Rodda is an English and Cornish surname. It can be either a variant of
Roda or
Rhoda
''Rhoda'' is an American sitcom television series created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns starring Valerie Harper that originally aired on CBS for five seasons from September 9, 1974 to December 9, 1978. It was the first spin-off of ''The ...
, or a
West Cornwall variant of
Rodd Rodd is a surname and may refer to:
* Anthony N. Rodd (born 1940), Australian botanist
* Brent Clements Rodd (1809–1898), Australian lawyer and landowner
* Edward Hearle Rodd (1810–1880), British ornithologist
* Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell ...
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Adrian G. Rodda (1911–1997), New Zealand civil servant
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Albert S. Rodda (1912–2010), California State Senator
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Alby Rodda
Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda (8 September 1920 – 15 May 2002) was an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Rodda played 50 odd games with the State Savings Bank Football Club in ...
(1920–2002), Australian rules footballer
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Christine Rodda
Christine Philippa Rodda (born 27 March 1955) is an Australian paediatric endocrinologist and academic. She is an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the Melbourne Medical School – Western Campus, Sunshine Hospital. Rodda is known for her rese ...
(born 1955), Australian paediatric endocrinologist and academic
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Emily Rodda
Jennifer June Rowe, (born 2 April 1948), is an Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her children's fiction is published under the pseudonyms Emily Rodda and Mary-Anne Dickinson.
She is well kn ...
(born 1948), pen name of Australian author Jennifer Rowe
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Leonard Rodda
Leonard Roy Rodda (17 April 1892 – 27 January 1970) was an Australian politician.
Born in Tarranyurk to farmer Frederick Rodda and Elizabeth Mary Curnow, he attended Tarranyurk State School before working on the family farm. He served for ...
(1892–1970), Australian politician
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Matt Rodda
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda (born 28 December 1966) is a British Labour Party politician, former journalist, and civil servant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading Central, previously Reading East, since 2017.
Early life and ...
(born 1966), British politician
Other
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A. E. Rodda & Son, Cornish clotted cream makers
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Rodda Paint, a paint company in the US
References
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