Rolf

Rolf is a male first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Rolf is a German short form of the name Rudolf .

First name

• Rolf Becker (1923–2014), German writer, see Rolf and Alexandra Becker

• Rolf Becker (* 1935), German actor
• Rolf Bick (1930–2018), German theologian
• Rolf Bohnsack (1937–2009), German actor
• Rolf Bossi (1923–2015), German lawyer
• Rolf Boysen (1920–2014), German actor
• Rolf Braun (1929–2006), German carnivalist
• Rolf-E. Breuer (* 1937), German bank manager
• Rolf Diethelm (* 1939), Swiss ice hockey player and coach
• Rolf Fringer (* 1957), Austrian football coach
• Rolf Fuhlrott (1934–2015), German librarian and author
• Rolf Fuhrmann (* 1949), German sports journalist
• Rolf Gentz (* 1939), German painter and sculptor
• Rolf Gerstenlauer (* 1949), German football goalkeeper
• Rolf von Goth (1906–1981), German actor and radio play director
• Rolf Hansen (politician) (1920–2006), Norwegian politician
• Rolf Haufs (1935–2013), German poet and writer
• Rolf Heissler (* 1948), German terrorist
• Rolf Hermann (* 1973), Swiss writer
• Rolf Hermann (* 1981), German handball player
• Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020), German playwright
• Rolf Hoppe (1930–2018), German actor
• Rolf Hübler (1956–2013), German enduro athlete
• Rolf Idler (1943–2012), German theater actor
• Rolf Kalb (* 1959), German sports reporter
• Rolf Kirchem (1925–2015), German admiral doctor
• Rolf Krake , legendary Danish king
• Rolf Kramer (* 1938), German sports reporter
• Rolf Kramer (* 1949), German politician (SPD)
• Rolf Lappert (* 1958), Swiss writer
• Rolf Lauer (Turner) (1931–1986), German gymnast
• Rolf Lauer (art historian) (* 1944), German art historian
• Rolf Lechler (* 1930), German soccer player
• Rolf Majcen (* 1966), Lower Austrian lawyer, author and extreme athlete
• Rolf Milser (* 1951), German weightlifter
• Rolf Pettersson , Swedish orienteer
• Rolf Rüssmann (1950–2009), German soccer player
• Rolf Schimpf (* 1924), German actor
• Rolf Schips (* 1939), German soccer player
• Rolf W. Schloss († 1979), German-Israeli journalist
• Rolf Schwendter (1939–2013), Austrian writer and social scientist
• Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert (* 1937), German television journalist and aristocratic expert
• Rolf Sethe (* 1960), German lawyer
• Rolf Sohre (1928–2019), German cameraman
• Rolf Stahlhofen (* 1968), German singer, musician and songwriter
• Rolf Steeb (* 1939), German soccer player
• Rolf Stommelen (1943–1983), German racing car driver
• Rolf von Sydow (1924–2019), German director, screenwriter, film producer and author
• Rolf Tiedemann (1932–2018), German philosopher, philologist and editor
• Rolf Tophoven (* 1937), German journalist and terrorism expert
• Rolf Töpperwien (* 1950), German sports reporter
• Rolf Weber (1922–2015), German botanist and local researcher
• Rolf Weber (1923–2000), Swiss lawyer and politician
• Rolf Weber (* 1953), German soccer player
• Rolf Witthöft (* 1944), German enduro athlete and entrepreneur
• Rolf Zacher (1941–2018), German actor
• Rolf Zischeck (1934–2012), German soccer and handball player
• Rolf Zuckowski (* 1947), German musician
• Rolf Zurbrügg (* 1971), Swiss ski mountaineer, cross-country skier and mountain guide

family name

• Arno Rolf (* 1942), German computer scientist and university professor
• Edwin Rolf (1899–1991), German-Austrian engineer, amateur astronomer and designer of telescopes
• Ernst Rolf (1891–1932), Swedish singer, actor and revue leader
• Ewald Rolf (1901–1993), German miner poet
• Hille Gosejacob-Rolf (* 1945), German social worker and association president
• Ida Rolf (1896–1979), American biologist, founder of the Rolfing treatment named after her
• Malte Rolf , German historian
• Tom Rolf (1931–2014), Swedish film editor

See also

• Rolf Rock , cliff rocks off the north coast of South Georgia, South Atlantic
• Genoa low Rolf , a weather event in the Mediterranean in November 2011
• Rolf, a mascot for Deutsche Post in the 1990s , see Postcode (Germany) #The five-digit system
• Rolf , original title of the Italian action film Der Tag des Mercenaries
• Without Rolf , Swiss cabaret duo