The personal name Rodney is a toponymic surname derived from the name of an unidentified place near the Somerset/ Wiltshire border. ''Rodney'' became a title of the peerage of Great Britain in 1782, as Baron Rodney. Secondarily, it came to be used as a given name in the 18th century, originally in honour of Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

Surnames

* Brenda Solzano-Rodney (born 1962), West Indian cricketer * Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware * Caesar A. Rodney (1772–1824), lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware * Caleb Rodney (1767–1840), merchant and Governor of Delaware * Daniel Rodney (1764–1846), merchant, Governor and U.S. Senator from Delaware * Fernando Rodney (born 1977), relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals * George B. Rodney (1803–1883), lawyer and U.S. Representative from Delaware * George B. Rodney, Jr. (1842–1927) Governor of Alaska and U.S. Army officer * George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–1792), admiral in the British Royal Navy * George Rodney, 2nd Baron Rodney (1753–1802) * George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (1782–1842) * Sir John Rodney (13??-1400) * Spencer Rodney, 5th Baron Rodney (1785–1846) * Thomas Rodney (1744–1811), lawyer and Continental Congressman from Delaware * Walter Rodney (1942–1980), Guyanese historian and politician

Given name

See also: ' * Rodney (wrestler) (born 1971), American professional wrestler * Rodney Adams (born 1994), American football player * Rodney Alcala (1943–2021), convicted American rapist and serial killer * Rodney Allison (born 1956), American football coach * Rodney Anderson (Wyoming politician) (born 1931), American politician * Rodney Anderson (born 1968), American politician * Rodney Anderson (American football) (born 1996), American football player * Rodney Anoaʻi (1966–2000), American professional wrestler better known as Yokozuna and member of Anoaʻi family * Rodney Ansell (1954–1999), Australian man who inspired the ''"Crocodile" Dundee'' films * Rodney Atkins (born 1969), an American country singer * Boss Bailey (born 1979), an American football linebacker whose real name is Rodney * Rodney Bailey (born 1979), an American football player * Rodney Begnaud (born 1973), American professional wrestler * Rodney Bewes (1937–2017), English actor * Rodney Bingenheimer (born 1946), radio disc jockey * Rod Bonella (1945/46–2000), Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer * Rod Carew (born 1945), baseball player * Rodney Carrington (born 1968), comedian and star of ''Rodney'' (TV series) * Rodney Caston (born 1977), American writer * Rodney Charles (born 1950), Trinidadian politician * Rodney Clavell, former South Australian corrections officer and prisoner at Yatala Labour Prison * Rodney Collin (1909–1956), British writer * Rodney Craig (born 1945), British fencer * Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian * Rodney Eastman (born 1967), Canadian actor * Rodney Fox (born 1940), Australian film maker and shark attack survivor * Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born 1946), U.S. Representative from New Jersey * Rodney A. Hawes, Jr. (born 1939), American business executive and philanthropist. * Rodney Hawkins (born 1993), American basketball player * Rodney Howard-Browne (born 1961), South African, American Evangelist * Rodney Jack (born 1972), St. Vincent football player * Rodney Jenkins (1944–2024), American equestrian * Rodney Jerkins (born 1977), American record producer, rapper, and songwriter * Rodney Kageyama (1941–2018), American actor *

Rodney King Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965June 17, 2012) was a Black American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by Police officer, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high spe ...

(1965–2012), African-American whose beating by the LAPD sparked race riots in Los Angeles, California * Rodney Linderman (born 1963), better known as Rodney Anonymous, of the Dead Milkmen * Rodney MacDonald (born 1972), Canadian politician and former Premier of Nova Scotia * Rod McKuen (1933–2015), American singer, poet * Rodney Marks (1968–2000), Australian astrophysicist * Rodney Marsh (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer * Rod Marsh (1947–2022), Australian cricketer * Rodney Matthews (born 1945), English artist and illustrator * Rodney Mazion (born 1971), American football and baseball player * Rodney Mullen (born 1966), professional skateboarder * Rodney Price (born 1972), Jamaican artist * Rodney Reed (born 1967), American death row inmate * Rodney Robert Porter (1917–1985), English biochemist * Rodney Rowland (born 1964), American actor * Rodney Scott (actor) (born 1978), American actor * Rodney Scott (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player * Rodney Scott (pitmaster) (born 1971), American chef and whole-hog barbecue pitmaster * Rodney Seaborn (1912−2008), Australian psychiatrist and performing arts philanthropist * Rodney Stuckey (born 1986), American basketball player * Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), Sri Lankan diplomat * Rod Wallace (born 1969), English footballer * Rodney Wallace (American football) (1949–2013), American football offensive lineman * Rodney Wallace (fighter) (born 1981), American professional mixed martial arts fighter * Rodney Wallace (footballer) (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer for New York City FC * Rodney Wallace (Massachusetts politician) (1823–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * Rodney Warnakula (born 1961), Sri Lankan actor * Rodney Williams (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

* Rodney, a hamster villager in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and New Horizons * Rodney Copperbottom, character in the movie ''Robots'' * Rodney McKay, character in science fiction television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * Rodney Trotter, character in British sitcom ''

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'' * Rodney J. Squirrel, one of the main characters from ''Squirrel Boy'' * Rodney Ford, character from manga and anime series '' Element Hunters'' * Rodney Stone, the narrator of boxing novel '' Rodney Stone'' by Arthur Conan Doyle * Rodney Wilson, a character in the 2012 American comedy movie ''Wanderlust'' * Rodney, character from '' Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'' *Sir Rodney, character in the American comic strip '' The Wizard of Id''

References

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