People
- Alexander Ratcliffe - Scottish polician, former Scottish Protestant League
- Arthur Ratcliffe (1882–1963), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Leek 1931–1935
- Derek A. Ratcliffe (died 2005), British ecologist
- Francis Ratcliffe (1904–1970), Australian zoologist
- J. A. Ratcliffe, British ionospheric physicist and academic
- John Ratcliffe (governor), second governor of the original Jamestown, Virginia, colony
- John W. Ratcliff, computer game developer
- Kevin Ratcliffe, (born 1960) Welsh footballer
- Paddy Ratcliffe, Irish footballer
- Richard Ratcliffe (died 1485), English nobleman
- Richard Ratcliffe (1751–1825), American public official considered to be the founder of the city of Fairfax, Virginia, in 1805
- Sandy Ratcliff, British actress
- Simon Ratcliffe, of house music duo Basement Jaxx
- In fiction
- Governor Ratcliffe (Disney), a fictionalized representation in the animated film Pocahontas of John Ratcliffe of the Jamestown colony
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