Notable people with the name include: •
Rachel, Biblical figure known for being the wife that Jacob loved •
Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva (1st century) •
Rachel (born 1942), French singer of the 1960s •
Rachel of Kittery, Maine (died 1695), American slave murdered by her owner •
Rachel Aaron (fl. 2010s–2020s), American author •
Rachel Aberlin, 16th-century Jewish mystic •
Rachel Alejandro (born 1974), Filipino singer and actress •
Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish celebrity chef •
Rachel Amanda (born 1995), Indonesian actress, singer and model •
Rachel Ames (born 1929), American actress •
Rachel Anderson (born 1943), English journalist and author •
Rachel Anderson (football agent), the UK's first female FIFA-licensed agent •
Rachel Ankeny, professor of history and philosophy of science •
Rachel Antonoff (born 1981), American fashion designer •
Rachel Attas (1934–2004), Israeli actress and singer •
Rokhl Auerbakh (Rachel Auerbach) (1903–1976), Polish-Israeli writer and historian •
Rachel Azaria (born 1977), Israeli politician •
Rachel Baard, South African theologian •
Rachel Tzvia Back, Israeli poet and translator •
Rachel Balkovec (born 1987), American baseball manager •
Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli author and first lady of Israel •
Rachel Bess, American artist •
Rachel Bianchi-Quarshie, Ghanaian pilot •
Rachel Bilson (born 1981), American actress •
Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress •
Rachel Bloom (born 1987), American actress •
Rachel Bloomekatz (born 1982), American lawyer •
Rachel Bluwstein (1890–1931), Hebrew-language poet from Palestine •
Rachel Bolan, born James Southworth in 1966, American bassist •
Rachel Boston (born 1982), American actress and producer •
Rachel Brand (born 1973), American lawyer and government official •
Rachel Bromwich (1915–2010), British scholar •
Rachel Brosnahan (born 1990), American actress •
Rachel Brown (born 1980), English footballer •
Rachel Caine (1962–2020), American writer •
Rachel Cameron (1924–2011), American ballet dancer and teacher •
Rachel Campos-Duffy (born 1971), American television personality •
Rachel Carns (born 1969), American musician and artist •
Rachel Carson (1907–1964), American environmentalist, scientist •
Rachel Chalkowski (born 1939), Israeli midwife and
gemach organiser •
Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange (1679–1745), Scottish woman kidnapped by her husband •
Rachel Corrie (1973–2003), American political activist and diarist •
Rachel Corsie (born 1989), Scottish footballer •
Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998), American author •
Rachel Covey (born 1998), American actress •
Rachel Cowan (1941–2018), American rabbi •
Rachel Crow (born 1998), American actress and singer •
Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Canadian-born novelist •
Rachel Daly (born 1991), English footballer •
Rachel Daquis (born 1987), Filipino volleyball player •
Rachel David (born 1996), Indian actress • •
Rachel de Montmorency (1891–1961), English painter and stained glass artist •
Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003), Brazilian author, translator, and journalist • Rachel Lilian
Alfreda de Silva (1920–2001), Sri Lankan Sinhala poet, journalist, and screenwriter •
Rachel Dolezal (born 1977), American former civil rights activist •
Rachel Don (1866–1941), New Zealand preacher and activist •
Rachel Dratch (born 1966), American actress •
Rachel Dror (1921–2024), German Holocaust survivor •
Rachel Eckroth, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist •
Rachel Ehrenfeld, American terrorism expert •
Rachel Elior (born 1949), Israeli historian and philosopher •
Rachel Elkind-Tourre (born 1939), American musician and record producer •
Rachel Elnaugh (born 1964), British entrepreneur •
Rachel Ennis (born 1987), British rhythmic gymnast •
Rachel Entwistle (1980–2006), American murder victim •
Rachel Erickson (born 1999), Canadian curler •
Rachel Evans, Welsh chemist •
Rachel Held Evans (1981–2019), American writer •
Rachel Fabri (born 1985), Maltese singer-songwriter •
Rachel Fannan (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, and poet •
Rachel Feinstein (artist) (born 1971), American artist •
Rachel Feinstein (comedian), American actress and stand-up comedian •
Rachel Félix (1821–1858), French actress •
Rachel Lyman Field (1894–1942), American poet, novelist and children's fiction writer •
Rachel G. Fox (born 1996), American actress and singer •
Rachel Freier (born 1965), American judge •
Rachel Fuller (born 1973), British singer-songwriter •
Rachel Furness (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer •
Rachel Garcia (born 1997), American softball player •
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah (born 1981), American essayist •
Rachel Goswell (born 1971), English singer-songwriter •
Rachel Grant (born 1977), English actress and TV presenter • Rachel Griffin-Accurso (born 1982), American YouTuber known as
Ms. Rachel •
Rachel Griffith (born 1963), British-American economist •
Rachel Griffiths (born 1968), Australian actress and director •
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978), American poet, novelist, and photographer •
