 805-6, that prompted Caliph Harun al-Rashid to march east himself.
Rafi Peretz
Rafi Peretz (Hebrew: רפי פרץ) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and reserve brigadier general who served as the IDF's sixth Chief Military Rabbi from 2010 to 2016.
Rafi the Wishing Wizard
Rafi the Wishing Wizard is a CBeebies 2D animated preschool sitcom created by Tom Cousins for BBC Studios Kids & Family with Blue Zoo. It follows Manchester seven-year-old Rafi Martin, whose wishing wand grants one wish a day that always runs out.
Rafi ud-Darajat (میرزا رفیع الدین درجات)
Rafi ud-Darajat (میرزا رفیع الدین درجات) was the tenth Mughal emperor, reigning a little over three months in 1719 as a figurehead installed by the Sayyid brothers.
Rafī'
Rafī' (رفیع) is an 18th-century Urdu poet of Delhi about whom little is known; any notice of him would sit in the tazkira biographical anthologies of mid-century Urdu poetry.
Rafi' ibn Khadij
Rafi' ibn Khadij (رافع بن خديج) was a Companion of Muhammad from the Ansar of Medina, whose reports on leasing farmland shaped Islamic sharecropping law.
Rafiath Rashid Mithila (মিথিলা)
Rafiath Rashid Mithila (মিথিলা), born 1984, Bangladeshi actress, singer, model and BRAC International early childhood development head; films Amanush, Kajol Rekha, Jole Jwole Tara; married Srijit Mukherji 2019; joined Columbia University 2026.
Rafic Hariri
Rafic Hariri (Rafik Bahaa el Dine Hariri, 1944–2005), Lebanese-born Saudi billionaire contractor and two-term Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004), led Beirut's debt-financed postwar reconstruction through Solidere, founded Future TV and the Future Movement, and was assassinated by truck bomb on 14 February 2005, triggering the Cedar Revolution.
Rafic Helou
Rafic Helou, also published as Rafic G. El-Helou, is an American structural engineer at the Federal Highway Administration known for ultra-high performance concrete bridge design.
Rafick‐Pierre Sékaly
Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, also published as Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, is an immunologist and professor at Emory University in Atlanta known for work on HIV reservoirs, T cell memory, and HIV vaccines.
Rafiga Shabanova
Rafiga Shabanova (Rəfiqə Şabanova, born 1943, Baku) is an Azerbaijani-Soviet handball player who won gold with the USSR in the first Olympic women's handball tournament at Montreal 1976, played 94 USSR internationals, won the 1983 IHF Cup with Avtomobilist Baku, and later coached Azerbaijan and led its handball federation.
Rafiki
Rafiki is a 2018 Kenyan drama by Wanuri Kahiu, adapting "Jambula Tree", about Kena and Ziki, two Nairobi women in love. Banned by the KFCB in 2018, screened after a High Court ruling, and unbanned by Kenya's Court of Appeal in January 2026.
Rafinha (footballer, born 1985)
Rafinha, full name Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza (born 1985, Londrina), Brazilian right-back; Schalke 04 and Bayern München, 2013 treble, 18 Bayern trophies, retired July 2025; distinct from Rafinha Alcântara and Raphinha.
Rafinha (footballer, born 1993)
Rafinha (Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento), born 1993 in São Paulo, Brazilian-Spanish attacking midfielder, Barcelona La Masia graduate and 2015 treble winner, brother of Thiago, son of Mazinho; retired 22 December 2025 after Al-Arabi SC.
Rafita family
Rafita family: S-type asteroid family in the central main belt, named after 1644 Rafita, formed by catastrophic disruption of a ~45 km parent body; age 490 ± 200 Myr; left side lost to the 3J:-1A resonance.
Rafo Ráez
Rafo Ráez (Rafael Adolfo Ráez Luna, born 1968 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter and anthropologist, a leading voice of Peruvian rock with more than 15 albums.
Raft Capital Management
Raft Capital Management is a Vilnius-based private equity and venture fund manager, licensed by the Bank of Lithuania in 2022, whose Baltic Equity Fund raised €50 million in 2024.
RAFT trial (NCT00251251)
RAFT (NCT00251251), Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial, a 1,798-patient randomized trial of CRT-D versus ICD in NYHA II-III heart failure, reduced death or HF hospitalization (HR 0.75) with benefit sustained 14 years.
Rafta Rafta
Rafta Rafta (रफ़्ता रफ़्ता) is a 2023 Hindi romantic comedy web series starring Bhuvan Bam and Srishti Ganguli Rindani as newlyweds Karan and Nithya; seven 15-minute episodes premiered 25 January 2023 on Amazon miniTV, directed by Vishal Gupta, BB Ki Vines production, IMDb 7.2.
Raftaar
Raftaar (Dilin Nair, b. 1988, Thiruvananthapuram) is an Indian rapper raised in Delhi, known for "Swag Mera Desi", albums Zero to Infinity and Mr. Nair, the Kalamkaar label, MTV Hustle judging, and over a billion streams.
Rafting
Rafting, also known as whitewater rafting, is a recreational and competitive water activity in which people navigate rivers aboard inflatable rafts, ranging from guided commercial trips to international racing.
Rafuchakkar
Rafuchakkar (रफ़ूचक्कर) is a 2023 Hindi thriller-drama web series on JioCinema: conman Prince (Maniesh Paul, OTT debut) fights courtroom charges of bizarre scams; 9 episodes, directed by Ritam Srivastav.
Rafutrombopag
Rafutrombopag, the INN for hetrombopag (SHR8735), is Jiangsu Hengrui's oral nonpeptide thrombopoietin receptor agonist approved in China for ITP and severe aplastic anemia, with US orphan designation for chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia.
Rag (typography)
In typography, the rag, also called ragged right or rag right, is the uneven edge of unjustified text and the craft of shaping it well.
RAG nonamer-binding domain
The RAG nonamer-binding domain (NBD) is the DNA-binding region at the N-terminus of the RAG1 catalytic core, which recognizes the nonamer of the recombination signal sequence.