Roger is a
given name
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, usually masculine, and a
surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. The given name is derived from the
Old French
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personal names ' and '. These names are of
Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the
Normans
The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ...
. In
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
, the
Frankish
Frankish may refer to:
* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages
* Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany
* East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...
name had been reinforced by the
Old Norse
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cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the
Old English
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cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...
'. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''
Rodger Rodger is a surname, and is a variant of Roger as a first name.
First name
* Rodger Arneil, Scottish rugby union player
* Rodger Bain, British former record producer
* Rodger Bumpass, American voice actor and actor
*Rodger Corser, Australian actor ...
''.
Slang and other uses
Roger is also a short version of the term "
Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the later part of the Golden Age of Piracy).
The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly ...
", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by
sea pirates since as early as 1723.
From up to , Roger was slang for the word "
penis
A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males do n ...
". In ''
Under Milk Wood
''Under Milk Wood'' is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage. A film version, ''Under Milk Wood'' directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972, and another adaptation of ...
'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual
double entendre
A double entendre (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, of which one is typically obvious, whereas the other often conveys a message that would be too socially ...
and the pirate term "Jolly Roger".
In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.
From circa 1940 in US and UK
wartime communication, "Roger" came to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in "received", used to acknowledge understanding a message. This spread to civilian usage as "ROGER" replaced "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.
Current British slangincludes the word as a verb to mean sexual intercourse, i.e., "took her home and Rogered her."
Spellings
The following forenames are related to the
English given name
English names are names used in, or originating in, England.
In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family ...
''Roger'':
* ar, روجر, translit=Rōjar, Rōjir
* Alt.
* be, Роджэр , translit=Rodžer
* ca, Roger
*
* hr, Ruđer, Rogerije
* nl,
Rutger
Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger.
People
* Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier
* (c.975–1050), First Duke of Cleves
* (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves
*Rutger von Ascheberg (1621 ...
,
Rogier
Rogier may refer to:
Given name
Rogier is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Roger. People with this name include:
* Rogier van Aerde, pseudonym of Adolf Josef Hubert Frans van Rijen (1917–2007), Dutch writer and journalist
*Rogier Bli ...
* fo, Róar
* fil, Rogelio
* french: Roger
* gl, Roxerio, Roxelio
* german:
Rüdiger Rüdiger (English ''Ruediger'', ''Rudiger'', Roger) is a German given name. The meaning comes from Old High German: ''hruod'' (fame) and ''ger'' (spear). The name became popular because of the character Rüdiger von Bechelaren from ''Nibelung''.
P ...
, Roger
* el, Ρογήρος , translit=Rogéros, Rógi̱ros
* gu, રોજર , translit=Rōjara
* he, רוג׳ר , translit=Rojer
* hi, रॉजर , translit=Rŏjara
* hu, Rezső, Rogerios
* is, Hróar, Hróðgeir, Ragnar
* it,
Ruggero
Ruggero (), the Italian equivalent of Roger, may refer to:
* Ruggero I of Sicily (1031–1101) Norman king of Sicily
*Ruggero Berlam (1854–1920), Italian architect
*Ruggero Bonghi (1826–1895), Italian scholar, writer and politician
*Ruggero B ...
, Roggero, Ruggeri,
Ruggiero Ruggiero () is an Italian spelling variant of the name Ruggero, a version of the Germanic name Roger, and may refer to:
As a surname
*Adamo Ruggiero (born 1986), Canadian actor
*Angela Ruggiero (born 1980), American hockey player
*Angelo Ruggiero ...
, Rugiero
* ja, ロジャー, ロゲル , translit=Rojā, Rogeru
* kn, ರೋಜರ್ , translit=Rōjar
*
* ku, راجەر , translit=Racer
* la,
Rogerius Rogerius can refer to the following things:
It is the Latin form of the given name Roger, and was the name of several medieval figures.
*Rogerius (physician) (also called Rogerius Salernitanus, Roger Frugard, Roger Frugardi, Roggerio Frugardo, and ...
* mk, Роџер , translit=Rodžer
* ml, റോജർ , translit=Roger
* gv, Roree
* mn, Рожер , translit=Rojyer
* ne, रोजर , translit=Rōjara
* no,
Roar, Roary, Roger
* oc, Rogièr, Rotger
* fa, راجر , translit=Rājər
* pl, Roger, Gerek
* pt,
Rogério Rogério ( uˈʒɛɾiuor oˈʒɛɾiu is a Portuguese male given name, and a variant of the first name Roger. It may refer to:
* Rogério Fidélis Régis, or simply Rogério (1976), Brazilian footballer
* Rogério Lourenço (1971), Brazilian f ...
* pa, ਰੋਜ਼ਰ , translit=Rōzara
* russian: Роджер , translit=Ródžer, Rodzher
* sr, Руђер , translit=Ruđer
* sl, Rogerij
* es,
Rogelio
Rogelio () is a masculine Spanish given name and a variant of the first name Roger. Notable people with the name include:
*Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (born 1962), Filipino chess player
*Rogelio Armenteros (born 1994), Cuban pitcher in Major League Base ...
* sv, Roar, Roger, Rutger
* ta, ரோஜர் , translit=Rōjar
* te, రోజర్ , translit=Rōjar
* th, โรเจอร์ , translit=Rochoe
* uk, Роджер , translit=Rodzher
* ur, , translit=Rājər
* cy, Rosser, Rozier
* yi, ראַדזשער , translit=Radzher
People
Given name
Medieval period
''See also , and for people with these names''
Kings and rulers
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Hrothgar
Hrothgar ( ang, Hrōðgār ; on, Hróarr) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD.
Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics ''Beowulf'' and ''Widsith'', in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chron ...
, semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD
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Roger I of Sicily
Roger I ( it, Ruggero I, Arabic: ''رُجار'', ''Rujār''; Maltese: ''Ruġġieru'', – 22 June 1101), nicknamed Roger Bosso and The Great, was a Norman nobleman who became the first Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101. He was a member of the H ...
, Norman ruler of Sicily
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Roger II of Sicily (1095–1154), Norman King of Sicily and Africa, one of the principal commanders of
Second Crusade
The Second Crusade (1145–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusa ...
*
Roger III of Sicily
Roger III ( it, Ruggero III, scn, Ruggeru III; 1175 – 24 December 1193), of the House of Hauteville, was the eldest son and heir of King Tancred of Sicily and Queen Sibylla of Acerra, Sibylla. He was made Duke of Apulia (as Roger V), probably in ...
(1175–1193), briefly King of Sicily
Others
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Roger, Archbishop of Patras Roger was the Latin Archbishop of Patras and ruler of the Barony of Patras in Frankish Greece from 1337 until ca. 1347.
Roger succeeded William Frangipani on the latter's death in 1337. William, an energetic and capable man, had made the See of ...
(in post 1337–1347)
*
Roger (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (in post from 1155)
*
Roger (archbishop of Benevento) Roger of San Severino (died December 1221)W. Maleczek, ''Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216'', (Vienna 1984), 68. was the Archbishop of Benevento from 1179 until his death. He was probably a younger brother of Count William of San Severin ...
(died 1221)
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Roger (bishop of Ross)
Roger (died in or after 1350) was a churchman based in the 14th century Kingdom of Scotland, and active as Bishop of Ross from 1325 until 1350. Before attaining this position, Roger was a canon of Abernethy; it is possible that Roger was an A ...
(died c. 1350)
*
Roger (larderer) (died 1102), Bishop-elect of Hereford
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Roger Borsa
Roger Borsa (1060/1061 – 22 February 1111) was the Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria and effective ruler of southern Italy from 1085 until his death.
Life
Roger was the son of Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita, a Lombard noblewoman. His ambiti ...
(1060/61–1111), Norman Duke of Apulia and Calabria
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Roger (son of Dagobert) (), Norman magnate who served the Byzantine empire
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Roger I. de Sentes
Roger I. de Sentes also known as ''Rogerius'' was an twelfth century French Catholic Bishop.
Not much is known of his career or episciple work but he was Bishop of Oloron from 1102 until 1114 A.D. His most notable achievement is the constructio ...
, 12th century French bishop
*
Roger I Trencavel Roger I Trencavel, (''Roger I of Beziers''), (died 1150) was the eldest son of Bernard Ato IV, Viscount of Albi, Agde, Béziers, Carcassonne, Nîmes, and Razès. On his father's death in 1130 he inherited Albi, Carcassonne, and Razès, while h ...
(died 1150), Viscount of Carcassonne
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Roger I de Fézensaguet
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...
(1190–1245), Viscount of Fézensaguet
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Roger I of Carcassonne
Roger I (died 1012) was the count of Carcassonne from and, as Roger II, count of Comminges (from 957) and Couserans (from 983).
Life
Roger was the son of Arnaud I of Comminges and Arsinde of Carcassonne. Associated with the government of Commi ...
(died 1012), Count of Carcassonne
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Roger I of Tosny
Roger I of Tosny or Roger of Hispania (died c. 1040) was a Norman nobleman of the House of Tosny who took part in the Reconquista of Iberia.
Career
Roger was the son of Raoul I of Tosny, seigneur de Conches. In 1013, Roger and his father Raoul ...
(died ), Norman nobleman
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Roger II Trencavel Roger II Trencavel (died March 1194) was the Viscount of Carcassonne, Béziers, Razès, and Albi from 1167 or 1171 until his death. Until 1177 he used the title proconsul, usually as ''proconsul de Bitteris'' (of Béziers), but he abandoned the u ...
(died 1194), Viscount of Carcassonne
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Roger III, Duke of Apulia
Roger III (1118 – 2 or 12 May 1148) was the eldest son of King Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. He was the Duke of Apulia from 1134 until his death.
Roger's first public act took place at Melfi in 1129, where, though still a child, h ...
(1118–1148), Duke of Apulia, Sicily
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Roger IV, Count of Foix
Roger IV (died 24 February 1265), son and successor of Roger-Bernard II the Great, was the eighth count of Foix from 1241 to his death. His reign began with the south again at war with the north in France and, though he was reluctant to join his ...
(died 1265)
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Roger IV, Duke of Apulia Roger IV (1152–1161) was the eldest son of William I of Sicily and Margaret of Navarre. Twice in his short life he was the object of the barons' intent to replace his father as king. When he was made the duke of Apulia is unknown, probably aft ...
(1152–1161)
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Roger of Lauria
Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305) was a Neapolitan admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talent ...
(c. 1245–1305), Italian admiral
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Roger Bacon, English philosopher
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Roger Bigod of Norfolk
Roger Bigod (died 1107) was a Norman knight who travelled to England in the Norman Conquest. He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were earls of Norfolk. He was also known as Roger Bigot, appearing as such as a witness t ...
(died 1107), Norman knight who participated in the Norman Conquest of England
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Roger Frugardi
Rogerius (before 1140 – c. 1195), also called Rogerius Salernitanus, Roger Frugard, Roger Frugardi, Roggerio Frugardo, Rüdiger Frutgard and Roggerio dei Frugardi, was a Salernitan surgeon who wrote a work on medicine entitled ''Practica Chirur ...
(), Salernitan surgeon
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Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster (11 April 137420 July 1398) was an English nobleman. He was considered the heir presumptive to King Richard II, his mother's first cousin.
