Roelof is a given name, the

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cognate of Rudolph. Notable people with the name include: * Roelof Bisschop (born 1956), Dutch historian and politician *

Roelof Botha Roelof F. Botha (born 19 September 1973) is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director. Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and as of 2022 sits on the boards of MongoDB, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Natera, Square, Unity, ...

(born 1973), venture capitalist and company director *

Roelof Frederik Botha Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, (27 April 1932 – 12 October 2018) was a South African politician who served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era, the longest-serving in South African history. Known as a libe ...

or Pik Botha (1932–2018), former politician from South Africa * Johannes Roelof Maria van den Brink (1915–2006), Dutch politician and banker * Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar (1771–1831), Dutch naval officer and colonial governor * Roelof Dednam (born 1985), male badminton player from South Africa *

Roelof Diodati Roelof Diodati (Dordrecht, 28 July 1658 – Batavia, 10 March 1723) was a governor of Dutch Mauritius in the late 17th century. Life Diodati was from Swiss-Italian descent. His grandfather was Jean Diodati, a theologian, who translated the Bible ...

(1658–1723), governor of Dutch Mauritius in the late 17th century *

Roelof Frankot Roelof Frankot (25 October 1911, in Meppel – 1 December 1984, in Heeten) was a Dutch painter. Frankot studied photography. In 1930, he started painting. He later had a strong relation with the CoBrA movement, and his artworks are quite si ...

(1911–1984), Dutch painter *

Roelof Hordijk Roelof Hordijk (2 May 1917 – 4 July 1979) was a Dutch fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) w ...

(1917–1979), Dutch fencer *

Roelof Huysmann Rodolphus Agricola ( la, Rudolphus Agricola Phrisius; August 28, 1443, or February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485) was a pre-Erasmian humanist of the Northern Low Countries, famous for his knowledge of Latin and Greek. He was an educator, mu ...

(1444–1485), pre-Erasmian humanist of the northern Low Countries *

Roelof Klein Roelof Klein (7 June 1877 – 12 February 1960) was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Klein was part of the Dutch eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered ...

(1877–1960), Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris * Roelof Koets (1592–1654), Dutch Golden Age painter * Roelof Koets (Zwolle) (1655–1725), 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands * Roelof Koops (1909–2008), Dutch speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics * Roelof Kranenburg (1880–1956), Dutch politician, lawyer and professor of state law * Roelof Kruisinga (1922–2012), Dutch physician and politician *

Roelof van Laar Roelof Peter van Laar (born 19 May 1981) is a Dutch politician. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 14 May 2013 and 23 March 2017. At first he temporarily replaced Lea Bouwmeester who was on maternity ...

(born 1981), Dutch politician * Roelof van Lennep (1876–1951), Dutch male tennis player * Roelof de Man (1634–1663), Dutch colonial administrator in South Africa *

Roelof van der Merwe Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe (born 31 December 1984) is a Dutch-South African professional cricketer who has played internationally for both South Africa and the Netherlands, one of the few players to represent more than one international team ...

(born 1984), South African cricketer * Roelof Nelissen (born 1931), retired Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party * Roelof Smit (born 1993), South African rugby union player *

Roelof Jansz van Vries Roelof van Vries (1631, Haarlem – 1681-1701, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to the RKD he is known for landscapes in the manner of more famous Haarlem landscapists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobb ...

(1631–1681), Dutch Golden Age painter * Roelof Wunderink (born 1948), Dutch former racing driver

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