Rachel is the second wife of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible. Rachel may also refer to: People Rachel (given name), a female name (including a list of people and characters with the name) Rachel Bluwstein, a Hebrew-language poet often referred to simply as Rachel or Rachel the Poetess Rachel, wife of Rabbi Akiva, a 1st-century CE resident of Judea who is mentioned in the Talmud and Aggadah Media and entertainment Films Rachel (film) (2009), a 2009 documentary about the death of Rachel Corrie Rachel, Rachel (1968), a 1968 film starring Joanne Woodward and directed by Paul Newman Literature Rachel (play), 1916 play by Angelina Weld Grimké Rachel (Animorphs), a character from the Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate Rachel (story), a short story by Erskine Caldwell, included in We Are the Living (1933) My Cousin Rachel (1951), a novel by Daphne du Maurier Rachel, in the novel Moby-Dick (Chapter 128) a whaling vessel that solicits Captain Ahab's aid in finding the lost son of the Rachel's captain; Ahab refuses. In the novel's last lines, the Rachel rescues Ishmael. Music "Rachel" (song), a song by Australian singer Russell Morris Rachel's, an American post-rock group Other media and entertainment Rachel Green (e), a fictional character on Friends Rachel, the lead soprano role in the 1835 opera La Juive Places in the United States Rachel, Nevada, a census-designated place Rachel, West Virginia, a census-designated place Other uses Rachel (Gerber), an outdoor bronze sculpture of a piggy bank, Seattle, Washington, U.S. Rachel (sandwich), a type of sandwich Rachel (sculpture), a 1540s sculpture by Michelangelo Rachel Alexandra (foaled 2006), an American Thoroughbred racehorse Rachel haircut, a haircut based on the Friends character Rachel Green SS Rachel or , a cargo ship RACHEL, Software for Raspberry Pi computer (Remote Area Community Hotspot for Education and Learning) Student Initiative Rahel, a former initiative in Germany for funding an educational project in Ethiopia See also Rachal (disambiguation)