Roger Mortimer's father, the 3rd Earl of Marc ...
(1374–1398)
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Roger Niger
Roger Niger (died 1241) was a thirteenth-century cleric who became Bishop of London. He is also known as Saint Roger of Beeleigh.
Life
In 1192 Niger was named a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, and he held the prebend of Ealdland in the ...
(c. 1173–1241), Bishop of London
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Roger Norreis
Roger Norreis (died between 1223 and 1225) was Abbot of Evesham in England. He was a controversial figure, installed in several offices against opposition. In his appointment to Evesham, he was accused of immoral behaviour and failing to follow ...
(died c. 1224), Abbot of Evesham
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Roger of Salisbury
Roger of Salisbury (died 1139), was a Norman medieval bishop of Salisbury and the seventh Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England.
Life
Roger was originally priest of a small chapel near Caen in Normandy. He was called "Roger, priest of the c ...
(died 1139), also known as Roger le Poer, Norman Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England
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Roger of Worcester
Roger of Worcester (c. 1118 – 9 or 10 August 1179) was Bishop of Worcester from 1163 to 1179. He had a major role in the controversy between Henry II of England, who was Roger's cousin, and Archbishop Thomas Becket.Cheney ''Roger, Bishop of ...
from 1163 to 1179
Modern era
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Roger (footballer, born 1972)
Roger José de Noronha Silva, or simply Roger is a Brazilian football goalkeeper.
He signed a contract run until December 2008 in September 2007.
Career
Roger began his career at Flamengo in 1991 when he was a reserve Gilmar.
Was loaned to ...
, Roger José de Noronha Silva, Brazilian football goalkeeper
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Roger (footballer, born 1978)
Roger Galera Flores (born 17 August 1978), or simply Roger, is a Brazilian football pundit for TV Globo and retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He was a talented left-footed player who excelled with his dribbling, techni ...
, Roger Galera Flores, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
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Roger (footballer, born 1985)
Roger Rodrigues da Silva (born 7 January 1985), simply known as Roger, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Athletic-MG.
Career
Born in Campinas, Roger was detected by Ponte ...
, Roger Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian football manager and former player
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Roger (footballer, born 1996)
Roger Junio Rodrigues Ferreira (born 13 March 1996), commonly known as Roger, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club UTA Arad.
Career statistics Club
;Notes
Honours
Botafogo-PB
*Campeonato Paraibano: 2017
Riga ...
, Roger Junio Rodrigues Ferreira, Brazilian football midfielder
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Roger Adams
Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist who developed the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and helped determine the composition of natural substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. He isolat ...
, American Nobel Prize organic chemist
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Roger Ailes
Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republica ...
, American television executive, chairman and CEO of Fox News
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Roger Angell
Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) was an American essayist known for his writing on sports, especially baseball. The only writer ever elected into both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Baseball Writers' Associa ...
(1920–2022), American writer and editor for ''The New Yorker''
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Roger Ashton (footballer)
Roger William Ashton (16 August 1921 – July 1985) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career, he made twelve appearances in The Football League during spells with Cardiff City and Newport County.
Care ...
, Welsh footballer
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Roger Avary
Roger Roberts Avary (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian-American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on ''Pulp Fiction'', for which they won Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Acade ...
, Canadian producer, screenwriter and director
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Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen (born April 11, 1950) is an American artist living in Johannesburg, South Africa, and working in its surrounds since the 1970s. His oeuvre, which spans five decades, began with the documentary photography field but evolved into the ...
, American artist working in South Africa
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Roger Bannister, British athlete, first man to run the four-minute mile
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Roger "Syd" Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd
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Roger Bart
Roger Bart (born September 29, 1962) is an American actor and singer. He won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Snoopy in the 1999 revival of '' You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''.
Bart received his second Tony Award n ...
, American actor and singer
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Roger Berrio
Roger Berrio Hernández (born October 30, 1972) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia, who twice won a medal for his native South American country at the Pan American Games: in 1995 and 1999. He twice competed at the Summer Olympics (199 ...
, Colombian weightlifter
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Roger Binny
Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born 19 July 1955) is an Indian former international cricketer who is the 36th and incumbent List of presidents of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, president of Board of Control for Cricket in India. He wa ...
, Indian cricketer
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Roger Joseph Boscovich
Roger Joseph Boscovich ( hr, Ruđer Josip Bošković; ; it, Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; la, Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; sr, Руђер Јосип Бошковић; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, ...
, Croatian-Ragusan physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit
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Roger Boylan
Roger Boylan is an American writer (b. 1951) who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland. His Irish novel ''Killoyle, ''called "a virtuoso performance" by ''Publishers Weekly'', is published by Dalkey Archive Press. His second Irish nove ...
, American writer
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Roger Buckley
Roger Norman Buckley (1937 – July 15, 2020) was an American academic who served as Professor of History and founding director of the Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. He authored many scholarly monographs and jou ...
(1937–2020), American historian
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Roger Bumpass (born 1951), American voice actor
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Roger Burnley
Roger Michael Burnley (born June 1966) is a British businessman, and was the chief executive (CEO) of Asda from January 2018, when he succeeded Sean Clarke, until August 2021.
Early life
Burnley was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, and grew up i ...
(born 1966), British businessman, former CEO of Asda
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Roger C. Carmel, American character actor
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Roger A. Caras
Roger Andrew Caras (May 24, 1928 – February 18, 2001) was an American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality.
Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was the author ...
, American wildlife photographer and writer
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Roger Casement
Roger David Casement ( ga, Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during Worl ...
, Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and British diplomat
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Roger Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee (; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program.
Chaffee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he became an Eag ...
