Roelof is a given name, the

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cognate of Rudolph. Notable people with the name include: *

Roelof Bisschop Roelof Bisschop (born 30 November 1956 in Staphorst) is a Dutch historian and politician. As a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) he has been an MP since 20 September 2012. Previously he was a member of the municipal council of Veenenda ...

(born 1956), Dutch historian and politician *

Roelof Botha Roelof F. Botha (born 19 September 1973) is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director. Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and as of 2022 sits on the boards of MongoDB, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Natera, Square, Unity, an ...

(born 1973), venture capitalist and company director * Roelof Frederik Botha or Pik Botha (1932–2018), former politician from South Africa * Johannes Roelof Maria van den Brink (1915–2006), Dutch politician and banker *

Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (22 November 1771 – 15 December 1831) was a Dutch naval officer and colonial governor. He served as Governor of Curaçao and Dependencies from 16 November 1820 until April 1828, and Governor of the Dutch West Indies from ...

(1771–1831), Dutch naval officer and colonial governor *

Roelof Dednam Roelof Jakobus Dednam (born 21 August 1985) is a male badminton player from South Africa. Dednam played badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Chris Dednam, losing in the round of 16 to Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong of the ...

(born 1985), male badminton player from South Africa *

Roelof Diodati Roelof Diodati (Dordrecht, 28 July 1658 – Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia, 10 March 1723) was a governor of Dutch Mauritius in the late 17th century. Life Diodati was from Swiss-Italian descent. His grandfather was Jean Diodati, a theologia ...

(1658–1723), governor of Dutch Mauritius in the late 17th century *

Roelof Frankot Roelof Frankot (25 October 1911, in Meppel – 1 December 1984, in Heeten) was a Dutch painter. Frankot studied photography. In 1930, he started painting. He later had a strong relation with the CoBrA movement, and his artworks are quite si ...

(1911–1984), Dutch painter * Roelof Hordijk (1917–1979), Dutch fencer * Roelof Huysmann (1444–1485), pre-Erasmian humanist of the northern Low Countries *

Roelof Klein Roelof Klein (7 June 1877 – 12 February 1960) was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Klein was part of the Dutch eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered ...

(1877–1960), Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris *

Roelof Koets Roelof Koets (1592, Haarlem – 1654, Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Koets became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1654 as ''vinder''.De archiefbescheiden van het St. Lukasgilde te Haarlem 1497-1798, Hessel M ...

(1592–1654), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Roelof Koets (Zwolle) Roelof Koets, or Coets (1655–1725), was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in Zwolle as the son of Andries Koets and is known as a portrait painter and the teacher of the miniature painter Herman ...

(1655–1725), 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands *

Roelof Koops Roelof Koops (19 July 1909 – 7 June 2008) was a Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Zuidlaren and died in Veendam Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Gro ...

(1909–2008), Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics *

Roelof Kranenburg Roelof Kranenburg (Groningen, 8 September 1880 – The Hague, 27 December 1956) was a Dutch politician, lawyer and professor of constitutional law. Initially, he was a member of the Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, but later he joined the PvdA. ...

(1880–1956), Dutch politician, lawyer and professor of state law *

Roelof Kruisinga Roelof Johannes Hendrik Kruisinga (27 August 1922 – 7 December 2012) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and physician. Kruisinga attended a Gymna ...

(1922–2012), Dutch physician and politician *

Roelof van Laar Roelof Peter van Laar (born 19 May 1981) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 14 May 2013 and 23 March 2017. At first he temporarily replaced Lea Bouwmeester who was on maternity l ...

(born 1981), Dutch politician *

Roelof van Lennep Jonkheer Roelof van Lennep (; 3 October 1876 – 13 September 1951) was a Dutch male tennis player. He competed for the Netherlands in the tennis event at the 1908 Summer Olympics where he took part in the men's singles and men's doubles ...

(1876–1951), Dutch male tennis player *

Roelof de Man Roelof de Man (1634–1663) was a Dutch colonial administrator in South Africa. He was born in Culemborg (formerly also spelled Culenborg or Kuilenburg or Kuylenburgh), Netherlands in 1634 and grew up in the same walled village and era as Dutch Ex ...

(1634–1663), Dutch colonial administrator in South Africa *

Roelof van der Merwe Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe (born 31 December 1984) is a Dutch-South African professional cricketer who has played internationally for both South Africa and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent more than one international team ...

(born 1984), South African cricketer *

Roelof Nelissen Roelof Johannes Nelissen (4 April 1931 – 18 July 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman. Biography Nelissen attended a Gymnasium (s ...

(born 1931), retired Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party *

Roelof Smit Roelof Andries Smit (born 11 January 1993 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape) is a South African rugby union player for the Lions in Super Rugby, the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup and the Lions in the Rugby Challenge. He also represented South Africa ...

(born 1993), South African rugby union player *

Roelof Jansz van Vries Roelof van Vries (1631, Haarlem – 1681-1701, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to the RKD he is known for landscapes in the manner of more famous Haarlem landscapists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hob ...

(1631–1681), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Roelof Wunderink Roelof Wunderink (born 12 December 1948 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a Dutch former racing driver. He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix for Ensign, debuting on 27 April 1975. He scored no championship points. Rac ...

(born 1948), Dutch former racing driver

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