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Rolfe Family Of Virginia
Rolfe may refer to: People * Rolfe (surname) **Robert Allen Rolfe, botanist for whom "Rolfe" is the standard abbreviation * Rolfe (given name) Places * Rolfe, Iowa, United States, a city * Rolfe, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community Entertainment * Rolfe Photoplays, an American motion picture production company * Rolfe DeWolfe, the animatronic ventriloquist in The Rock-afire Explosion See also * Rolfe's Chop House, a New York City eating establishment * Rolfe Barn, Concord, New Hampshire, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places * Rolf, a male given name and surname * Rolfes, a surname and given name * Rolfing, a holistic health discipline named after Ida P. Rolf {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolfe (surname)
The uncommon English surname Rolfe derives ultimately from the Old Scandinavian and Germanic pre 5th century personal name "Hrodwulf". This was composed of the elements ''hrod'', meaning "renown", and ''wulf'', a wolf. In Norse the contracted form was ''Hrolfr'', in Danish and Swedish ''Rolf'', and it is said that these personal names reached England first through their popularity with Scandinavian settlers before the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Normans thereafter introduced their own form of the name, generally found as "Rou" or "Roul" and often Latinised as "Rollo". Notable people with the surname include: *B. A. Rolfe (1879–1956), American musician, bandleader, radio personality, and film producer * Chris Rolfe, American soccer player * Frank Rolfe, American owner of trailer parks *Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), also known as "Baron Corvo", British writer and photographer *Guy Rolfe, English actor *James Rolfe (composer) (born 1961), Canadian composer *James Rolfe (born 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |