Ralph the Timid, also known as Ralf of Mantes, died 1057, is Earl of Hereford between 1051 and 1055 or 1057.

His mother was Godgifu, the daughter of King Æthelred the Unready and his second wife Emma.

His father was Drogo of Mantes, Count of the Vexin, who died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1035.