given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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 (1621–1693), Swedish cavalry officer and civil servant, one of the principal commanders of
Scanian War
The Scanian War ( da, Skånske Krig, , sv, Skånska kriget, german: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, ...
Rutger Castricum
Rutger Castricum (born in The Hague on 29 May 1979) is a Dutch journalist and presenter, who was known as reporter for the PowNews television programme by the Dutch broadcaster PowNed and previously for the blog Geenstijl.Rutger Gunnarsson (1946–2015), Swedish musician
* Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), Dutch actor
* Rutger Kopland (1934–2012), Dutch poet and psychiatrist
* Rutger Koppelaar (born 1993) Dutch pole vaulter.
* Rutger van Langevelt (1635–1695), Dutch mathematician, painter and architect
* Rutger Macklean (1742–1816), Swedish land reformer
* Rutger Macklier (1688–1748), Swedish army officer
* Rutger McGroarty (born 2004), American ice hockey player
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Rutger B. Miller
Rutger Bleecker Miller (July 28, 1805 – November 12, 1877) was a United States representative from New York. His father was Morris Smith Miller, also a U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life
Rutger Bleecker Miller was born on July ...
(1805– 1877), member of the United States House of Representatives
* Rutger de Regt (born 1979), Dutch designer
* Rutger van Schaardenburg (born 1987), Dutch sailor
* Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761–1825), Dutch politician, Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic
* Rutger Sernander (1866–1944), Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist
* Rutger Smith (born 1981), Dutch shot put and discus athlete
* Rutger Stuffken (born 1947), Dutch coxswain
* Rutger Velpius (c.1540–1614), Flemish printer and bookseller
* Rütger Wever (1923–2010), German chronobiologist
* Rutger Worm (born 1986), Dutch footballer
Rogier (disambiguation)
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
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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''.
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