, American astronaut
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Roger Chan, the bus uncle
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Roger Chao
Roger Chao, FRGS, is an Australians, Australian explorer, mountain climber, philosopher and ethicist.
Mountaineering and Exploration
In 2006, Chao and Stephen Fordyce completed a mid-winter traverse of the Arthur Range (Tasmania), Western Arthur ...
, Australian explorer and mountain climber
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Roger Christian (songwriter)
Roger Christian (July 3, 1934 – July 11, 1991) was an American radio personality and songwriter from Buffalo, New York. After moving to California in 1959, he became a lyricist for the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. From the early to mid-1960s, they ...
(1934–1991), American radio personality and songwriter
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Roger Clarke (rugby union administrator)
Roger Clarke is a rugby union administrator from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
Personal life
Clarke was educated at Royal Tunbridge Wells Grammar school, The Skinners' School where he also played rugby union for the school. Clarke then w ...
, British rugby administrator
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Roger Clemens
William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston Red Sox. Clemens was one of the most dominant pi ...
, baseball player
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Roger Cook (journalist)
Roger Lou Belvedere Cook (born 6 April 1943) is a New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster. In 1997, he won a British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) special award "for 25 years of outstanding qual ...
, British journalist
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Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
, American film director, producer, and actor
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Roger Craig (baseball)
Roger Lee Craig (born February 17, 1930) is an American former pitcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Craig played for five National League teams over all or parts of 12 seasons (1955–1966)—most notably as a member of the ...
, baseball player
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Roger Craig (American football), American football player
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Roger Craig Smith (born 1975), American voice actor
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Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band The Who.
Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Ge ...
, lead singer of British rock band The Who
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Roger Davis (television actor)
Jon Roger Davis (born April 5, 1939) is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is best known for acting in the television series ''Dark Shadows'' and ''Alias Smith and Jones''. He has also appeared in an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''. , American actor
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Roger O. DeBruler (1934–2017), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
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Roger Delgado
Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto (1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973) was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of playing minor villains" before becoming ...
, British actor
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Roger Dobkowitz
Roger Kurt Dobkowitz (born July 30, 1945 in San Francisco, California) is an American television producer best known for his 36-year tenure on the CBS game show ''The Price Is Right''. In addition to ''The Price Is Right'', Dobkowitz also worked ...
, American television producer, statistics expert for ''The Price is Right''
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Roger Donaldson
Roger Lindsey Donaldson (born 15 November 1945) is an Australian-born List of New Zealand film makers, New Zealand film director, producer and writer whose films include the 1981 relationship drama ''Smash Palace'', and a run of titles shot in ...
, New Zealand filmmaker
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...
(1942–2013), American film critic and writer
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Roger M. Enoka
Roger Maro Enoka is professor and former chair of the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is also the director of the Neurophysiology of Movement Lab.
According to Web of Knowledge, Professor Enoka ...
, American neurophysiologist
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Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, in ...
, Swiss tennis player
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Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. (born October 28, 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is an American economist, attorney and corporate executive who served as the 17th vice chairmam of the Federal Reserve from 1999 to 2006. Prior to his term as Vice Chairman, Ferg ...
, American CEO and former Federal Reserve official
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Roger C. Field
Roger C. Field (born 31 July 1945) is best known as the inventor of the Foldaxe folding electric guitar which won the Designers' Choice Award for the United States in 1980. He is also an inventor with over 100 patents, an industrial designer, ...
, British inventor and industrial designer
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Roger Fortin
Roger Fortin (born October 27, 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's light heavyweight division (– 81 ...
, Canadian boxer
*
Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton (20 May 1948 – 4 January 2000) was an Australian jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, and educator. Based in Sydney, he played a major role in shaping the evolution of Australian jazz. He taught at the Jazz Studies course at t ...
, Australian jazz musician
*
Roger García Junyent
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
, Spanish football player
*
Roger Gibbon
Roger Patrick Gibbon (born 9 March 1944) is a retired track cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the ...
, Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
*
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...
, Welsh/English bassist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
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Roger Godement
Roger Godement (; 1 October 1921 – 21 July 2016) was a French mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.
Biography
Godement started as a student at the École normale supérieure in 1940, where he ...
, French mathematician
*
Roger Goldammer, Canadian bikebuilder
*
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL
*
Roger Guerreiro
Roger Guerreiro (; born on 25 May 1982), commonly known as Roger, is a Polish footballer who last played for Rio Verde as an attacking midfielder. Brazilian-born Roger was granted Polish citizenship.
Club career AEK Athens
On 27 August 200 ...
, Polish football player of Brazilian descent
*
Roger Hall (disambiguation) Roger Hall may refer to:
* Roger Hall (playwright) (born 1939), New Zealand playwright
* Roger Hall (artist) (1914–?), British artist
* Roger Lee Hall (born 1942), American composer and musicologist
* Roger Wolcott Hall (1919–2008), American Arm ...
, several people
*
Roger Hamby
Roger Hamby (born July 2, 1943 in Ferguson, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and NASCAR team owner whose career spanned from 1977 to 1981. He was one of the runners-up for the 1978 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and ...
(born 1943), American racing car driver
*
Roger Hodgman
Roger Hodgman (born 1 December 1943) is an Australian stage and television director.
He was educated at the Hutchins School and the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science in 1966, a ...
, Australian stage and television director
*
Roger Hodgson
Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the band’ ...
, British vocalist and songwriter from Supertramp
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Roger Howarth
Roger Howarth (born September 13, 1968) is an American actor. He played character Todd Manning on the daytime drama ''One Life to Live'' (''OLTL''); the character earned Howarth a Daytime Emmy Award in 1994, and is cited as an icon in the soap ...
