Rod is a common diminutive (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of various masculine given names, including

Rodney Rodney may refer to: People * Rodney (name) * Rodney (wrestler), American professional wrestler Places ;Australia * Electoral district of Rodney, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rodney County, Queensland ;Canada * Rodney, Ontario, a ...

Roderick Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic ( Proto-Germanic ''* Hrōþirīks'', from ''* hrōþiz'' "fame, glory" + ''* ríks'' "king, ruler") is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)740 Its Old ...

, Rodford and Rodion. It may refer to: *

Rod Allen Roderick Bernet Allen (born October 5, 1959) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and current game analyst for the Miami Marlins on Bally Sports Florida. He formerly worked as an analyst for the Detroit Tigers on Bally Sports ...

(born 1959), American baseball player and commentator *

Rod Allen (advertising executive) Roderick Howard Allen (16 May 1929 – 22 August 2007) was a British advertising executive who wrote many well known advertising slogans and jingles used in the United Kingdom. He was nicknamed the "jingle king". Allen was born in Consett, Cou ...

(1929–2007), nicknamed the "jingle king" *

Rod Bernard Rod Bernard () was an American singer who helped to pioneer the musical genre known as "swamp pop", which combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun and black Creole music. He is generally considered one of th ...

(1940–2020), American singer *

Rod Blagojevich Rod Blagojevich ( , born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nicknames "Blago" or "B-Rod", is an American former politician, political commentator, and convicted felon who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009, when ...

(born 1956), American politician *

Rod Bonella Rodney Fairfax Bonella (19 June 1937 – 2 April 2000) was an Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer. He came third in the marathon event at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Running career Bonella attended Scotch Col ...

(1937–2000), Australian long-distance runner and horse trainer *

Rod Brind'Amour Roderic Jean Brind'Amour (born August 9, 1970) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Brind'Amour played 20 seasons in the National Ho ...

(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player *

Rod Brown Lelton Gerard "Rod" Brown (born September 9, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Dallas, Texas, he holds dual British-American citizenship. Professional career After graduating from Western Michigan University in ...

(born 1978), American basketball player *

Rod Brown (gridiron football) Rod Brown (born October 6, 1963) is a former American football defensive back who played two seasons with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State University. Brown was also a m ...

(born 1963), American former football player *

Rod Cameron (actor) Rod Cameron (born Nathan Roderick Cox; December 7, 1910 – December 21, 1983) was a Canadian-born film and television actor whose career extended from the 1930s to the 1970s. He appeared in horror, war, action and science fiction movies, but ...

(1910–1983), Canadian film and television actor born Nathan Roderick Cox * Rod Cameron (footballer) (born 1939), English former footballer *

Rod Daniel Rollin Augustus "Rod" Daniel III (August 4, 1942 – April 16, 2016) was an American television and film director, active from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. His films include the 1985 Michael J. Fox comedy film '' Teen Wolf'', which was a c ...

(born 1942), American film director *

Rod Davies Rodney Deane Davies CBE FRS (8 January 1930 – 8 November 2015) was a Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester. He was the President of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1987–1989, and the Director of Jodrell Bank Observ ...

(1930–2015), British astronomer *

Rod Davis (gridiron football) Rod Davis (born April 2, 1981) is a professional gridiron football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the Southern Mississip ...

(born 1981), American National Football League and Canadian Football League linebacker *

Rod Davis (sailor) Roderick Hopkins Davis (born August 27, 1955 in the United States) is a former competitive sailor who won Olympic medals for two countries. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States, he won the gold medal in the ...

(born 1955), American-born Olympic sailor who competed for the United States and New Zealand *

Rod Davis (Quarrymen) Rod Davis is the name of: *Rod Davis (gridiron football) (born 1981), American gridiron football linebacker *Rod Davis (sailor) (born 1955), American born Olympic sailor who competed for the United States and New Zealand *Rod Davis, member of Briti ...

, member of the British skiffle and rock 'n' roll group

The Quarrymen The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle/rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several schoolfriends, the Quar ...

Rod Dyachenko Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko (; born 22 September 1983 in Georgiyevsk) is a retired Russian footballer who played in Vietnam for Than Quảng Ninh. Career Youth and college Dyachenko was born in the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union prio ...

(born 1983), Russian association football player *

Rod Fergusson Rod Fergusson is a Canadian video game producer, best known for overseeing the development of the ''Gears of War'' franchise, originally at Epic Games and then as head of The Coalition. More recently, Fergusson moved over to Blizzard Entertainm ...

