Rafael Bejarano (born June 23, 1982) is a Pervuian jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Having met with success, including winning the apprentice riding title at Hipódromo de Monterrico in Lima, he emigrated to the United States in the spring of 2002 and settled in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the 2007 Blue Grass Stakes Bejarano scored a dramatic upset win with Dominican, defeating the 2006 U.S. Champion 2-year-old colt, Street Sense.

Bejarano in 2008 swept all five of the major Southern California titles and for that he was a finalist for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey for 2008 but lost it.

In 2009, he won the Santa Anita and Oak Tree jockey titles then finished the 2009 year with 240 winners out of 1,129 mounts with earnings of $12,403,993.