Roland



Gender:
Origin: German
1856 famous people named Roland found on Wikipedia.
97620 male, 362 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 544-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 98-th in year 1925
Used in: Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Medieval-French, Swedish

Meanings

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “land.”.


Roland is a masculine Germanic given name that is also used as a family name. Forms in other languages include: Orlando (Italian), Rolando (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish), Roldán (Spanish).


Masc. proper name, from French, from Old High German Hrodland, literally "(having a) famous land." As legendary nephew of Charlemagne, celebrated in "Chanson de Roland," c. 1300. His comrade was Oliver, hence a Roland for an Oliver (1610s) in expressions meaning "to give as good as one gets, tit for tat."


Famous country, famous throughout the land. Combine of hrod (fame) and land (land).

Famous People: 1856 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Roland Emmerich 1955 German film director, screenwriter, and producer
2 Roland Orzabal 1961 Musician
3 Roland Barthes 1915 French philosopher, critic and literary theorist
4 Roland Trettl 1971 Italian writer and cook
5 Roland Deschain Protagonist from Stephen King's "The Dark Tower"
6 Roland Freisler 1893 German lawyer and judge
7 Roland Frankish military leader under Charlemagne
8 Roland Gift 1961 British actor and singer
9 Roland Ratzenberger 1960 Austrian racing  driver
10 Roland Leighton 1895 British writer
11 Roland Burris 1937 Politician from the United States
12 Gilbert Roland 1905 American film actor
13 Roland Daggett Fictional character in the DC Universe
14 Roland Magdane 1949 French actor
15 Roland Tichy 1955 German journalist
16 Roland Garros 1888 Early French aviator
17 Roland Joffé 1945 English and French film/television director and producer
18 Ed Roland 1963 American musician
19 Roland Kickinger 1968 Austrian actor and bodybuilder
20 Roland Düringer 1963 Austrian screenwriter, cabaret artist and actor
21 Roland Jankowsky 1968 German actor
22 Manon Roland 1754 French revolutionary
23 Roland Cayrol 1941
24 Roland Duchâtelet 1946 Businessman, football manager
25 Witold Roland 1898 Polish actor
26 Roland Pryzbylewski Character from The Wire
27 Roland Young 1887 Actor
28 Roland Dickey Jr.
29 Roland La Starza 1927 American boxer
30 Roland Lamah 1987 Association footballer
31 Roland Manookian 1979 Actor
32 Roland Topor 1938 French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter
33 Roland Winters 1904 Actor
34 Roland Rudd 1961
35 Roland the Farter English musician
36 Roland Culver 1900 Actor
37 Roland Martin American television personality
38 Roland Bautista 1951 American musician
39 Roland Bergkamp 1991 Footballer
40 Roland Juhász 1983 Football player
41 Roland Dyens 1955 French composer
42 Roland Penrose 1900 British artist and art historian
43 Dean Roland 1972 American musician
44 Roland Alberg 1990 Football player
45 Roland Pertwee 1885 British playwright, director and actor
46 Roland Nilsson 1963 Swedish footballer
47 Roland Berger 1937 German businessman
48 Roland Michener 1900 More...
49 Roland Grapow 1959 German musician
50 Roland Hayes 1887 African American singer
51 Roland Copé 1930 French physician and actor
52 Roland Müller 1988 German-Filipino association footballer
53 Roland Beamont 1920 British flying ace
54 Roland Kortenhorst 1958 Dutch politician
55 Roland Agret 1942
56 Roland Scholten 1965 Dutch darts player
57 Roland Gori 1943 French psychoanalyst & academic
58 Will Roland
59 Roland Smith 1951 American author
60 Roland Mark Schoeman 1980 South African swimmer
61 Roland Mouret 1961 French fashion designer
62 Roland Romeyer 1945 French association football player
63 Roland West 1885 American film director
64 Roland Peugeot 1926 French industrialist of the automobile industrialist dynasty Peugeot
65 Duane Roland 1953 American rock guitarist
66 Roland Petit 1924 French ballet dancer and choreographer
67 Roland Sallai 1997 Association football player
68 Roland Hassel Fictional character by Olov Svedelid
69 Roland Curram 1932 British actor
70 Roland Bless 1961 German musician and singer
71 Roland Dumas 1922 French diplomat
72 Roland Bonaparte 1858 French geographer
73 Roland Baader 1940 German opinion journalist
74 Roland Sands 1974 American motorcycle racer
75 Roland Kaiser 1952 German singer
76 Roland Dubillard 1923 French actor
77 Roland Girtler 1941 Austrian historian and sociologist
78 Roland Jacquard 2000 French journalist
79 Roland Williams 1975 American football player
80 Roland Jaccard 1941 Swiss psychologist and writer
81 Roland Lehoucq 1965 French astrophysicist
82 Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe 1899 British Baron
83 Roland Perez 1963 French lawyer
84 Roland Robertson 1938 British sociologist
85 Roland Clark 1965 American music producer
86 Roland Lesaffre 1927 French actor
