Roel son of almighty Zeus and beautiful mortal Alcmene, was the strongest man who ever lived. Now when Roel was eight months old, he woke one night to find a monstrous snake had coiled itself around him. Instead of crying out, baby Roel wrapped his tiny powerful hands around the meaty throat of the snake and choked it to death. Alternatively, Roel may refer to a

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masculine given name that is a short form of either Roeland or Roelof, or to a Hispanic surname. People with the name include

Given name

Academics

* Roel van den Broek (born 1931), Dutch religious history scholar * Roel Konijnendijk, Dutch historian and Classicist *

Roel Kuiper Roelof (Roel) Kuiper (born 5 April 1962 in Mariënberg) is a Dutch historian, philosopher, ideologue, politician and university professor. He was from 2007 to 2019 a member of the Dutch Senate, and is professor of Reformational philosophy at th ...

(born 1962), Dutch historian, philosopher, and politician *

Roel Nusse Roeland "Roel" Nusse (born 9 June 1950, Amsterdam) is a professor at Stanford University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research was seminal in the discovery of Wnt signaling, a family of pleiotropic regulators in ...

(born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist at Stanford University *

Roel Sterckx Roel Sterckx FBA (born 1969) is a Flemish-British sinologist and anthropologist. He is the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare College. Life and career Sterckx att ...

(born 1969), Belgian-British sinologist and anthropologist * Roel in 't Veld, (born 1942), Dutch Public administration scholar *

Roel Vertegaal Roeland "Roel" Vertegaal (born July 13, 1968) is a Dutch-Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or ...

(born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface scientist *

Roel Wieringa Roelf Johannes (Roel) Wieringa (born 1952) is a Dutch computer scientist who was a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Twente, specialized in the "integration of formal and informal specification and design techniques". Biogra ...

(born 1952), Dutch computer scientist

Arts

* (born 1942), Dutch movie actor, in Italy known as "Glenn Saxson" * Roel Cortez (1967–2015), Filipino singer and songwriter * (1921–1996), Belgian surrealist sculptor and graphic artist * Roel Dieltiens (born 1957), Belgian cellist and composer * Roel Caboverde Llacer (born 1947), Cuban painter *

Roel Reiné Roel Reiné (born 15 July 1970 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch film director. Occasionally he uses the alias John Rebel (''Bear'', ''Wolf Town''). His production company is called Rebel Film. Career Starting off directing television series and films ...

(born 1969), Los Angeles-based Dutch film director * Roel van Velzen (born 1978), Dutch singer and songwriter * Roel Jeroen van der Linden (born 1982), Dutch painter

Business

* Roel Campos (born 1949), Hispanic-American business lawyer * Roel Pieper (born 1956), Dutch IT-entrepreneur * Roel de Vries (born 1968), Dutch born engineer and businessman

Politics

* Roel Degamo (born 1966), Filipino politician *

Roel van Duijn Roeland Hugo Gerrit (Roel) van Duijn (born 20 January 1943) is a Dutch politician, political activist and writer. He was a founder of Provo and the Kabouterbeweging. He was alderman for the Political Party of Radicals and later wardcouncillor ...

(born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer * Roel Robbertsen (born 1948), Dutch politician * Roel de Vries (born 1943), Dutch trade union leader *

Roel de Wit Roelof Josephus "Roel" de Wit (31 March 1927 in Amsterdam – 3 June 2012 in Haarlem) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and a conservationist. De Wit studied biology at the University of Amsterdam. He became a member of the ...

(1927–2012), Dutch Labour Party politician and conservationist

Sports

Roel Boomstra Roel Boomstra (born 9 March 1993) is a Dutch draughts player and current world champion. He won the Draughts World Championship match in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In 2014 Boomstra won the Draughts European Championship. He also won the Dutch champio ...

(born 1993), Dutch draughts player * Roel Braas (born 1987), Dutch rower * Roel Brouwers (born 1981), Dutch football defender * Roel Buikema (born 1976), Dutch football midfielder * Roel van Hemert (born 1984), Dutch football defender * Roel Janssen (born 1990), Dutch football defender *

Roel Koolen Roel Koolen (born April 20, 1982 in Mierlo) was a Dutch baseball player who used to play for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. Koolen made his Hoofdklasse debut at the Twins Sporting Club in 1998. He played for the Dutch junior team ...

(born 1982), Dutch baseball player * Roel Luynenburg (born 1945), Dutch rower * Roel de Mon (1919–1973), Dutch baseball pitcher * Roel Moors (born 1978), Belgian basketball player *

Roel Paulissen Roel Paulissen (born 27 April 1976 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional mountain biker. Throughout his sporting career since 1993, he has won more than ten Belgian national championship titles, mounted top-five finishes at both the Europe ...

(born 1976), Belgian mountain biker * Roel Rothkrans (born 1979), Dutch handball player * Roel van de Sande (born 1987), Dutch football midfielder * Roel Santos (born 1987), Cuban baseball player * Roel Stoffels (born 1987), Dutch football midfielder *

Roel Velasco Roel Velasco (born June 26, 1969 in Bago, Negros Occidental) is a retired boxer from the Philippines. He competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the late 1980s, early 1990s. He represented his native countr ...

(born 1969), Filipino boxer * Roel Wiersma (1932–1995), Dutch football defender * Roel De Bie (born 1988), Belgian volleybal player

Fictional

Roel Dijkstra ''Roel Dijkstra'' is a Dutch comic book series about a fictional football player. The series was created in 1975 by Jan Steeman (1933-2018; winner of the 2005 Dutch Stripschapprijs) and Andrew Brandt. The first 21 volumes, drawn by Steeman and hi ...

, eponymous football player of a comic book series (1977–1995)

Surname

* César Roel Schreurs (born 1941), Mexican actor and rock-and-roll singer * Fernando García Roel (1921 – 2009), Mexican chemical engineer *

Gabriela Roel Gabriela Roel (born 13 December 1959) is a Mexican film and television actress. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1959 births Living people People from Delicias, Chihuahua Mexican film actresses Mexican t ...

(born 1959), Mexican film and television actress * José Roel Lungay (born 1960, also known as Father Roel, or Fro), Filipino priest * Lise Roel (born 1928), architect from Denmark * Válber Roel de Oliveira (born 1967), former association footballer from Brazil {{given name Dutch masculine given names