(born 1968), Canadian video game producer *

Rod Foster Roderick Allen Foster (born October 10, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player (6'1", 160 lb) who played for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He was drafted out of UCLA in 1983 in the second round of the NBA Draft (28th pi ...

(born 1960), American basketball player *

Rod Gilbert Rodrigue Gabriel Gilbert (July 1, 1941 — August 19, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played his entire career for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as "Mr. Ranger", he played right wing o ...

(1941–2021), Canadian-American ice hockey player *

Rod Hardy Rod Hardy (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television and film director. Career His interest in film began before the age of 12, when he shot several short films on his brother's 8 mm film camera. Rod has over 350 hours of cre ...

, Australian television and film director *

Rod Hay Rod Hay (27 August 27 1947 – 30 November 2019) was an English filmmaker who worked in Australia and South Africa. He started off as an actor, then as an assistant director and editor on many features, before becoming a writer, producer, director ...

(born 1947), English-born filmmaker *

Rod Johnson (footballer) Rodney Johnson (8 January 1945 – December 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Leeds, Johnson played for Leeds United, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Bradford City and Gainsborough Trin ...

(born 1945), English retired football player *

Rod Johnson (programmer) Roderick "Rod" Johnson is an Australian computer specialist who created the Spring Framework and co-founded SpringSource, where he served as CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware. In 2011, Johnson became Chairman of Neo4j's Board of Directo ...

, founder of the Spring Framework, an open source application framework for Java *

Rod Jones (disambiguation) Rod Jones may refer to: Sports American football *Rod Jones (cornerback) (born 1964), American football cornerback in the National Football League *Rod Jones (offensive lineman) (born 1974), American football tackle in the National Football League ...

, multiple people *

Rod Macqueen Roderick Ian Macqueen, AM is an Australian former rugby union coach. He coached Australia at the Rugby World Cup, and the Waratahs, Brumbies and Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. Career One of Macqueen's first major coaching positions wa ...

(born 1949), Australian former rugby union coach *

Rod Mandelstam Alan Rodney 'Rod' Mandelstam (born 8 April 1942) is a former South African tennis player. Mandelstam won the 1960 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title. At the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel he won a gold medal in mixed doubles, and a silver medal in m ...

(born 1942), South African tennis player *

Rod Manuel Roderick Demond Manuel (born October 8, 1974) is an American former football defensive end who played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Steelers in the sixth round of the 1997 NF ...

(born 1974), American football player *

Rod McKuen Rodney Marvin McKuen (; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range ...

(1933–2015), American singer-songwriter, composer and poet *

Rod Robinson Roderick "Rod" Robinson (born May 17, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons for the Las Vegas Gladiators of the Arena Football League, as well as a season in NFL Europe for the Barcelona Dragons and a season in t ...

(born 1976), American football player *

Rod Roddenberry Eugene Wesley "Rod" Roddenberry Jr. (born February 5, 1974) is an American television producer and the chief executive officer of Roddenberry Entertainment. He is the son of ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett and is an exec ...

(born 1974), American television producer and writer *

Rod Roddy Robert Ray Roddy (September 28, 1937 – October 27, 2003) was an American radio and television announcer. He was primarily known for his role as an offstage announcer on game shows. Among the shows that he announced are the CBS game shows '' W ...

(1937–2003), American radio and television announcer * Rod Serling (1924–1975), American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, host and narrator * Rod Smallwood (disambiguation), multiple people *

Rod Smith (disambiguation) Rod, Rodney or Roderick Smith may refer to: Sports *Rod Smith (sportscaster), sportscaster with The Sports Network *Rodney Smith (skateboarder), American skateboarder, co-founder of Zoo York * Rodney Smith (cricketer) (born 1944), English cricketer ...

, multiple people *

Rod Steiger Rodney Stephen Steiger (; April 14, 1925July 9, 2002, aged 77) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Cited as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars," he is closely assoc ...

(1925–2002), American actor *

Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling ...

(born 1945), British rock musician *

Rod Thorn Rodney King Thorn (born May 23, 1941) is an American basketball executive and a former professional player and coach, Olympic Committee Chairman, with a career spanning over 50 years. In 2018, Thorn was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Baske ...

(born 1941), American basketball player, coach, and executive *

Rod Tolbert Roderick Lamar "Rod" Tolbert (born June 11, 1967) is an American former sprinter. Athletic Accomplishments: Indoor World Champion 1995 USA Jr. Pam Am Games Bronze Medalist 1985 Long Jump 3 Times US Olympic Festival Medalist 1989, 1991, ...

(born 1967), American former sprinter * Rod Wave (born 1999), American rapper

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