, American actor
*
Roger Ilegems
Roger Ilegems (born 13 December 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1991. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
...
, Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
*
Roger Ingram
Roger O'Neal Ingram (born November 13, 1957) is a jazz trumpeter, educator, author, and instrument designer. He played trumpet for the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Charles, and Harry Connick Jr.
Early life
T ...
, American trumpeter, educator, and author
*
Roger Jackson (rower)
Roger Charles Jackson, (born January 14, 1942) is a Canadian academic and Olympic gold medallist rower. He won the only gold medal for Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the coxless pair with George Hungerford. The same year they were award ...
, Canadian rower and academic
*
Roger Jackson (wide receiver)
Roger Jackson (born August 19, 1989) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Arkansas Tech University.
Early life
Jackson attended L.W. Higgins High School, in Jefferson Parish, Louisia ...
, American football player
*
Roger L. Jackson
Roger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor. He is known for voicing Ghostface in the ''Scream'' film series, where E! ranked him as #46 on their list of ''Best Kept Secrets of Hollywood''. He is also known for voicing the character of Moj ...
, American actor
* Roger Jouret, birth name of
Plastic Bertrand
Roger François Jouret (born 24 February 1954), better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgium, Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".
Bi ...
, Belgian singer, musician and television presenter
*
Roger Kettlewell
Roger Kettlewell (born 1945) is a former Canadian football defensive back who played four seasons in the Canadian Football League with the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He played CIS football at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser Universi ...
, Canadian football player
*
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, (4 October 1872 – 26 December 1945) was a British naval officer.
As a junior officer he served in a corvette operating from Zanzibar on slavery suppression missions. Ear ...
, Royal Navy officer prominent in World War I, and Member of Parliament
*
Roger Kibbe
Roger Reece Kibbe (May 21, 1939 – February 28, 2021) was an American serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler".
Kibbe found all but one of his victims on freeways around Sacramento, California. In 1991 he was sentenced to 25 years ...
(1939–2021), American serial killer
*
Roger Köppel
Roger Jürg Köppel (born 1965) is a Swiss politician, journalist, entrepreneur and publicist. He is currently a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP). He also holds the position of publisher and editor-in-chief at the right-wing Swiss weekl ...
, Swiss journalist
*
Roger Machado Marques
Roger Machado Marques (born 25 April 1975), also known simply as Roger, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a left back.
Machado's playing career was mainly associated with Grêmio, a club he represented for ten yea ...
, Brazilian football player
*
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was an English actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in ''Only Fools and Horses'' from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in '' The Vicar of Dibley'' from 1994 to 2007. He later st ...
, British actor
* Rogério Manganelli, Brazilian-American bass guitarist for Less Than Jake, known as
Roger Lima
Rogério Lima Manganelli (born October 31, 1973), commonly known as Roger Lima, is an American musician, best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the ska-punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska mus ...
*
, first director of the
British Film Academy
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
*
Roger Maris
Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 ...
, baseball player
*
Roger Mason Jr
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
, American basketball player
*
Roger Mayweather
Roger Mayweather (April 24, 1961 – March 17, 2020) was an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1999. He was a two-division world champion, having held the WBA and ''The Ring'' super featherweight tit ...
(1961–2020), American boxer
*
Roger McCreary
Roger Lee McCreary (born February 10, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn, where he was an All-American in 2021.
High school career
McCr ...
(born 2000), American football player
*
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician. He is best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds. As a ...
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist for The Byrds
*
Roger McMurrin
Roger G. McMurrin (born 1939) is an American conductor and pastor who moved to Ukraine and founded a symphony orchestra there to perform sacred music.
Early life
McMurrin was born in Bedford, Indiana. As a youth, he moved to Xenia, Ohio. He ear ...
, American conductor
*
Roger Michell
Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'' and ''Venus (2006 film), Venus'', as ...
(1956–2021), South African-born British film director
*
Roger Milla
Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three Wor ...
, Cameroon footballer
*
Roger Miller, American musician
*
Roger Mills (racewalker)
Roger George Mills (born 11 February 1948 in Romford, Essex) is a male retired race walker from England.
Athletics career
Mills represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There he ended up in tenth place in the me ...
, English race walker
*
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 19 ...
, English actor, James Bond
*
Roger Moreira
Roger Rocha Moreira (São Paulo, 12 September 1956) is a Brazilian musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter and singer of Ultraje a Rigor
Ultraje a Rigor is a Brazilian rock band, which formed in 1980 and experienced great success along wit ...
, Brazilian musician
*
Roger Moret
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
(1949–2020), Puerto Rican baseball player
*
Roger E. Mosley
Roger Earl Mosley (; December 18, 1938 – August 7, 2022) was an American actor, director, and writer best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin in the CBS television series '' Magnum, P.I.'', which originally aired ...
, American actor
*
Roger Mudd
Roger Harrison Mudd (February 9, 1928 – March 9, 2021) was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was week ...
(1928–2021), American TV journalist
*
Roger Muñoz
Roger Muñoz (born January 20, 1984), is a Nicaraguan professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Leones de la Alcaldia club of the Liga Nicaragüense de Baloncesto in Nicaragua.
He represented Nicaragua men's national basketball ...
, Nicaraguan basketball player
*
Roger Myerson, American economist and professor
*
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fello ...
, English mathematical physicist
*
Roger Penske
Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, t ...
, American businessman
*
Roger Tory Peterson
Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, illustrator and educator, and one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement.
Background
Peterson was born in Jam ...
, American ornithologist
*
Roger Pierre (1923–2010), French actor
*
Roger Price (comedy)
Roger Price (March 6, 1918 – October 31, 1990) was an American humorist, author and publisher, who created ''Droodles'' in the 1950s, followed by his collaborations with Leonard B. Stern on the '' Mad Libs'' series. Price and Stern became part ...
