Roger
Roger is a variant of the male given name Rüdiger , which is mainly used in the English, Catalan and French-speaking areas (for the origin and meaning of the name, see here ). The name can also appear as a family name .
name day
- January 4th , after Roger von Ellant († 1162), abbot in Élan
- January 5th , after Roger von Todi († 1237), Franciscan and priest
- March 1 , after Roger le Fort († 1367), Archbishop of Bourges
Pronunciation of the name
In the English-speaking area the pronunciation [ ˈrd englischenr ] is common, in the French-speaking area [ roˈʒeː ]. There are several variants in the German-speaking area: the German, in which the "g" is pronounced as usual in German, the English or French pronunciation.
Roger as a first name
- Roger (Joinville) († ~ 1124), Lord of Joinville
- Roger (Maine) († 900), Earl of Maine
- Roger, 3rd Earl of Buchan , Scottish nobleman, 3rd Earl of Buchan
- Roger de Moulins (lat. Rogerius Molinaeus ; † 1187), Grand Master of the Order of St. John
- 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 Montgommery († before 1048), Norman baron
- Roger I. de Tosny († 1040), nobleman of the Tosny family
- Roger II (Foix) († 1124), Count of Foix
- Roger II (Sicily) (1095–1154), count, later King of Sicily
- Roger II Trencavel († 1194), Vice Count of Beziers, Carcassonne and Albi
- Roger III (Apulia) (1118–1149), Duke of Apulia
- Roger III (Carcassonne) , Count
- Roger III (Foix) († 1147/1148), Count of Foix
- Roger III (Sicily) (1175–1193), co-king of Sicily
- Roger III de Tosny († ~ 1160), Norman nobleman, lord of Tosny, Conches-en-Ouche and Nogent-le-Roi as well as 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 Bannister (1929–2018), British middle distance runner and neurologist
- Roger Baptist (* 1966), German musician
- Roger de Beaumont ( Barbatus ; ~ 1015-1094), Norman nobleman
- Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1102-1153), English nobleman
- Roger Bissière (1886–1964), French painter
- Roger Blachon (1941-2008), French cartoonist
- Roger Blank (* 1938), American jazz drummer
- Roger Borsa (~ 1061–1111), Duke of Apulia
- Roger Bourcier ( bl. 1920s and 1930s), French racing car driver
- Roger Chapman (born 1942), British singer
- Roger Allen Christian (1935–2011), American ice hockey player
- Roger Christian (film director) (* 1944), British film director
- Roger Cicero (1970-2016), German jazz singer
- Roger Daltrey (born 1944), British singer
- Roger Delano (1898–1966), French racing driver
- Roger Deslaur († ~ 1320), Duke of Athens
- Roger "RQ" Dickerson (1898–1951), American jazz trumpeter
- Roger Ebert (1942–2013), American film critic
- Roger Etchegaray (1922–2019), French clergyman and Archbishop of Marseille
- Roger Federer (* 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 Fugen (1939–2016), French jazz musician
- Roger Galera Flores (* 1978), former Brazilian soccer player
- Roger Garaudy (1913–2012), French writer and philosopher
- Roger Glover (* 1945), British musician
- Roger Grava (1922-1949), Italian-French football player
- Roger Guerreiro (* 1982), Polish soccer player of Brazilian origin
- Roger Herbst (1945–1980), German actor
- Roger Horné (1946–2015), German journalist and television presenter
- Roger Lewentz (* 1963), German politician (SPD)
- Roger Lysholm (* 1972), Norwegian pool player
- Roger Melis (1940–2009), German photographer
- Roger Milla (* 1952), Cameroonian football player
- Roger Miller (1936–1992), American country singer and songwriter
- Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (~ 1005-1094), Norman nobleman, follower of William the Conqueror
- Roger Moore (1927-2017), British actor
- Roger Neumann (1941–2018), American jazz musician
- Roger de Oliveira Bernardo (* 1985), Brazilian soccer player
- Roger Penrose (* 1931), British physicist
- Roger de Pins († 1365), Grand Master of the Johanniter
- Roger Planchon (1931–2009), French filmmaker, actor, playwright and theater director
- Roger Rasmussen , Norwegian musician
- Roger Rasmussen (pool player) (* 1983), Norwegian pool player
- Roger Schawinski (* 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
- Brother Roger Schutz (1915–2005), founder of the Taizé Community
- Roger Sessions (1896–1985), American composer
- Roger Rodrigues da Silva , Brazilian soccer player
- Roger Smith (author) (born 1960), South African author
- Roger Bonham Smith (1925-2007), American manager
- Roger Staub (1936–1974), Swiss ski racer
- Roger Taylor (author) (born 1938), British fantasy author
- Roger Taylor (drummer) (born 1949), British drummer for Queen
- Roger Teska (* 1985), American poker player
- Roger de Vico Pisano (~ 1140–1220), Bishop of Lausanne
- Roger Waters (* 1943), British singer, founding member of Pink Floyd
- Roger de Weck (* 1953), Swiss business journalist, publicist, television presenter
- Roger Wehrli (born 1947), American football player
- Roger von Wendover († 1236), English monk and chronicler
- Roger Whittaker (born 1936), British singer
- Roger Willemsen (1955–2016), German publicist, essayist, author and television presenter
Roger as a family name
- Alexis Roger (1814–1846), French composer
- Brice Roger (* 1990), French ski racer
- Cosme Roger (1615–1710), French journalist and bishop
- Édouard Roger-Vasselin (* 1983), French tennis player
- Estienne Roger (1665 / 1666–1722), French-Dutch printer and publisher
- Fabrice Roger-Lacan (* 1966), French screenwriter and dramaturge
- Gérard Roger , French physicist
- Gustave-Hippolyte Roger (1815–1879), French opera singer
- Jacques Roger (1920–1990), French historian of science
- Jean Roger (1831–1907), French politician
- Jean Roger (1909–1996), French paleontologist
- Jean Roger (1923–2011), French politician.
- Jean Roger de Beaufort († 1391), Archbishop of Auch and Narbonne
- Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873–1954), French composer
- Julius Roger (1819–1865), doctor, naturalist and folklorist in Upper Silesia
- Kurt Roger (1895–1966), Austrian composer and musicologist
- Marie-Sabine Roger (* 1957), French novelist and children's book author
- Michel Roger (* 1949), Minister of State and Head of Government of Monaco
- Mike Roger (1930–1984), German pop and hit singer
- Noëlle Roger (1874–1953), French-speaking Swiss writer
- Otto Roger (1841–1915), Augsburg doctor, paleontologist and archaeologist
- Pierre Roger , real name of Clemens VI. (~ 1290–1352), French pope
- Pierre Roger (swimmer) (* 1983), French swimmer
- Waldemar Roger (also Waldemar Ronger ; † 1958), German film producer
additional
- Jolly Roger is a name for the pirate's skull flag and is synonymous with the devil.
- Roger is the confirmation for the receipt of a message in international radio traffic, in German: Got it!
- Roger is on the Spelling alphabet Joint Army / Navy Phonetic Alphabet for r , which in this context for received ( "receive" Engl. For, "get") stands.
- Roger is also used colloquially: Everything roger in the sense of everything in order .
- Roger is the brand name of the guitar makers Wenzel and Roger Rossmeisl
- Roger is the name of the alien character in the animated series American Dad , see American Dad # Roger
- Alles Roger is the title of a CD single and a song by Sportfreunde Stiller
- Roger-Benz , French automobile manufacturer
- Roger American Mechanical Carriage Company , former American automobile manufacturer
- Kangaroo Roger (2006–2018) boxed and lived in the kangaroo park in Alice Springs, Australia