Roald

Roald is a Norwegian given name. Persons named Roald include:
Roald Aas (1928–2012), Norwegian Olympic speed skater and bicycle racer
Roald Als (born 1948), Danish political cartoonist
Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), Norwegian polar explorer
Roald Amundsen (footballer) (1913–1985), Norwegian professional footballer
Roald Åsmund Bye (1928–2003), Norwegian politician
Roald Bradstock (born 1962), English Olympic javelin thrower
Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British author and poet
Roald Dysthe (born 1903, died unknown), Norwegian businessman and acquitted Nazi collaborator
Roald G. Bergsaker (born 1942), Norwegian sports official and politician
Roald H. Fryxell (1934–1974), American geologist and archaeologist
Roald Halvorsen (1914–2010), Norwegian typographer, Communist Party politician, and World War II resistance member
Roald Hoffmann (born 1937), American theoretical chemist
Roald Jensen (1943–1987), Norwegian professional footballer
Roald Larsen (1898–1959), Norwegian Olympic speed skater
Roald (Løgmaður) (fl. 1450), First Minister of the Faroe Islands
Roald Øyen (born 1940), Norwegian television personality and host
Roald Poulsen (born 1950), Danish football manager
Roald Sagdeev (born 1932), Russian physicist
Roald Storsletten (1915–1991), Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor
Roald van Hout (born 1988), Netherlands professional footballer
Roald van Noort (born 1960), Netherlands Olympic water polo player
Surname
Arnfinn Severin Roald (1914–1983), Norwegian politician

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Notorious ruler, powerful. Modern form of Hroovaldr or Hroaldr: combine of hroor (fame) and valdr (ruler).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Roald Dahl	1916	British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter
2	Roald Hoffmann	1937	Nobel laureate organic and inorganic chemist and Holocaust child survivor
3	Roald Sagdeev	1932	Soviet physicist
4	Roald Bradstock	1962	British javelin thrower
5	Roald Poulsen	1950	Danish football manager
6	Roald Aas	1928	Speed skater and road and track cyclist
7	Susanna Roald	1991	Swedish actress
8	Roald Øyen	1940	TV Host
9	Roald Als	1948	Danish cartoonist
10	Roald Tweet		American historian
11	Roald van Hout	1988	Dutch footballer
12	Roald van der Linde	1968	Dutch politician
13	Roald Larsen	1898	Norwegian speed skater
14	Roald Reitan	1928
15	Roald Amundsen	1913	Norwegian footballer
16	Roald Haarr	1979	Norwegian singer
17	Roald Dysthe	1903	Norwegian businessman
18	Roald H. Fryxell	1934	American geologist and archaeologist
19	Roald Johannson
20	Roald		Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
21	Roald Halvorsen	1914	Norwegian politician
22	Roald S. Næss	1949	Norwegian diplomat
23	Roald Halimi	1988
24	Roald van Noort	1960	Dutch water polo player
25	Roald A. Hogenson	1913
26	Roald G. Bergsaker	1942	Norwegian politician
27	Arnfinn Severin Roald	1914	Norwegian politician
28	Anne Sofie Roald	1954	Norwegian professor
29	Roald Bahr	1957	Norwegian physician and professor
30	Roald Stensby	1940	Norwegian singer
31	Roald Karlsen	1935
32	Roald Kaldestad	1972
33	Roald Linaker	1959	Norwegian politician
34	Roald Storsletten	1915	Norwegian journalist
35	Roald Nygård	1935
36	Roald Åsmund Bye	1928	Norwegian politician
37	Roald Badenhorst	1991
38	Roald Tvedt	1935	Norwegian painter
39	Roald Helgheim	1942	Norwegian journalist
40	Roald Goethe	1960
41	Roald Kyllingstad	1942	Norwegian painter
42	Roald Mandelstam	1932	Soviet poet (1932-1961)
43	Roald Aga Haug	1972	Norwegian politician
44	Roald Vatn	1919	Norwegian sportsperson
45	Aurora Roald	1994	Swedish actress
46	Roald Engeness	1942	Norwegian politician, lawyer and judge
47	Roald Rørheim	1957	Norwegian association football player
48	Roald Beck	1944
49	Roald Jensen
50	Severin Roald	1858
51	Roald Braathen	1945	Norwegian politician
52	Roald Steinseide	1956	Norwegian politician
53	Roald Erik Knoph	1931
54	Roald Paulsen	1938	Norwegian association football player
55	Roald Muggerud	1931	Norwegian association football player
56	Halvard Roald	1913
57	Olaf Leon Roald	1952	Norwegian painter and sculptor
58	Per Roald	1912
59	Roald Bruun-Hanssen	1962	Norwegian association football player
60	Roald Skarsten	1943
61	Roald Berg	1949
62	Roald Thomesen
63	Roald Tangen	1912	Norwegian physicist
64	Roald Arentz	1971	Norwegian politician