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Surname

* C. H. Rolph, pen-name of
C. R. Hewitt Cecil Rolph ("Bill") Hewitt (1901–1994) was a police officer, journalist, editor, and writer. He served with the City of London Police from 1921 to 1946, rising to the level of Chief Inspector. He then left the force and became a journalist, writ ...
(1901–1994), English police officer, journalist, editor, and author *
Ebony Rolph Ebony Rolph (born 16 August 1994) is an Australian professional basketball player who plays for the Bendigo Spirit in the Women's National Basketball League. Professional career WNBL Rolph made her professional debut with the Spirit in 2015. ...
(born 1994), Australian basketball player *
Gary Rolph Gary Leslie Rolph (born 24 February 1960) is an English retired footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a forward. Career A graduate of the Brentford youth team, Rolph made 12 appearances and scored one goal for Brentfo ...
(born 1960), English football player *
George Rolph George Rolph (April 7, 1794 – July 25, 1875) was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada. He worked in the Hamilton and Ancaster area as a Clerk of the Peace and clerk of the district court. He represented Halton County in the Parli ...
(1794–1875), Canadian lawyer and politician *
James Rolph James "Sunny Jim" Rolph Jr. (August 23, 1869 – June 2, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to a single term as the 27th governor of California from January 6, 1931, until his death on June ...
(1869–1934), American politician *
Jessica Rolph Jessica Rolph (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the CEO and co-founder of Lovevery, co-founder and former chief operating officer of Happy Family, and co-founder of the Climate Collaborative. Early life and edu ...
(born 1974), American businesswoman * John Rolph, multiple people *
Sue Rolph Susan Rolph (born 15 May 1978) is a female former freestyle and medley swimmer from Great Britain. Swimming career Rolph was one of the dominating forces in the 1990s of British women's swimming. Her Commonwealth Games medal haul consists of ...
(born 1978), British swimmer * Thomas Rolph (disambiguation), multiple people


Given name

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Rolph Barnes Rolph Barnes (16 July 1904 – 6 October 1982) was a Canadian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Gam ...
(1904–1982), Canadian athlete *
Rolph Gobits Rolph Gobits (born September 19, 1947) is a Dutch-born, London-based photographer best known for his portrait, lifestyle, and landscape images. Born in The Hague, he grew up in Amsterdam. In 1967 he went to England to study photography at the Ro ...
(born 1947), Dutch photographer *
Rolph Grant Rolph Stewart Grant (15 December 1909 – 18 October 1977) was a West Indian cricketer who captained West Indies on their 1939 tour of England. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1932 and 1933, and then for Trinidad fro ...
(1909–1977), West Indian cricketer *
Rolph van der Hoeven Rolph Eric van der Hoeven (born 23 June 1948) is emeritus professor on employment and development economics at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and was appointed in 2009 as a member of the Committee on Development Coo ...
(born 1948), Dutch academic and economist *
Justin Rolph Loomis Justin Rolph Loomis (August 21, 1810 – June 22, 1898) was the fourth president of Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now cons ...
(1810–1898), American academic *
Rolph Payet Rolph Antoine Payet FRGS (born 4 August 1968) is an international policy expert, researcher and speaker on environment, climate and island issues, and was the first President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Seychelles. He was Minister of E ...
(born 1968), Seychelles academic and diplomat *
Rolph Ludwig Edward Schwarzenberger Rolph Ludwig Edward Schwarzenberger (7 February 1936 – 29 February 1992) was a British mathematician at the University of Warwick who worked on vector bundles (where he introduced jumping lines), crystallography, and mathematics education. He ...
(1936–1992), British mathematician *
Michel-Rolph Trouillot Michel-Rolph Trouillot (November 26, 1949 – July 5, 2012; PhD, Johns Hopkins 1985) was a Haitian American academic and anthropologist. He was Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He was best known for ...
(1949–2012), Haitian American academic and anthropologist {{given name, type=both


See also

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Rolf Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...
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Rolfe (surname) The uncommon English surname Rolfe derives ultimately from the Old Scandinavian and Germanic pre 5th century personal name "Hrodwulf". This was composed of the elements "hrod", meaning "renown", and "wulf", a wolf. In Norse the contracted form was ...
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