87 Roland Delorme 1983 Canadian mixed martial artist
88 Roland Kahn 1952
89 Paul Roland 1959 British singer
90 Roland Moreno 1945 Inventor
91 Roland Arnall 1939 American diplomat
92 Roland Cedermark 1938
93 Roland Burton
94 Roland Sicard French journalist
95 Roland Janson 1939 Swedish actor
96 Roland Matthes 1950 Swimmer
97 Roland Hanna 1932 American pianist
98 Roland McKeown 1996 Canadian ice hockey player
99 Roland Harrah III 1973 Actor
100 Roland Bainton 1894 American historian
101 Roland Totheroh 1890 American cinematographer
102 Ruth Roland 1892 Actress, producer
103 Jerzy Roland 1900 Polish actor
104 Roland Neudert 1939
105 Roland de Vaux 1903 French archaeologist
106 Dom & Roland 1974
107 Roland Møller 1972 Danish actor
108 Roland Alphonso 1931 Ska musician
109 Roland Czető 1989 Hungarian actor
110 Roland Demongeot 1955 French actor
111 Roland Linz 1981 Austrian footballer
112 Roland Sadoun 1923 French consultant
113 Roland Marchisio 1960 French actor
114 Roland Cazaux 1958
115 Roland Huntford 1927 British writer
116 Roland Hetzer 1944 German cardiac surgeon
117 Roland Bailly 1921 French actor
118 Roland Smeenk 1957 Dutch guitarist and cabaret artist
119 Roland Hemond 1929 Executive in Major League Baseball
120 Johnny Roland 1943 American football player and coach
121 Roland Varga 1990 Association footballer
122 Roland W. Betts 1946 American film producer
123 Roland Methling 1954 German politician
124 Roland Gwynne 1882 British politician
125 Roland Klick 1939 German film director and screenwriter
126 Roland Melanson 1960 Canadian ice hockey player
127 Roland Wohlfarth 1963 German football striker
128 Roland Harper 1953 American football player
129 Roland Berrill 1897 Australian barrister
130 Roland Theodore Symonette 1898 Prime Minister of the Bahamas
131 Roland W. 1941 German singer
132 Roland Jourdain 1964 French navigator
133 Roland de Velville 1474 Possible/likely illegitimate child of Henry VII
134 Roland White 1938 American bluegrass musician
135 Roland Neuwirth 1950 Austrian bassist
136 Roland Ménard 1923 French actor
137 Roland Peil 1967 German percussionist
138 Roland De Wolfe 1978 British poker player
139 John Roland 1941 American news presenter
140 Roland Mortier 1920 Scientist
141 Roland Merullo 1953 Fiction writer
142 Roland Bugatti 1922 French engineer
143 Roland James 1958 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, cornerback, safety
144 Roland Hureaux 1948 French politician
145 Roland Werner 1957 German translator and theologian
146 Roland Wolf 1965 German musician
147 Ida Roland 1881 Austrian actress
148 Roland Timsit French actor
149 Roland Kibbee 1914 American film and television screenwriter and producer
150 Roland Leong 1945 American drag racer
151 Roland Vincent French conductor and composer
152 Roland Lazenby American sportswriter
153 Roland Agambire 1976 Ghanaian businessman
154 Roland Tay Singaporean funeral director
155 Roland Faber-Castell 1905 German entrepreneur
156 Roland Boys Bradford 1892 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
157 Roland Buerk 1973 Journalist
158 Roland Gibbs 1921 Army officer
159 Roland Ries 1945 Member of the French Socialist Party, mayor of Strasbourg, Member of the French Senate
160 Roland Dantes 1944 Filipino bodybuilder
161 Roland Gumpert 1944 German engineer
162 Roland Mqwebu 1941
163 Alex Roland 1970 Television journalist; news reporter
164 Roland Perry 1946 Australian writer
165 Roland Bausert 1944 German musician
166 Roland Doschka 1941 German writer
167 Roland Mesnier 1944 American chef
168 Renate Roland 1948 German actress
169 Roland Bartrop 1925 British actor
170 Roland Falk 1915 Test Pilot
171 Roland Mikler 1984 Hungarian handball goalkeeper
172 Dennis Roland 1983 Player of American football
173 Roland Gaucher 1919 French politician
174 Roland Vaubel 1948 German economist
175 Roland Allen 1868 Missionary in China
176 Roland Andersson 1950 Swedish footballer and manager
177 Roland Putsche 1991 Footballer
178 Roland de la Poype 1920 French fighter ace
179 Roland Adrowitzer 1957 Austrian television presenter
180 Roland J. Green 1944 American writer
181 Roland G. Fryer, Jr. 1977 American economist
182 Roland Gilles 1954 French soldier
183 Roland Butcher 1953 English cricketer
184 Roland W. Reed 1864 American artist and photographer
185 Roland Adolph 1946 German religious servant
186 Roland Cassone 1944
187 Roland Sussex Australian linguist
188 Roland Mousnier 1907 French historian
189 Roland Riebeling 1978 German actor, stage actor and film actor
190 Roland Ertl 1945 Austrian officer
191 Saint Roland 1150 French saint
192 Roland Franklin 1926
193 Roland W. Schmitt 1923 American academic
194 Roland Chenail 1921 Canadian actor
195 Roland Asch 1950 German racecar driver
196 Roland Brival 1950 French musician, singer and writer
197 Roland Reuß 1958 German specialist in literature, editor and philologist
198 Roland Brant 1961 Italian disc jockey and composer
199 Pierre Roland 1979 Indonesian actor
200 Roland Schreglmann 1988