Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced /rulɑnt/) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English Roland. It is a Germanic name consisting of the elements -hrod- ("fame") and -land- (i.e. "famous in the land") or -nand- ("brave").[1] A common short form is Roel. People with the name include:
Roeland van Duijn (born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer
Roeland Kerbosch [fr; nl] (born 1940), Dutch movie director
Roeland van Laer (1598 – aft. 1635), Dutch landscape painter
Roeland Lievens (born 1983), Dutch rower
Roeland van der Marel [fr] (born 1967), Dutch astronomer, NASA space telescope project leader
Roeland Nusse (born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist
Roelant Oltmans (born 1954), Dutch hockey coach
Roeland Paardekooper [de] (born 1970), Dutch archaeologist
Roeland Pruijssers (born 1989), Dutch chess grandmaster
Roeland Raes (born 1934), Belgian politician
Roelant Roghman (1627–1692), Dutch painter, sketcher and engraver
Roelant Savery (1576–1639), Dutch still life and bird painter
Roeland Schaftenaar (born 1988), Dutch basketball player
Roeland J. in 't Veld (born 1942), Dutch public administration scholar
Roeland Vertegaal (born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface designer
Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced /rulɑnt/) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English Roland. It is a Germanic name consisting...
Roeland Pruijssers (born 16 August 1989) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Born in 1989, Pruijssers earned his international master title in 2007 and his...
Joop Roeland OSA (1931–2010) was a priest. He was born in the Netherlands and relocated to Vienna at the end of the 1960s. Roeland briefly played an important...
Roeland Pieter Schaftenaar (born 29 July 1988) is a Dutch professional basketball player for ZZ Leiden of the BNXT League. He is also a member of the...
Roeland J. M. Nolte (16 December 1944 – 15 February 2024) was a Dutch chemist, known for his work in the fields of organic chemistry, biochemistry, polymer...
Roeland Wiesnekker (pron. 'Roo-Land') (b. 25 November 1967 near Zürich) is a Dutch / Swiss actor in movies and theater plays. Wiesnekker grew up in a...
Roeland Lievens (born 1 July 1983) is a Dutch rower. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. "Roeland Lievens...
Roeland van Laer (1598 – after 1635), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Roeland van Laer was born in Haarlem. According to Houbraken who quoted...
Roelands Aboriginal Mission, also known as Roelands Native Mission or simply Roelands Mission, was a farm property used to house Aboriginal children from...
Roland Henri Theofiel (Roeland) Raes (born 4 September 1934) is a Belgian politician, a former senator for and vice president of the political party Vlaams...
Soldaat) is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Roeland Kerbosch, based on the autobiographical novel of the same title by ballet...
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair or "Fess" for short, was an American singer and pianist...
modern times. The driver, identified as 38-year-old Dutch national Karst Roeland Tates, was treated by members of the fire brigade and police, taken into...
Roeland van Eynden (Dutch: [vɑn ˈɛində(n)]) was a Dutch painter. He was born at Nymegen in 1747, and died at Dordrecht in 1819. Like his brother he devoted...
College University of Missouri–Kansas City (BA) Cornell University (JD) 2019 Roeland Park (1980-05-22) May 22, 1980 (age 44) Kansas 4 Ron Estes Republican Kansas...
Roeland "Roel" Nusse (born 9 June 1950, Amsterdam) is a professor at Stanford University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His...
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