(1918–1990), American humorist who created ''Droodles'' and ''Mad Libs''
*
Roger Price (television producer)
Roger Damon Price (born 1941) is a British former television producer, director and writer active in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. He has created children's television series in all three countries.
He created the children' ...
(born 1941), English television producer
*
Roger Price (Australian politician)
Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November 1945) is a former Australian politician. He was elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives at the 1984 election, representing the Division of Chifley in western Sydney, for the Aus ...
(born 1945), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives (1984–2010)
*
Roger Rees
Roger Rees (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh actor and director, widely known for his stage work. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby''. He also re ...
, British actor
*
Roger Roger (composer), French composer
*
Roger Rose
Roger Rose (born August 15, 1958) is an American actor and former VH1 VJ, known for such films as ''Ski Patrol'' and for voice work in animated films and television series such as ''Happy Feet'', ''Rugrats'', ''Scooby-Doo'', '' The Grim Adventure ...
(born 1958), American actor
*
Roger Rogerson
Roger Caleb Rogerson (born 3 January 1941) is a former detective sergeant of the New South Wales Police Force, and a convicted murderer.
During Rogerson's career, he was one of the most decorated officers in the police force, having received at l ...
, former detective of the
NSW Police Force
The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police Force; previously the New South Wales Police Service and New South Wales Police) is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Divided into Police Area Commands (P ...
and convicted murderer
*
Roger Sablonier
Roger Sablonier (16 April 1943 – 8 June 2010) was a Swiss historian and writer of non-fiction publications, and Emeritus (Prof. Dr.) of the faculty of the University of Zürich.
Biography
Born in Uster on 16 April 1941 as the son of Mary Ida ( ...
(1941–2010), Swiss historian and writer
*
Brother Roger
Roger Schütz (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), popularly known as Brother Roger (french: Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schütz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy ...
(1915–2005), baptised Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, Swiss initiator of the Taizé community
*
Roger Scruton
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton (; 27 February 194412 January 2020) was an English philosopher and writer who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist conservative views.
Editor from 1982 ...
(1944–2020), English philosopher and writer
*
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher and musicologist. He had initially started his career writing in a neoclassical style, but gradually moved further towards more complex harmonies and ...
, American music composer
*
Roger Hale Sheaffe, British general, one of the principal commanders of
War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...
*
Roger Sheaffe (politician)
Roger Hale Sheaffe (9 April 1838 – 1 December 1895) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early days
Sheaffe was born at Wollongong, New South Wales, to William Sheaffe, Captain in H.M. 50th Regiment, and his ...
, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
*
Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign four of the great state papers of the United States related to the founding: the Cont ...
, American revolutionary, signer of many famous documents, inventor of congressional system, one of the
Founding Fathers of the United States
The Founding Fathers of the United States, known simply as the Founding Fathers or Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American Revolution, American revolutionary leaders who United Colonies, united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the Am ...
*
Roger Smith (actor)
Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017) was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series ''77 Sunset Strip'' and in the comedy series '' Mister Roberts''. ...
, American actor
*
Roger Smith (executive)
Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary film ''Roger & Me''.
Smith seemed ...
(1925–2007), American chairman and CEO of General Motors and the subject of Michael Moore's documentary film ''Roger & Me''
*
Roger Spink
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...
(born 1958), Falkland Islands politician
*
Roger Dale Stafford (1951–1995), American convicted spree killer and serial killer
*
Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach (, -; , -; born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America", and "Captain Comeback", is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for ...
, American football player
*
Roger Stone
Roger Jason Stone (born Roger Joseph Stone Jr.; August 27, 1952) is an American conservative political consultant and lobbyist.
Since the 1970s, Stone has worked on the campaigns of Republican politicians, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Rea ...
, American political lobbyist, strategist, and author
*
Roger Sumich
Roger John Leonard Sumich (born 12 November 1955) is a retired cyclist from New Zealand, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he did not finish in the individual road race. Sumich won the bronze medal in the sam ...
, New Zealand cyclist
*
Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to:
*Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen
*Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran
*Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series
*Roger Taylor (college pr ...
, British drummer for Queen
*
Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to:
*Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen
*Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran
*Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series
*Roger Taylor (college pr ...
, British drummer for Duran Duran
*
Roger Toussaint Roger Toussaint led the December 20th, 2005 New York City transit strike which lasted three days and shut down bus and subway service in the city. Toussaint was the president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 in New York City (NYC) fro ...
, American transit worker's union official
*
Roger Troutman
Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999), also known as Roger, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenc ...
(1951–1999), also known as Roger, American R&B recording artist, singer for Zapp
*
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (born 5 June 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player, and former rugby league footballer. He plays for the Auckland Blues in the Super Rugby Pacific, and for the New Zealand national team. He made his debut against Irel ...
(born 1993), New Zealand rugby player
*
Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as an author, artist and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, su ...
, French film director
*
Roger Vangheluwe
Roger Joseph Vangheluwe (born 7 November 1936) is the former Bishop of Bruges. He gained notoriety after admitting to having sexually abused two nephews over the course of a 15-year period while serving first as a priest and then as bishop, thoug ...
, Belgian bishop, resigned following pedophilia scandal
*
Roger Waters, English rock musician and songwriter
*
Roger Whittaker
Roger Henry Brough Whittaker (born 22 March 1936) is a British singer-songwriter and musician, who was born in Nairobi to English parents. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs in addition to radio airplay hits. He is bes ...
(born 1936), British singer
*
Roger Wicker
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi, in office since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker previously served as a member of the ...
