Roelofs is a
Dutch language
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patronymic surname. The common Dutch given name
Roelof is equivalent to
Rudolph. People with this surname include:
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Al Roelofs (1906–1990), Dutch-born American art director
* (1877–1920), Dutch painter, son of Willem
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Annemarie Roelofs
Annemarie Roelofs (born 1955) is a Dutch trombone player, violinist, and professor at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She was a member of Henry Cow and the Feminist Improvising Group.
Biography
Roelofs studied violin at t ...
(born 1955), Dutch trombone player and violinist
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Arjen Roelofs (1754–1828), Dutch astronomer
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Ingeborg Roelofs (born 1983), Dutch handball player
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Jan Roelofs (born 1985), Dutch motorcycle racer
* (born 1984), Dutch jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist
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Justin Roelofs, American musician
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Karl Roelofs
Karl Roelofs (born September 11, 1964) is an American video game developer known for creating the MacVenture game '' Shadowgate''. He is a co-founder of the video game development company Zojoi, LLC with Dave Marsh.
Biography
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(born 1964), American video game developer
* (born 1968), Dutch DJ
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Sandra Roelofs (born 1968), Dutch linguist and the First Lady of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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from 2004 to 2013
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Wendell L. Roelofs (born 1938), American organic chemist
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Willem Roelofs
Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th cent ...
(1822–1897), Dutch painter
A less common spelling is Roeloffs:
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Eleanor Roeloffs (born 1940), American political reporter
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Hugo Roeloffs
Hugo Amandus Roeloffs (1844 –1928), was a Syndicus of the Senate of Hamburg.
Early life
Roeloffs was born on 2 May 1844 in Hamburg, then an independent free city and member of the German Confederation
The German Confederation (german: Deu ...
(1844-1928),
Syndicus
Syndic (Late Latin: '; Greek: ' – one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative) is a term applied in certain countries to an officer of government with varying powers, and secondly to a representative or delegate of a universi ...
of
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
See also
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Roelof
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Roelofsen, Dutch surname of the same origin
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Dutch-language surnames
Patronymic surnames