Rachel Gupta (born 2004), Indian model •
Rachel Gurney (1920–2001), English actress •
Rachel Hardiman (born 1961), Irish cricketer •
Rachel M. Harper, American novelist and academic •
Rachel Harris (born 1979), Australian swimmer •
Rachel M. Harter, American statistician •
Rachel Haugh, English architect •
Rachel Henderson, American politician •
Rachel Hill (born 1995), American soccer player •
Rachel Hilson (born 1995), American actress •
Rachel Hirschfeld (1945/1946 – 2018), animal welfare attorney •
Rachel Hoffman (1984–2008), American murder victim •
Rachel Hofstetter (born 1992), American video game streamer •
Rachel Hollis (born 1983), American author and motivational speaker •
Rachel Homan (born 1989), Canadian curler •
Rachel Hopkins (born 1972), British Labour MP •
Rachel Hopkins (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer •
Rachel House (actress) (born 1971), New Zealand actress and director •
Rachel Hunter (born 1969), New Zealand supermodel and actress •
Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990), British actress •
Rachel Ikemeh, Nigerian conservationist •
Rachel Imison (born 1978), Australian field hockey player •
Rachel Ingalls (1941–2019), American author •
Rachel Isaacs, American rabbi •
Rachel Isadora (born 1953), American children's author, illustrator, and painter •
Rachel Jackson (1767–1828), wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson •
Rachel Jacobs (1975–2015), American businesswoman •
Rachel Jarry (born 1991), Australian basketball player •
Rachel Jewkes, South African scientist •
Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British journalist, television presenter, and author •
Rachel Johnson (athlete) (born 1993), American track and field athlete •
Rachel Jones, multiple people •
Rachel Joyce, multiple people •
Rachel Keller (born 1992), American actress •
Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), English actress •
Rachel Kerr, British singer-songwriter and entrepreneur •
Rachel Khoo (born 1980), British cook and writer •
Rachel Klamer (born 1990), Dutch triathlete •
Rachel E. Klevit, American biochemist •
Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), Swiss soloist violinist •
Rachel Korine (born 1986), American actress •
Rachel Kushner (born 1968), American novelist •
Rachel Levine (born 1957), transgender American assistant secretary of health •
Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884–1966), British author and cultural historian •
Rachel Lindsay (television personality) (born 1985), American television personality •
Rachel Llanes (born 1991), American ice hockey player •
Rachel Lloyd (born 1975), British activist •
Rachel Lloyd (1839–1900), American chemist •
Rachel Lowe (born 2000), Australian footballer •
Rachel Luttrell (born 1971), Tanzanian-Canadian actress •
Rachel MacNair (born 1958), American sociologist and psychologist •
Rachel Maddow (born 1973), American journalist •
Rachel Meghan Markle (born 1981), Duchess of Sussex and former American actress •
Rachel Marsden (born 1974), Canadian political columnist •
Rachel McAdams (born 1978), Canadian actress •
Rachel McAlpine (born 1940), New Zealand poet, novelist, and playwright •
Rachel McCann (field hockey) (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player •
Rachel McLean (1971–1991), British murder victim •
Rachel McLish (born 1955), American bodybuilder, actress, and author •
Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910–2014), American horticulturalist, philanthropist, and art collector •
Rachel Millward (born 1977), British politician •
Rachel Miner (born 1980), American actress •
Rachel Mitchell (born 1967), American attorney •
Rachel Morrison (born 1978), American cinematographer and director •
Rachel Newton (born 1985), Scottish singer and harpist •
Rachel Neylan (born 1982), Australian cyclist •
Rachel Nicholls, English opera singer •
Rachel Nichols, multiple people •
Rachel Nickell (1968–1992), British murder victim •
Rachel Noerdlinger (born 1970), American publicist •
Rachel Nordlinger, Australian linguist •
Rachel Notley (born 1964), Canadian politician •
Rachel O'Reilly, British chemist •
Rachel O'Riordan (born 1974), Irish theatre director •
Rachel Oakes Preston (1809–1868), American religious figure •
Rachel Oliver (footballer) (born 1971), New Zealand footballer •
Rachel Oliver (scientist), British material scientist •
Rachel Ong (born 1972), Singaporean politician •
Rachel Oniga (1957–2021), Nigerian actress •
Rachel Owen (1968–2016), Welsh photographer, printmaker, and lecturer •
Rachel Owens (born 1972), American sculptor •
Rachel Parish (born 1981), British sportswoman •
Rachel Parris (born 1984), English comedian and actress •
Rachel Parsons, multiple people •
Rachel Paulose (born 1973), American attorney •
Rachel Pavlou, British manager for diversity and inclusion at the Football Association in England •
Rachel Peace (aka Jane Short) (1881 –
died after 1932), British feminist and suffragette •
Rachel Perkins (born 1970), Australian director, producer, and screenwriter •
Rachel Peters (born 1991), Miss Universe Philippines 2017 •
Rachel Pizzolato, American model and social media influencer •
Rachel Platten (born 1981), American singer and songwriter •
