Rollo (name)
Rollo is a Scottish surname and male given name derived from a Latinised version of the personal name Rou(l), the Norman form of Rolfr or Rolf.[1]
The surname appeared in Scotland with the arrival of Eric de Rollo, secretary to William the Conquerer. Members of the Scottish Clan Rollo were supporters of Charles II of Scotland and were rewarded with the title of Lord Rollo.[2]
Notable people and characters with the surname and given name Rollo include:
Last name
- Lord Rollo, a title in the Peerage of Scotland, including a list of people who have held the title
- Andrew Rollo, 5th Lord Rollo (1703–1765), British army general in Canada and Dominica
- Alex Rollo (1926–2004), Scottish football player and manager
- Bill Rollo (born 1955), British Army officer
- David Rollo (footballer) (1891–1963), Northern Ireland Association Football player
- David Rollo (rugby union) (born 1934), Scottish rugby union footballer
- Hamish Rollo (1955-2009), British Army Officer
- Jim Rollo (1937–2012), Scottish footballer
- Jimmy Rollo (born 1976), English footballer
- John Rollo (dead 1809), Scottish military surgeon
- Marcus Di Rollo (born 1978), Scottish rugby union footballer
- Robert Rollo (1887–1917), Scottish footballer
- Robert Rollo, 4th Lord Rollo (1679–1758), Scottish nobleman and Jacobite; father of Andrew Rollo
- William Rollo (academic) (1894–1960), South African linguist and classicist
- Sir William Rollo (died 1645), Scottish Royalist soldier
Given name
- Rollo Armstrong (born 1966), member of British dance act Faithless
- Rollo Beck (1870–1950), American ornithologist
- Rollo Graham Campbell (1903–1978), Anglican Bishop of Colombo
- Rollo Carpenter (born 1965), British computer scientist
- Rollo Davidson (1944–1970), British mathematician
- Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814), British Army major-general
- Rollo Hayman (1925–2008), Rhodesian politician
- Rollo Jack (1902–1994), English footballer
- Rollo Mainguy (1901–1979), Canadian vice-admiral
- Rollo May (1909–1994), American psychologist
- Rollo Pain (1921–2005), British Army lieutenant-general
- Rollo Weeks (born 1987), British actor
Fictional characters
- Rollo, in books by Jacob Abbott
- King Rollo, a children's cartoon character
- Rollo Haveall, the rich little kid in Nancy comic books and the comic strip
- Rollo Lawson, on the American television show Sanford and Son
- Rollo Lee, the lead character in the film Fierce Creatures, played by John Cleese
- Rollo the Hippo, on the American children's television show Captain Kangaroo
- Rollo Tomasi, imaginary character from the 1997 film L.A. Confidential
- Rollo Rhubarb, the teacher's pet and foil to Hans and Fritz in The Katzenjammer Kids comic strip by Harold Knerr
- Rollo Lothbrok, a character in the TV series Vikings
- Rollo Fitzgerald, the antagonist in Ken Follett's 2017 novel A Column of Fire
- Rollo the Clown, from the 1991 film The Little Engine That Could
- Rollo the Clown, from the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried"
See also
- Clan Rollo, a Scottish clan
References
- Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American family names. Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
- Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton & Company. pp. 358–359.
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