Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced ) is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

masculine given name equivalent to English

Roland Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...

. It is a Germanic name consisting of the elements -hrod- ("fame") and -land- (i.e. "famous in the land") or -nand- ("brave").Roland
at behindthename.com A common short form is Roel. People with the name include: * Roeland van Duijn (born 1943), Dutch politician, political activist and writer * (born 1940), Dutch movie director * Roeland van Laer (1598 – aft. 1635), Dutch landscape painter *

Roeland Lievens Roeland Lievens (born 1 July 1983) is a Dutch rower. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, ...

(born 1983), Dutch rower * (born 1967), Dutch astronomer, NASA space telescope project leader * Roeland Nusse (born 1950), Dutch developmental biologist * Roelant Oltmans (born 1954), Dutch hockey coach * (born 1970), Dutch archaeologist *

Roeland Pruijssers Roeland Pruijssers (born 16 August 1989) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. Chess career Born in 1989, Pruijssers earned his international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale ...

(born 1989), Dutch chess grandmaster *

Roeland Raes Roland Henri Theofiel Raes (4 September 1934 – 28 November 2024), better known as Roeland Raes, was a Belgian politician, a senator for and vice president of the political party Vlaams Blok. Raes took a dr. iur. ( J.D.) at Ghent University. R ...

(born 1934), Belgian politician *

Roelant Roghman Roelant Roghman (14 March 1627 - 3 January 1692) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, sketcher and engraver. Biography Roghman was born in Amsterdam, the son of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman and Maria Jacobs Savery. His mother was a daughte ...

(1627–1692), Dutch painter, sketcher and engraver *

Roelant Savery Roelant Savery (or ''Roeland(t) Maertensz Saverij'', or ''de Savery'', or many variants; 1576 – buried 25 February 1639) was a Flanders-born Dutch Golden Age painter. Life Savery was born in Kortrijk. Like so many other artists, he belonged ...

(1576–1639), Dutch still life and bird painter *

Roeland Schaftenaar Roeland Pieter Schaftenaar (born 29 July 1988) is a Dutch professional basketball player for ZZ Leiden of the BNXT League. He is also a member of the Netherlands national basketball team. Standing at , he plays as power forward. His brother Olaf ...

(born 1988), Dutch basketball player * Roeland J. in 't Veld (born 1942), Dutch public administration scholar * Roeland Vertegaal (born 1968), Dutch-Canadian computer interface designer *

Roeland Wiesnekker Roeland Wiesnekker (pron. 'Roo-Land') (b. 25 November 1967 near Zürich) is a Dutch / Swiss actor in movies and theater plays. Life Wiesnekker grew up in a music-loving family and tried out various instruments. Despite that, he wanted to become ...

(born 1967), Swiss actor

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