(born 1951), U.S. Senator from Mississippi
*
Roger Williams (pianist)
Roger Williams (born Louis Jacob Weertz; October 1, 1924 – October 8, 2011) was an American popular music pianist. Described by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "one of the most popular instrumentalists of the mid-20th century", and "the rare inst ...
(1924–2011), American pianist
*
Roger Williams (theologian)
Roger Williams (21 September 1603between 27 January and 15 March 1683) was an English-born New England Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation ...
(1603–1683), English minister, theologian, and author, co-founder of Rhode Island
*
Roger Williams (soldier)
Sir Roger Williams (1539–1540 – 12 December 1595) was a Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, who served the Protestant cause, fighting against the Spanish in several theatres of war. Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester said that ...
(1539/40–1595), Welsh soldier of fortune and military theorist, one of the principal commanders of Eighty Years' War and Battle of Arques
*
Roger L. Worsley
Roger Lewis Worsley (born March 22, 1937) is a retired college administrator, who from 1985 to 1995 was the president of Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas, Laredo, Texas. He also from 1996 to 2005 served as the Chancellor (education), cha ...
, American educator
*
Roger Wrightson
Roger Wilfred Wrightson (29 October 1939 – 13 September 1986) was an English cricketer. Wrightson was a left-handed batsman who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper.
Although born in Elsecar, Yorkshire to Frederick Liddell Wrightson and J ...
, English cricketer
*
Roger Arliner Young
Roger Arliner Young (1899 – November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology.
Early years
Born in Clifton Forge, Virgi ...
(1899–1964), American scientist, first African American woman to earn a PhD in Zoology
*
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
, American science-fiction author
Surname
* Neil Munroe
Bunny Roger
Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger (9 June 1911 – 27 April 1997) was an English couturier and socialite. Roger's best known contribution to fashion was his popularization of Capri pants.
Early years
Neil Munro Roger was born 9 June 1911 in London to Sir ...
(1911–1997), English couturier, war hero
*
Charles Rogier
Charles Latour Rogier (; 17 August 1800 – 27 May 1885) was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served as the prime minister of Belgium on two occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1 ...
, Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution, Prime Minister of Belgium 1847–1852 and 1857–1868
*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Christophe Roger-Vasselin (; born 8 July 1957) is a French former professional tennis player.
Roger-Vasselin won two doubles titles during his professional career. Notably in his singles career, he reached the French Open semifinals in 1983, be ...
(born 1957), French former tennis player, father of Édouard
* Dimitri Roger, American rapper known as
Rich the Kid
*
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Édouard Roger-Vasselin (; born 28 November 1983) is a French professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 French Open, winning the men's doubles partnering Julien Benneteau, a ...
(born 1983), French tennis player, son of Christophe
*
Julius Roger
Julius Roger (23 February 1819 – 7 January 1865) was a German medical doctor, entomologist, and folklorist who worked in Ratibor, in Upper Silesia, most notable for having arranged (and raised the necessary monies) to build hospitals in Groß ...
(1819–1865), German entomologist and medical doctor
*
Marie-Sabine Roger
Marie-Sabine Roger (born 19 September 1957, Bordeaux) is a French writer.
Biography
Published for the first time in 1989 in youth literature, Marie-Sabine Roger has not stopped writing since, in very varied registers, picture books and story ...
(born 1957), French writer
*
Mircea Roger (born 1947), Romanian Olympic rower
* Pierre Roger, birth name of
Pope Clement VI
Pope Clement VI ( la, Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Bla ...
*
Roger Roger (composer) (1911–1995), French composer
Fictional characters
*
Gold Roger (Gol D. Roger), the Pirate King in the manga/anime-series ''One Piece''
* Lord Rogers, a character from
The Swan Princess (film series)
*
Roger (''American Dad!''), protagonist of the animated sitcom ''
American Dad!
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television ...
''
* Roger, in the short story "Thank You, Ma'am" by
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hug ...
* Roger, a jolly prankster of the Burger Palace Boys from the hit 50s musical ''
Grease''
*
Roger the Dodger
Roger "the Dodger" Dawson is a comic strip character from the comic magazine ''The Beano''. He first appeared in his eponymous comic strip in 1953, and is one of the longest-running characters, known for his tactics of avoiding responsibility a ...
, from ''
The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it became the world's longest-runn ...
''
*
Roger (Guilty Gear)
*
Roger (''Hellboy''), a homunculus from the series ''Hellboy''
* Roger, a pseudocharacter in
Monty Python
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four ...
's
Life of Brian
''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (also known as ''Life of Brian'') is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It wa ...
whom the crowd wanted Pontius Pilate to release to make fun of his lisp ("Welease Woger".)
* Roger, a character in the novel ''
Lord of the Flies
''Lord of the Flies'' is a 1954 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves. Themes i ...
'', Jack's lieutenant and the tribe's torturer/hangman
*
Roger (''Tekken''), a kangaroo character from the ''Tekken'' fighting game series, and
Roger Jr.
The following is a list of characters from the fighting game series '' Tekken''. Characters are chronologically listed in order of the game in which they debuted.
Characters
Players can choose from a diverse cast that hails from a variety of ...
, his son
* Roger Ackroyd, title character of Agatha Christie's novel ''
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. It is the third no ...
''
*
Roger Brook secret agent and Napoleonic Wars Era gallant in a series of novels by
Dennis Wheatley
*
Roger Chillingworth
Roger Chillingworth is a fictional character and primary antagonist in the 1850 novel ''The Scarlet Letter'' by Nathaniel Hawthorne. He is an English scholar who moves to the New World after his wife, Hester Prynne.
Chillingworth, a doctor and s ...
, the antagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel ''
The Scarlet Letter
''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, ...
