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, England.In English, the meaning of the name Rodwell is "lives by the spring near the road". Notable people and characters with the name include:

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Benjamin Rodwell Benjamin Bridges Hunter Rodwell QC (17 January 1815 – 6 February 1892) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1881. Rodwell was the son of William Rodwell, an Ipswich banker, and his wi ...

, British lawyer and Conservative politician *

Brett Rodwell Brett Rodwell (born 23 May 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition for the Illawarra Steelers and South Sydney Rab ...

, Australian rugby league footballer *

Cecil Hunter-Rodwell Sir Cecil William Hunter-Rodwell (29 December 1874 – 23 February 1953) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Southern Rhodesia, British Guiana, and Fiji. Biography Born in England, Rodwell attended Cheam School and ...

, British colonial administrator and Governor * Charles Rodwell (born 1996), British-born French politician *

Craig Rodwell Craig L. Rodwell (October 31, 1940 – June 18, 1993) was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967, the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors, and as the prime mover ...

, American gay rights activist and founder of the first gay bookstore *

Emerson Rodwell Edwin Emerson Rodwell, MM (12 April 1921 – 27 February 2011) was an Australian soldier, cricket player, umpire, commentator and administrator. He fought in World War II, in New Guinea, and Borneo, and was awarded the Military Medal. Rodwell w ...

, Australian soldier, cricket player, umpire, commentator and administrator *

Eric Rodwell Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the United States five times and is one of ten players who have won the triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World ...

, American bridge player *

George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell (1800–1852) was an English composer, musical director, and author. Life The brother of James Thomas Gooderham Rodwell (died 1825), playwright and lessee of London's Adelphi Theatre, was born in London, 15 Novem ...

, English composer, musical director, and author *

Jack Rodwell Jack Christian Rodwell (born 11 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Sydney FC as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Rodwell joined Everton's academy at the age of seven, and made his debut in 2007. He spent fi ...

, English footballer * James Rodwell, English rugby union sevens player *

Jim Rodwell Jim Rodwell (born 20 November 1970 in Lincoln, England) is the former chairman of Boston United and also a former footballer who played centre-half for the club. Career Rodwell began his career playing junior football for Lincoln City and was ...

, English footballer and former chairman of Boston United *

John Medows Rodwell John Medows Rodwell (1808–1900) was a friend of Charles Darwin while both matriculated at Cambridge. He became an English clergyman of the Church of England and an Islamic studies scholar. He served as Rector of St.Peter's, Saffron Hill, Londo ...

, English translator of the Koran *

John S. Rodwell John S. Rodwell (1946 – present) is an ecologist who was based at the University of Lancaster, noted for his role in the development of the British National Vegetation Classification and as editor of the five volumes of ''British Plant Commu ...

, British ecologist based at the University of Lancaster *

Lindy Rodwell Lindy Rodwell (born 13 February 1962, in Johannesburg) is a South African zoologist and conservationist. She works on preserving viable wetland habitat and population sizes for the cranes of Africa south of the Sahara, the endangered blue crane ...

, South African zoologist and conservationist *

Matt Rodwell Matthew Rodwell is a former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Newcastle Knights, Western Reds, St. George Dragons, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and the Warrington Wolves as a . Career Australia Afte ...

, Australian rugby league footballer * Roger de Rodwell, English medieval university chancellor *

Sally Rodwell Sally Katherine Rodwell (16 May 1950 – 15 October 2006) was a New Zealand multi-disciplinary artist who worked mainly in the fields of theatre, film, and poetry. Her creative work included performing, directing and writing; making masks, puppe ...

(1950–2006), New Zealand multi-disciplinary artist *

Tony Rodwell Anthony Rodwell (born 26 August 1962) is an English former professional association football, footballer. His preferred position was on the Midfielder#Winger, right wing. Prior to turning professional, Southport-born Rodwell played for Southpo ...

, English footballer *

Warren Rodwell Abu Sayyaf (; ar, جماعة أبو سياف; ', ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that follows the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. It is based ...

, former soldier, university teacher, hostage survivor and songwriter *

Warwick Rodwell Warwick James Rodwell (born 24 October 1946) is an archaeologist, architectural historian and academic. He was lately Visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, and is Consultant Archaeologist to Westminster Abbey ...

, English author, archaeologist, architectural historian and academic

In fiction

Andrew Rodwell ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel 10 Peach. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the show in 2018, by order of first appearance. ...

, a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...

'' * Michael Marlon Rodwell, character in ''Coronation Street'' played by Les Dennis *

Gail Rodwell Gail Rodwell (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman and McIntyre) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Helen Worth. The character first appeared on-screen on 29 July 1974. Gail is the daughte ...

, a fictional character from the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Lord Rodwell Stark, in American TV series ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' *

Michael Rodwell '' Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn. Sha ...

, a fictional character from the soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Sadie Rodwell, a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Wendy Rodwell Wendy Rodwell is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Candice Leask. Leask secured the role of Wendy after sending in an audition tape in October 2021, however she was unsure if the character was right ...

, a fictional character from the Australia soap opera ''Neighbours''

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* Verna L. Jones-Rodwell, American politician *

Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell Caitlin Elizabeth O'Connell-Rodwell (born 1965) is an American conservation biologist and author. She is an instructor at Harvard Medical School, scientific consultant, co-founder and chief executive officer of ''Utopia Scientific'', and an exper ...

, American scientific consultant, author, co-founder and CEO of Utopia Scientific, elephant expert

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Rodwell Ferguson Rodwell Ferguson is a Belizean politician and a former Cabinet Minister of the Said Musa Administration. He is a member of the People's United Party (PUP) and has served as its Southern Caucus Chair. He was re-elected to office in March 2012 as the ...

, Belizean politician *

Rodwell Makoto Rodwell Makoto (born 1987) is a Zimbabwean chess International Master. He won the South African Open in 2012, and has featured for Zimbabwe in their Olympiad team. He became an International Master in 2013. With an Elo rating of 2403 in June ...

, Zimbabwean chess international master *

Rodwell Munyenyembe Rodwell Thomas Changara Munyenyembe (1 January 1936 – 27 June 2005) was a Malawian politician who served twice as Speaker of the National Assembly, from 1994 to 1999 and again from 2004 until his death. He also twice served as a cabinet minister ...

, Malawi politician *

Rodwell Williams Rodwell Roosevelt Adlai Williams (born 29 September 1956) is a Belizean lawyer. He is a name partner, along with Prime Minister of Belize and United Democratic Party leader Dean Barrow, in the Belize City law firm Barrow & Williams. Major cas ...

, Belizean lawyer

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