Roger

Roger is a variant of the masculine name Rüdiger, which is particularly common in English, Catalan and French -speaking countries ( the origin and meaning of the name see here). The name can also occur as a family name.

Name-day

• January 4, according to Roger of Ellant († 1162 ), abbot in Élan
• January 5, according to Roger of Todi ( † 1237 ), Franciscan monk and priest
• March 1, according to Roger le Fort ( † 1367 ), Archbishop of Bourges

Bearers of the name

Roger as a first name

• Roger ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer, see Roger de Oliveira Bernardo
• Roger ( Joinville ) ( ~ † 1124 ), Lord of Joinville
• Roger (Maine ) ( † 900), Count of Maine
• Roger de Moulins (Latin Rogerius Molinaeus, † 1187 ), Grand Master of the Hospitaller Order
• Roger I. (Carcassonne ) ( † 1012), Count of Carcassonne
• Roger I. ( Foix ) ( † 1067), Count of Foix
• Roger I. (Sicily ) ( 1031-1101 ), Count of Sicily
• Roger I de Montgomery ( † before 1048), Norman baron
• Roger I de Tosny († 1040 ), a nobleman of the house Tosny
• Roger II ( Foix ) ( † 1124 ), Count of Foix
• Roger II (Sicily ) ( 1095-1154 ), Count, later King of Sicily
• Roger III. ( Apulia) ( 1118-1149 ), Duke of Apulia
• Roger III. (Carcassonne ), Count
• Roger III. ( Foix ) ( † 1147/1148 ), Count of Foix
• Roger III. (Sicily ) ( 1175-1194 ), co-regent of Sicily
• Roger III. de Tosny († ~ 1160 ), Norman nobleman, Lord of Tosny, Conches -en- Ouche and Nogent -le- Roi and of Flamstead
• Roger IV ( Foix ) ( † 1265 ), Count of Foix
• Roger Bernard I ( Foix ) ( † 1188 ), Count of Foix
• Roger Bernard II ( Foix ) (* ~ 1195-1241 ), Count of Foix
• Roger Bernard III. ( Foix ) ( † 1303), Count of Foix
• Roger of Andria († ~ 1190 ) Sicilian nobleman
• Roger Asselberghs (1925-2013), Belgian jazz musician
• Roger Bacon ( 1214-1292/1294 ), English philosopher
• Roger Baptist (* 1966), German musician
• Roger de Beaumont ( Barbatus; ~ 1015-1094 ), Norman Noble
• Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick ( 1102-1153 ), English nobleman
• Roger Bissière (1886-1964), French painter
• Roger Blachon (1941-2008), a French cartoonist.
• Roger Borsa (~ 1061-1111 ), Duke of Apulia
• Roger Christian ( hockey player ) ( 1935-2011 ), American ice hockey player
• Roger Christian ( film director ) ( born 1944 ), British film director
• Roger Cicero ( b. 1970 ), German - Romanian jazz musician
• Roger Daltrey ( born 1944 ), British singer
• Roger Deslaur († ~ 1320), Duke of Athens
• Roger Ebert (1942-2013), American film critic
• Roger Federer ( born 1981 ), Swiss tennis player
• Roger Fenton (1819-1869), English war photographer
• Roger de Flor (1266-1305), military adventurer
• Roger le Fort ( ~ 1285/1288-1368 ), Archbishop of Bourges
• Roger Frugardi (~ 1140-1195 ), Lombard surgeon and surgeon
• Roger Garaudy (1913-2012), French writer and philosopher
• Roger Grava (1922-1949), Italian - French footballer
• Roger Guerreiro ( b. 1982 ), Polish footballer of Brazilian origin
• Roger Horne ( born 1948 ), German journalist and television presenter
• Roger Massimo ( b. 1976 ), Swiss rock musician, producer and songwriter
• Roger Melis (1940-2009), German photographer
• Roger Miller (1936-1992), American country music singer and songwriter
• Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (~ 1005-1094 ), Norman nobleman, a follower of William the Conqueror
• Roger Moore ( * 1927), British actor
• Roger Penrose ( born 1931 ), British physicist
• Roger de Pins († 1365 ), Grand Master of the Hospitallers
• Roger Planchon (1931-2009), a French filmmaker, actor, playwright and theater director
• Roger Schawinski ( b. 1945 ), Swiss media entrepreneur and journalist
• Roger of Salerno († 1119 ), regent of the Principality of Antioch
• Roger of Salisbury ( † 1139 ), Bishop of Salisbury
• Roger of San Severino ( Ruggiero di Sanseverino, † 1285), Count of San Severino and Marsico
• Roger Schutz (1915-2005), founder of the Taizé Community, see Brother Roger
• Roger Sessions (1896-1985), American composer
• Roger Smith ( author) ( born 1960 ), South African author
• Roger Smith (manager ) ( 1925-2007 ), American Manager
• Roger Staub (1936-1974), Swiss skier
• Roger Meddows -Taylor ( born 1949 ), British drummer
• Roger de Vico Pisano (~ 1140-1220 ), Bishop of Lausanne
• Roger Waters ( b. 1943 ), British singer, founding member of Pink Floyd
• Roger de Weck ( born 1953 ), Swiss business journalist, publicist, TV presenter
• Roger Wehrli ( born 1947 ), U.S. American football player
• Roger of Wendover († 1236 ), English monk and chronicler
• Roger Whittaker ( b. 1936 ), British singer
• Roger Willemsen (* 1955), German journalist, essayist, author and television presenter

Roger as a surname

• Alexis Roger (1814-1846), French composer
• Brice Roger (* 1990), a French alpine skier
• Edouard Roger -Vasselin ( b. 1983 ), French tennis player
• Estienne Roger (1665/1666-1722), French - Dutch printer and publisher
• Fabrice Roger- Lacan (born 1966 ), French screenwriter and playwright
• Gérard Roger, French physicist
• Jean Roger- Ducasse (1873-1954), French composer
• Julius Roger (1819-1865), physician, naturalist and folklorist in Upper Silesia
• Kurt Roger (1895-1966), Austrian composer and musicologist
• Marie -Sabine Roger ( born 1957 ), French novelist and children's book author
• Michel Roger ( born 1949 ), Minister of State and Head of Government of Monaco
• Mike Roger (1930-1984), German pop and pop singer
• Roger Otto (1841-1915), Augsburg physician, paleontologist and archaeologist
• Pierre Roger, real name of Clement VI. (~ 1290-1352 ), French Pope
• Pierre Roger ( float ) ( b. 1983 ), French swimmer
• Waldemar Roger (also Waldemar Ronger, † 1958), German film producer

More

• Jolly Roger is a name for the skull and crossbones flag of the pirates, and this also a synonym for the Devil.
• Roger is the international radio traffic, the confirmation of the receipt of a message to German: Got it!
• Roger is available after Buchstabiertafel Joint Army / Navy Phonetic Alphabet for r, which in this context for received ( "receive" or undocumented, " get ") stands.
• Roger is also used colloquially: All Roger within the meaning of everything in order.
• Roger is the brand name of the luthier Wenzel and Roger Rossmeisl
• Everything Roger is the title of a CD single and a song of Sportfreunde Stiller
• Roger- Benz, French automobile manufacturer