Emile Albert Rudolf Ratelband (born 11 March 1949) is a Dutch television personality, "positivity guru" and former politician for Leefbaar Nederland.

Ratelband List took part in the elections for the Tweede Kamer on 22 January 2003, but failed to win a single seat.

[6] In 2009, Ratelband was accused of homophobia after describing homosexuality as "an illness" and gay people as "abnormal".

[9] In September 2022, Ratelband spoke out in support of the TV-program Ongehoord Nieuws after it aired a segment in which random videos were shown of people of color beating white people, which the hosts of the program framed as "the less known side of racism" and "something that is happening on a large scale".

While the court stated there were strong indicators that Ratelband had ordered the attempt, it ruled that he could not be convicted.

[17] After returning the child to his mother, Ratelband was detained for several hours by the Dutch police.