''
* Roger Danish, a minor character in ''
Arrested Development
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'', Lindsey's high school counterpart and co-winner of the Best Hair Award
* Roger Baxter, Blythe Baxter's father and supporting character in the cartoon
Littlest Pet Shop
Littlest Pet Shop is a toy franchise and cartoon series owned by Hasbro. The original toy series was produced by Kenner in the early 1990s. An animated television series was made in 1995 by Sunbow Productions and Jean Chalopin Creativite et Devel ...
*
Roger Davis (''Rent''), musician and ex-druggie of ''
Rent
Rent may refer to:
Economics
*Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property
*Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production
*Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of e ...
''
* Roger Fox, from the comic strip ''
FoxTrot
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''
*
Roger Healey
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marries ...
, captain/major played by Bill Daily in the ''
I Dream of Jeannie
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series, created by Sidney Sheldon that starred Barbara Eden as a sultry, 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman, as an astronaut with whom she falls in love and eventually marrie ...
'' 1960's sitcom
* Roger Hoyt, the main character on the short-lived series ''
Life with Roger
''Life with Roger'' is an American sitcom television series created by Howard Adler and Robert Griffard, that aired on The WB from September 8, 1996 to March 30, 1997, as part of its 1996–97 schedule.
Synopsis
''Life with Roger'' starred Mike ...
''
* Roger Klotz, a bully on the cartoon series ''
Doug''
* Roger Latimer, a character in the 1987 American comedy movie ''
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''
*
Monsieur Roger LeClerc
This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran from 1982 until 1992 and 85 episodes.
Overview
René Artois
René Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whi ...
, in the BBC sitcom ''
'Allo 'Allo!''
* Roger MacKenzie, character in
Diana Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon (; born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the ''Outlander'' series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantas ...
's
''Outlander'' series, portrayed by
Richard Rankin
Richard Rankin (born Richard Harris on 4 January 1983) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for the Scottish sketch show '' Burnistoun'' and as Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in the Starz drama '' Outlander''.
Early li ...
in the
TV adaptation
An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another.
Some common examples are:
* Film adaptation, a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, ...
*
Roger Murtaugh
Roger Murtaugh () is a fictional character in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film series created by Shane Black. Murtaugh was originally played by actor Danny Glover in all four films from 1987 to 1998, and later by Damon Wayans in the Fox television ser ...
, cop played by Danny Glover in the ''
Lethal Weapon
''Lethal Weapon'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, D ...
'' movies
* Roger Piazza, a supporting character from
Max & Ruby
''Max & Ruby'' is a Canadian children's animated television series produced by Nelvana, Nelvana Limited based on the book series by Rosemary Wells. The series debuted on Treehouse TV on May 3, 2002, in Canada and on Nick Jr. on October 21, 2002 ...
*
Roger Rabbit
Roger Rabbit is an animated anthropomorphic rabbit. The character first appeared in author Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel, ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' In the book, Roger is second banana in a popular comic strip, "Baby Herman". Roger hires private ...
, cartoon character from the 1988 film ''
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1 ...
''
* Roger Radcliffe, in Disney's animated film ''
101 Dalmatians''
*
Roger Radcliffe, in ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee''
*
Roger Ramjet
''Roger Ramjet'' is a 1965–1969 American animated television series, starring Roger Ramjet and the American Eagle Squadron. The show was known for its simple animation, frenetic pace, and frequent references to pop culture which appealed to a ...
, cartoon superhero
* Roger Samms, the protagonist in the ''
Bad Mojo''
*
Roger Smith, the main protagonist of the anime series ''
The Big O
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''
*
Roger Sterling
Roger H. Sterling Jr. is a fictional character on the AMC television series '' Mad Men''. He formerly worked for Sterling Cooper, an advertising agency his father co-founded in 1923, before he became a founding partner at the new firm of Sterling ...
, co-owner of the advertising company Sterling Cooper, a character in the television series ''Mad Men''
* Roger the Shrubber, a character in
Monty Python and the Holy Grail who sells a shrubbery to King Arthur and Sir Bedevere
* Roger Walker, one of the central protagonists in the ''
Swallows and Amazons series
The ''Swallows and Amazons'' series is a series of twelve children's adventure novels by English author Arthur Ransome. Set in the interwar period, the novels involve group adventures by children, mainly in the school holidays and mainly in En ...
'' by
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...
*
Roger Wilco, protagonist of the ''
Space Quest
''Space Quest'' is a series of six comic science fiction adventure games released between 1986 and 1995. The games follow the adventures of a hopeless janitor named Roger Wilco, who campaigns through the galaxy for "truth, justice and really cl ...
'' game series
Animal
*
Roger (kangaroo)
Roger (–2018) was an Australian red kangaroo best known for his muscular physique.
Life
Roger was rescued as a joey by Chris 'Brolga' Barns after Roger's mother was killed by a car. Barns started the Kangaroo Sanctuary on in Alice Springs to h ...
, Australian kangaroo with an extraordinary physique, aka "Ripped Roger" (circa 2006 – 2018)
See also
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Roger Dodger (phrase)
The phrase "Roger Dodger" originated during World War II, and was verbally circulated throughout the United States military as a part of a story about a pilot or soldier that added his own flair to radio phraseology. The punch line of this story ...
*
Roger-Vasselin (disambiguation)
*
Roger (voice procedure)
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*
Ruggiero (character)
Ruggiero (often translated Rogero in English) is a leading character in the Italian romantic epics ''Orlando Innamorato'' by Matteo Maria Boiardo and ''Orlando Furioso'' by Ludovico Ariosto. Ruggiero had originally appeared in the twelfth-century ...
*
Raja
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
(similarly pronounced in some accents)
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