Rachel Pollack (1945–2023), American science fiction writer, comic book writer, and tarot expert •
Rachel Portman (born 1960), British composer •
Rachel Potter (born 1984), American singer and actress •
Rachel Justine Pries, American mathematician •
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Canadian writer •
Rachel Quon (born 1991), American-Canadian soccer player •
Rachel Rath (born 1976), Irish actress •
Rachel Reeves (born 1979), British MP for the Labour Party •
Rachel Reilly (born 1984), American television personality and actress •
Rachel Reinert (born 1989), American country singer and songwriter •
Rachel Riley (born 1986), British television presenter • •
Rachel Roberts, multiple people •
Rachel Robinson (born 1922), American professor and nurse •
Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, American politician •
Rachel Rose (born 1970), Canadian poet, essayist, and short story writer •
Rachel Rose (artist) (born 1986), American artist •
Rachel Rossi (born 1983), American criminal justice lawyer •
Rachel Roy (born 1974), American fashion designer •
Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Dutch still-life painter •
Rachel Scott (1981–1999), a victim in the Columbine High School massacre •
Rachel Scott (women's education reformer) (1848–1905), British women's education reformer •
Rachel Sebati (born 1993), South African footballer •
Rachel Irene Seibert (1876–1967), American clubwoman •
Rachel Sennott (born 1995), American actress and comedian •
Rachel Shelley (born 1969), English actress and model •
Rachel Shenton, English actress and screenwriter •
Rachel Shoaf (born 1996), American convicted of murder in 2013 •
Rachel Smith (born 1985), Miss USA 2007 •
Rachel Smith (gymnast) (born 1993), British rhythmic gymnast •
Rachel Squire (1954–2006), British Labour politician •
Rachel Stephens (1930–2011), American actress •
Rachel Stevens (born 1978), English pop singer •
Rachel Stevens (sculptor), American sculptor •
Rachel Stuart (born 1972), Jamaican-Canadian model and actress •
Rachel Sung (born 2004), American table tennis player •
Rachel Sutherland (born 1976), New Zealand field hockey player •
Rachel Sweet (born 1962), American producer, singer, and actress •
Rachel Talalay (born 1958), American director and producer •
Rachel Talbot Ross (born 1961), American politician and activist •
Rachel Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people •
Rachel Ticotin (born 1958), American film and television actress •
Rachel Trachtenburg (born 1993), American rock singer and drummer •
Rachel Treweek (born 1963), British Anglican bishop •
Rachel True (born 1968), American actress •
Rachel Tucker (born 1981), Northern Irish musical theatre actress, and singer •
Rachel Uchitel (born 1975), American nightclub manager and television personality •
Rachel Unitt (born 1982), English footballer •
Rachel Vail (born 1966), American author •
Rachel Vallarelli, American lacrosse player •
Rachel van Cutsen (born 1984), Dutch badminton player •
Rachel van Dantzig (1878–1949), Dutch sculptor •
Rachael Vanderwal (born 1983), British basketball player •
Rachel Van Hollebeke (born 1985), American soccer player •
Rachel Veltri (born 1978), American actress •
Rachel Viollet (born 1972), British tennis player •
Rachel Wacholder (born 1975), American professional beach volleyball player •
Rachel Wade (born 1990), American teenager convicted of murder •
Rachel Walker (disambiguation), several people •
Rachel Ward (born 1957), English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter •
Rachel Ward, Countess of Dudley, British civic leader, philanthropist, and foundress of nursing orders •
Rachel Ward (mathematician), American applied mathematician •
Rachel Weisz (born 1970), British actress •
Rachel Whetstone (born 1968), British public relations executive •
Rachel White, multiple people •
Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), English sculptor •
Rachel Wiley, American poet, performer and activist •
Rachel Williams (model) (born 1967), American model and television presenter •
Rachel Williams (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer •
Rachel DeLoache Williams (born 1988), American writer •
Rachel Willis-Sørensen (born 1984), American opera singer •
Rachel O. Wingate (c. 1901–1953), English linguist •
Rachel Yakar (1938–2023), French opera singer •
Rachel Yang (born 1982), Singaporean pole vaulter •
Rachel Yankey (born 1979), English footballer •
Rachel Yehuda (born 1959), American psychiatrist and neuroscientist •
Rachel Yeoh, Malaysian socialite and model •
Rachel York (born 1971), American actress and singer •
Rachel Yurkovich (born 1986), American javelin thrower •
Rachel Z, American pianist and keyboardist •
Rachel Zadok (born 1972), South African writer •
Rachel Zajac, New Zealand forensic psychologist •
Rachel Zeffira, Canadian singer •
Rachel Zegler (born 2001), American actress and singer •
Rachel Zilberberg (1920–1943), Polish resistance fighter during World War II •
Rachel Zimmerman (born 1972), Canadian space scientist and inventor •
Rachel Zoe (born 1971), American fashion designer, businesswoman, and writer •
Rachel Zolf (born 1968), Canadian-American poet •
Rachel Zucker (born 1971), American poet ==Women named Rachael==