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Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...

. The common Dutch given name Roelof is equivalent to Rudolph. People with this surname include: * Al Roelofs (1906–1990), Dutch-born American art director * (1877–1920), Dutch painter, son of Willem *

Annemarie Roelofs Annemarie Roelofs (born 1955) is a Dutch trombone player, violinist, and professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She was a member of Henry Cow and the Feminist Improvising Group. Biography Roelofs studied violin at ...

(born 1955), Dutch trombone player and violinist *

Arjen Roelofs Arjen Roelofs (1 March 1754 – 11 May 1828) was a Dutch astronomer. Early life Roelofs was born on the Hommema-sate (estate) near Hijum in Friesland, the youngest of four sons and two daughters. His father was Roelof Pytters, a tenant farmer an ...

(1754–1828), Dutch astronomer * Ingeborg Roelofs (born 1983), Dutch handball player * Jan Roelofs (born 1985), Dutch motorcycle racer * (born 1984), Dutch jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist * Justin Roelofs, American musician *

Karl Roelofs Karl Roelofs (born September 11, 1964) is an American video game developer known for creating the MacVenture game ''Shadowgate''. He is a co-founder of the video game development company Zojoi, LLC with Dave Marsh. Biography ICOM Simulation ...

(born 1964), American video game developer * (born 1968), Dutch DJ *

Sandra Roelofs Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs–Saakashvili (also spelled Saakasjvili, ;, ; uk, Сандра Елісабет Рулофс-Саакашвілі, . born 23 December 1968) is a Dutch–Georgian activist and diplomat who was the First Lady of Georgia f ...

(born 1968), Dutch linguist and the First Lady of

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from 2004 to 2013 * Wendell L. Roelofs (born 1938), American organic chemist *

Willem Roelofs Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th cent ...

(1822–1897), Dutch painter A less common spelling is Roeloffs: * Eleanor Roeloffs (born 1940), American political reporter * Hugo Roeloffs (1844-1928),

Syndicus Syndic (Late Latin: '; Greek: ' – one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative) is a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a universi ...

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